Mundane News

[Jenkins]

The walk from the hotel to the rail station today took me past a Kitty Café with a lovely tortoise shell sitting in the window watching the world go by. All I could think of was @Reynard having to undergo a bag search on her way out!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Replaced disc pads on recumbent. Funny how a tour of just over a week in hilly terrain can see them off.

 

[Illaveago]

Is there a Fit Twice and Ride Once saying for fitting new inner tubes?
I have just had to fit 2 new tubes. I fitted one , pumped it up, walked away and it was flat! I took it out and put it in some water and it is leaking from around the base where the valve meets the tube.

 

[Gwylan]

I still have a lemon muffin. Let's hope that's better. Nothing intrinsically wrong with the blueberry muffin, but tbh, not as nice as the ones from the Tesco ISB.

The lemon & sultana danish from waitrose, however, are on a different planet.

Sorry the " lemon muffin" is too tempting........

 

[Gwylan]

Is there a Fit Twice and Ride Once saying for fitting new inner tubes?
I have just had to fit 2 new tubes. I fitted one , pumped it up, walked away and it was flat! I took it out and put it in some water and it is leaking from around the base where the valve meets the tube.

So annoying

 

[Pinno718]

Annoying is the Vittoria latex valve cores coming loose for some inexplicable reason.
I used some thread lock a week or so ago and they are finally staying put.
More annoying is the price of them now and the scarcity of the 25-28mm 700c's.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Back from giving blood. Normally get told off for something, dehydrated, veins not doing their job, moving hand too much etc. but all good this time. Busy, which is good to see.

 

[Mike_P]

Postie brought a new Garmin Varia this morning which was given a gentle charge using the router whilst WAH and lunchtime Co-op trek. Post WAH fitted a lanyard so hopefully if this one falls off its mount it will not vanish.

 

[biggs682]

Banks have been banked , pension have been informed and utility companies have been swapped to New payee .
All In all a productive day.
Oh and my working day and week is completed.

 

[biggs682]

Evening hot chocolate went down well

 

[tyred]

Another sunny day and a half day at work

I could have sworn I had a bottle of sun screen in the car glovebox but it isn't there. As it was later in the afternoon I decided to go without. Nice fifty mile ride completed on mostly very quiet minor roads. I think I need a new battery for my cycle computer as it's got to be very faint.

Now time for Friday pie and chips.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Replaced disc pads on recumbent. Funny how a tour of just over a week in hilly terrain can see them off.

They weren’t newly fitted @Reynard and @tyred which I presume is why you had wow emojis 😵‍💫

 

[Reynard]

It's been a lovely, warm and sunny day here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept reasonably well. Morning was spent doing chores and undertaking some kitchen time. This included poaching the lobster tail that I bought on YS in Waitrose on Wednesday.

A lovely luncheon of wholemeal toast, salami Napoli, smoked cheddar, fruit and a

After, it was straight out into the garden to make a start on cutting the grass. I did quite a good bit of that, although it's a bit slalom-y on account of the daffodils and narcissi, as well as the clumps of forget-me-nots and these wee purple things that also seem to have self-seeded. Still, looks a lot neater. Will carry on with that tomorrow.

At tea time, it was off into town on a bit of a YS hunt. Some interesting items in Waitrose that I wouldn't have minded, but I didn't bite on account of preferring to keep freezer space for next weekend's stickering. I have opportunities enough tbh. Then off to Aldi to stock up on herbal teas. Plenty of peppermint, but no chamomile.

Got kind of tempted by their two "Mabel" Easter eggs. One "Mabel" is a chocolate cat, and the other is a chocolate egg with a cat plushie. I will wait to see if either gets marked down to clear after next weekend. If the Aldi in Ely doesn't have any, I can always try the big Aldi in Chatteris.

Picked up chamomile tea in Tesco, albeit only one box, as they're 70p more than Aldi. Timed my arrival to the bakery markdowns, and got very lucky. I have an oat & barley bread, a white boule, a cranberry & raisin loaf, a garlic chabatta , six crusty white rolls, six tiger rolls and two bags of bagels. So worth my while for sure.

Fabulous supper of soup, a lobster & avocado roll and that lemon muffin. The lobster was just amazing! I will definitely be keeping an eye out for that again. And the lemon muffin was waaaaaaaaaaay better than the blueberry one.

Last task for today, is to simmer the lobster shell and the wee legs in the stock that I poached it in this morning (added a little pepper and tarragon), and then keep that by to poach those scallops in next week.

But first, I want to finish a very nice

 

[Reynard]

The walk from the hotel to the rail station today took me past a Kitty Café with a lovely tortoise shell sitting in the window watching the world go by. All I could think of was @Reynard having to undergo a bag search on her way out!

You know me too well!

 

[Reynard]

Sorry the " lemon muffin" is too tempting........

Too late, all gone!