Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Garden waste and the recycling bin ready to be collected
Blue skies without a cloud in sight
It's Thursday which means first breakfast since lock down began with my daughter in about 30 minutes

Cannibal ! .

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
Sunny with blue sky here as well . Much better than yesterday's.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

The wind is starting to pick up.

Better open a window

 

[Jenkins]

Morning all. Quick coffee then off to collect my now seatpostless bike from the LBS.

Shoes are outside drying in the sunshine after yesterday's wet ride home from work.

 

[woodbutcher]

So much for "mackerel" skies indicating a change in the weather . Unless that is you regard yesterday afternoon temperature of low 30's followed by todays' temperature of the low 40's as a change ! It would be so good to break out a deckchair and do some "rain bathing"

 

[Illaveago]

I've been out for a short ride . I wasn't too sure how I would get on as I've been tired over the past few days. I found the ride out was quite easy despite cycling into a gusty head wind. I stopped off at the damson tree to pick some to help me to keep going . No not like prunes !
I stopped off at my usual bridge to have a bit of a look round . I saw a female Sparrowhawk out hunting . She was spotted by a couple of House Martins who started making a racket and dived at her . They were very brave being only a few in number but they were really having a go at her . Eventually a few more Martins joined in the hawk flew off .
I did 5 1/2 miles.

 

[mybike]

But not flaps down in landing configuration, although I still think it would be able to land on an aircraft carrier.

I'm sure I've seen an adventure where you land on an aircraft carrier. I'm running 2004 but it might have been X.

You'd be seeking to match the speed of the carrier + headwind.

And it has been done: https://tacairnet.com/2015/08/20/a-...of-the-craziest-carrier-landings-of-all-time/

I see someone has already mentioned it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm going for the weekly food shopping.

See you on the other side...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I was out on my bike this morning, I got 52 miles in.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm going for the weekly food shopping.

See you on the other side...

Made it, my goodness but it's hot outside. I've rolled the bike into the kitchen to unload so I can keep the front door closed and not warm up the apartment too much...

 

[Reynard]

Sorry bods and bodesses, busy day...

Anyways, it's warm, sunny but very blustery here chez Casa Reynard.

This morning I put a load of laundry in, made some cream cheese and went for a bimble on Wiggy #2, the Chartres.

Went to check out a different hedgerow which I know has apple trees in it. Up until this year, I never been able to access it because it would mean having to wade through someone's field, but over the winter, the old track / bridleway was cleared out, so now I can get to it from the road. The apples turned out to be cookers - not Bramley, they're the wrong colour, but i'm guessing something like a Grenadier, which is ready about this time of year. Couldn't reach anything on the trees, but did pick up some windfalls to make a crumble. Went home the long way round, and found another apple tree in a hedgerow, and a stand of damsons.

This afternoon, I cut back the last of the hedge along the drive and tinkered with my project bike. Am now sat down with a and a couple of lebkuchen.

Oh, and my new rear derailleur turned up!

 

[PeteXXX]

My grandson showed me the cut on his finger, today. Just as I was about to ask him how he got the wound, No1 granddaughter piped up..
He tried to High 5 the hamster and it bit him...

Kids, eh

 

[classic33]

I'm going for the weekly food shopping.

See you on the other side...

Of what?

 

[tyred]

This evening was just too wet and windy for even me to go for a ride.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Of what?

Lidl.