Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

Going to walk once green tea drunk. Going to be a cold but sunny one.

 

[Gwylan]

I am looking at a Trek 920.
But my age and build are happier with flat bars
How awkward will it be to change?

I should have been clearer.

How awkward is it to change the bars on the bike.

Me?
I am what I am!

 

[Gravity Aided]

I should have been clearer.

How awkward is it to change the bars on the bike.

Me?
I am what I am!

Not terribly hard, you may need some upright flat bar brake levers and gear selectors, and some know how on conversion.

 

[Gwylan]

Not terribly hard, you may need some upright flat bar brake levers and gear selectors, and some know how on conversion.

Thank you. There's an SRAM hydraulic Groupset involved.
I don't even understand the words.
Google reveals that's its way off my zone of knowledge, confidence or ability

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well earlier
Now having a hot cordial drink

 

[dicko]

We’re running out of Gas now. Centric says there’s less than a week left in storage, watch the price rise as we buy from the continent

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Morning walk, cold and frosty, with weak sun.

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed under clear blue sky

We’re running out of Gas now. Centric says there’s less than a week left in storage, watch the price rise as we buy from the continent

Loads in Whitehall

 

[mybike]

It is very easy to come a cropper. I always wonder why roads get treated but never the pavements.

I have a pair of ice gripper things from Mountain Warehouse but have never been able to get them to stay on my shoes.

Pulling old socks over your shoes works well.

I was wearing a pair of walking boots, don't think I've got socks that big!

Off to the vets for Cassie's check up shortly, I'll go by car.

 

[mybike]

Think the problem with pavements is the Local Highway Authority (County or unitary council) often have such a wide area to cover maintaining the vehicular highway is taking all the time. Think it would be better to make pavements a responsibility of parish councils.
Harrogate when North Yorkshire let it manage its highways had a pavement sweeper which could have a plough attached and a small trailer full of grit attached. I presume it either wore out or has been kidnapped to Northallerton by North Yorkshire. Such could be owned by a parish or a group of them and employed locally.

Not sure we've had any gritting. To be fair, we did have a lot of rain.

 

[mybike]

Made it to the office safely. I think think this is the coldest morning so far, and hopefully the last frosty one as temperatures are to reach the balmy heights of +4C today.

Pavements are fine early in the morning as they're frosty and crunchy. The problem starts later when they start to thaw.

An amazing red sky this morning.

I only have to work until 1 today.

19F here this morning, definitely the coldest.

 

[mybike]

We’re running out of Gas now. Centric says there’s less than a week left in storage, watch the price rise as we buy from the continent

Wind is pretty low, solar even worse:

Wind here is pretty low too:

 

[rockyroller]

pretty quiet in the office today, I like it like that

 

[tyred]

Despite the end of the weather warning, there hasn't been much thawing and the thermometer that I left out on my balcony still shows -2.

I haven't really done too much after work. Bought a few bits and pieces whilst walking home and then cleaned the kitchen a bit. I have been sitting watching all the birds coming and going to the bird feeder that I have on my balcony.

 

[Mike_P]

Evri to the rescue today. My keyboard has been supported at one end by the bank security card reader in the absence of a "leg" until a pair of replacements popped through the letter box.
Car had another lunchtime outing to Asda to pick up what I should have yesterday but forgot. Seemed like everyone else had decided it was the place to go being reasonably ice free as it was the first time on ages I have had to go up and down the parking rows seeking an empty space.