Mundane News

[fossyant]

Only one more get up and I'm off work until the 31st. Two weeks. Some DIY to do, but it shall mostly be cycling - if I can get away with it.

Sun's coming out here, roads drying out. Work is a bit quiet now as we've just finished year end and everyone is off on leave. Might have an extended lunch 'ride' on the Ribble road bike.

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[Oldhippy]

Isn't it bothersome riding in those robes? 😁

 

[Illaveago]

No news on my wheel.
Seems to be stuck .
I wonder if the major event is that a lot of the drivers have left and found better paid jobs ?

 

[DCLane]

There's workers digging up the road outside my house to lay cables. The same workers were there a couple of months ago, laying the same cables. Either they've got a new contract or the telecoms company's doubled up. There's a mini digger going up/down the road for fun with a pokey-type drill.

The Covid travel tests we took yesterday to go to Ireland tomorrow are negative so we're all good to go early tomorrow morning, having done travel locator forms last night. However, there's no confirmation my son's got into the race on Saturday, no race manual yet and no rider list. Let alone course information .

And they've merged the Junior (short) race with the Elite (much tougher) one, rather than merging it with the Cat 3 equivalent which is the same 98km distance as the Junior one. Son no. 2 thinks it's because the Juniors will have trounced the Cat 3's last time and they complained, so they've been put with the Elite riders. 135km as a Junior with Elite riders, no identified feed zones, no support cars, should be ... erm ... challenging. If we can't get kit onto a team's car then I'll be out on the course somewhere hoping if he has a mechanical then I'm nearby, unlike last Sunday's race, and I'll have bottles with food attached.

Oh, and my missing tubs from ProBikeKit have finally been despatched. 4 days late, so they won't arrive for Saturday's race. Daft me used them and this is definitely the last time

 

[fossyant]

PBK are usually OK for delivery.

Right then, early lunch as I've a meeting at 1pm, so need time to get cleaned up after a ride.

TTFN

 

[Illaveago]

I was thinking !
They were saying that a lot of retail shopping has lost out to online business . Well if they don't improve the delivery businesses this may soon come to an end .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Well ive had a cup of triple strength coffee, stuck my finger in a light socket and am now charged for my morning spin! Gonna ride up to the loch and return via the beach and see what bird/wild life is about.
"Yes i am mother natures son and im the only one, i do what i want and i want what i see, im so free, im so free, im so free....

Do you remember the silver walks
You used to shiver and I used to talk
Then we went down to Times Square
And ever since I've been hangin' 'round there

 

[Gravity Aided]

Black Stone Cherry's version of ELO's Don't bring me down is rather good.

It's not as good as White Trash Millionaire, but it is still great.

 

[biggs682]

Black bin emptied
Had a hot orange squash
Still sunny
Still wish I had gone for a ride

 

[fossyant]

Back from 25 miles on the road bike. Lovely out if there was 360 degree headwind. did a lumpy return and I didn't get stuck at the level crossing - there is only one train a week (slight exaggeration) and I usually get stuck, and it's a 1 in 10 approach.

 

[cookiemonster]

Isn't it bothersome riding in those robes? 😁

Chaffs a bit.

 

[Reynard]

Warm, blustery and overcast here chez Casa Reynard.

Have spent the morning writing and puttering about and watching Bargain Hunt.

It is almost time for lunch.

 

[carpiste]

Not long back from a ride. Lovely and sunny, just a shame about the wind! I bumped into 2 guys at Chorlton Marina who were from Sustrans.....
During a short conversation one of them said it was Sustrans hope to get lots of cycle routes joined up so that people can cycle more and even commute... then he made the huge mistake of telling me it was Sustrans plan to get cyclists off the road and on their routes for reasons of safety!!!
I told him it wasn`t down to cyclists to make the roads safer but car drivers to follow the rules, and new legislation, and educating them not trying to get cyclists off the roads! I told him if Sustrans wants to help then maybe they should try to get legislation in to make all tv channels and radio bring back public information films as part of their licensing!
It was weird when he couldn`t explain why it was better for most people to commute in a straight line, A to B, rather than go out of their way on crappy cycle tracks!

 

[Jenkins]

Only 2.5 hours to go and then no more work until a week on Saturday - I've even set the out of office message in advance.

Lunch was a Chicken & Bacon pasta pot from Morrisons.