Mundane News

[biggs682]

Well that was a close call
Now that I am awake I might as well do some miles with an old friend

Back now after 54 miles with an old friend that hasn't been ridden for 18 months at least .

 

[PeteXXX]

Note to self: when eating blueberry muffins straight from the oven, the blueberries retain heat much longer than the cakey part 🔥 🤒

 

[oldwheels]

Dull start to the day but no rain forecast so out at 0830 for a trike run. Chilly with a northerly wind and I had on bikesters and full finger gloves. Traffic not too bad but some idiots out early and a motorhome bigger than the normal service bus who would not use a passing place.
By about 1000 it was starting to get too busy and changeover days at all the holiday houses should make it quieter. Looking at the ferry terminal webcam a lot are leaving but not enough of them to make any difference.
My foray into posting old photos on the FB page has caused a lot of interest. Unfortunately I gave a lot of prints away to the local museum before phone cameras became common. They will keep them safe but nobody will see them unless by request. I will have to scrape around and ration my postings.
I put one up of a rather fetching young lady who used to work for me and asked a rhetorical question.
" Anybody remember this young lady"? Some took it seriously but I liked the one which said " It's me ma"
Some took exception to the length [or rather lack of length] of her skirt to which the son answered "It's a Winker catcher". Winker is now her husband. No idea why he got that nickname but in small communities it distinguishes him from several others with the same given name.

 

[Badger_Boom]

I`ve had a lot worse on the sole of my slippers!
I often slip them on to go into the garden! 🐌

Hektor the Cocker spaniel likes to hunt 🐌, which means I have to try and prize them from his jaws before they meet their doom. Not something I’d considered when we got a dog.

 

[Speicher]

There is a risk of a traffic jam today in this street. Just like there was on Thursday.

On Thursday there were four or possibly five viewings of the house opposite, and there are another four booked today, including a "second" viewing. The Estate agent is doing the conducted tours of the house, so they are booked in blocks while the current owners go out somewhere.

Before you ask, no I did not sit by the window watching all the cars, the current owner of the house told me this.

 

[cookiemonster]

The mosquitos are biting en masse tonight.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've done it again: one measly rasher of bacon. So it's a smoked salmon and hummus on toast brunch.

 

[Gravity Aided]

It has cooled off by a bit, currently 17C with a rain shower. Probably won't go much above 25C today,cool for this area.

 

[carpiste]

So much for the weather forecast! It wasn`t supposed to rain! Well it did but luckily I was sheltered by a tree lined stretch of road. Soon dried off and as it was a bit chilly I treated myself to a coffee Just around the corner from home I hit a pothole with the back wheel. Got in to find a trail of water coming from my bag! Damn water bottle cracked on hitting the pothole!
The new shorts are very comfy and the top, as expected, kept me cooler than I needed to be Going to have a look now for a water bottle and carrier I can fit onto the frame rather than the bag.

 

[cookiemonster]

I've just witnessed an amphibian threesome with frogs.

Noisy beggars too when they get down to it.

 

[biggs682]

Half way round a 9 mile walk and the sun is out

 

[Tribansman]

Back now after 54 miles with an old friend that hasn't been ridden for 18 months at least .

Bet that was nice. I did some miles with a friend too this morning, he's not been out much this year so struggled on a couple of the climbs. He did 60 miles, which I top and tailed to make a round 100. Lovely morning for it, dry and lighter winds than forecast. Some of the lanes were full of gravel and other debris from yesterday's very heavy showers.

Included some trespassing in the Sutton Hoo Estate. Sodding cheek annexing countryside for golfers, spa-ites, snooty hotel guests and shooting if you ask me. A guy in estate insignia chased us in his van and tried to make us go back the way we came (our way out on the route I'd planned was blocked by a locked, barbed wired gate, so we scaled a couple of 'private' fences to get to a different path). Managed to prevail upon him to open the gate for us ...so all good in the end. My mate was not impressed with my less than rigorous approach to route planning and lack of willingness to cede to authority

 

[carpiste]

New cage and water bottle fitted. Had to fit it to the crossbar as the battery on the Motus prevents it going in the usual place. That said it looks fine and does the job. Now I`ll have more room in the bag so might take a snack tomorrow and ride a bit further

 

[Reynard]

Breezy and mostly overcast here chez Casa Reynard.

I am watching the W-series race, and dipping into the Hundred as well.

Having a bit of a plumpitty day.

 

[carpiste]

Breezy and mostly overcast here chez Casa Reynard.

I am watching the W-series race, and dipping into the Hundred as well.

Having a bit of a plumpitty day.

I`ve never heard that before but I`m assuming it means a lazy day? Is it a local saying or did you just make it up