Tribansman
Veteran
Good thinking.
In contrast, the sky here is bluer than my mood and windier than my bean-and-cabbage-stew-digesting innards
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In contrast, the sky here is bluer than my mood and windier than my bean-and-cabbage-stew-digesting innards
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
The Red Arrows are going to be busy over the weekend! I'll have to keep my ears open for them in case they pass by this way .
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
I had the usual Post Office delivery not able to deliver your parcel Please contact blah blah blah Five times this year I’ve had that scam e mail
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I hate the stuff! Excessive gravel going to waste causing stone chips and breaking windscreens. Dangerous for riders making it difficult to ride and also the danger of being hit by flying stones . The other thing is that the rolling resistance caused by the coarse gravel must raise the carbon footprint as it will affect the performance of every vehicle using that road including electric vehicles . If all roads were smooth I think that they could cut down on CO2 emissions .Enjoyed a nice but windy thirteen miles on the Brompton before breakfast.
I note that the council were busy yesterday ruining the road with chip seal shoot
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I saw a bit on the TV about fitness gyms. It's a shame that all that expended energy is going to waste! You would have thought that by now that they could have come up with machines which could produce electricity? 
Tribansman
Veteran
Some gyms do, but the electricity produced on bikes/treadmills is pretty minimal. If a gym wanted to invest some money, they'd be much better off installing some solar panels or a wind turbine on the roofI saw a bit on the TV about fitness gyms. It's a shame that all that expended energy is going to waste! You would have thought that by now that they could have come up with machines which could produce electricity?
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Enjoyed a nice but windy thirteen miles on the Brompton before breakfast.
I note that the council were busy yesterday ruining the road with chip seal shoot
Can’t be as bad as Desford Two weeks ago they had started to grit the road A lorry leaked its load of hot tar over the road resulting in the road being closed for two days.Used my usual route out of the village on Monday surface has completely gone I’ve seen smother bridal paths Went out that way yesterday and it is still the same luckily there two ways to avoid it Not deterred the car drivers still breaking the 30 limit
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
freezing this morning. needing a fleece for morning coffee
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
wish they came in 6-packs & so do the cashiersThe girls are quite fond of those tins - I usually snaffle them up by the box when they're on offer.
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
Grabbed an afternoon 20 miler as I don't think I'll be on the bike much for the next few days. There's a typhoon in the area. It won't hit us but we'll get the tail end of it, rain and wind.
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Watching a male blackbird strut it's stuff around the garden and perusing cycle chat
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
The gym I go to here does that. It has solar panels on the roof. The school I teach has as well.
Hong Kong's been a bit slow in getting onto the recycling/green energy train but better late than never.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Grey, blustery and surprisingly on the cool side here chez Casa Reynard.
So I have spent the morning taming the weeds and cutting grass. It's a long sleeve job for both, as there's plenty of nettles, and I'm allergic to goose grass (cleavers).
My good deed for the day was to rescue a frog that was hopping in the grass directly in front of the mower. I picked him up and popped him in a different part of the garden.
It is almost lunch time, and I have a hungry.
So I have spent the morning taming the weeds and cutting grass. It's a long sleeve job for both, as there's plenty of nettles, and I'm allergic to goose grass (cleavers).
My good deed for the day was to rescue a frog that was hopping in the grass directly in front of the mower. I picked him up and popped him in a different part of the garden.
It is almost lunch time, and I have a hungry.