Mundane News

[mybike]

We talking rollocks!

Indeed.

 

[mybike]

Ah! Must be the mountains .

I recall Snettisham hill being quite an effort in my youth.

 

[mybike]

I saw a slide rule yesterday in an antique shop. My childhood is officially antique it seems.

They were quite cheap at one time, price seems to have gone up.

 

[oldwheels]

Hides, in Medieval times, were the amount of land it took to support a family. Convertible, as poorer soils took larger hides, etc. Iona was considered to be five hides in size, according The Venerable Bede.

The eastern side of Iona is quite fertile with some good gardens. The whole place tends to be very sandy round the edges but there is a a boggy bit and a small loch in the middle of the southern half..

 

[tyred]

Ebay seems to be suggesting that I buy a Dahon this morning.

 

[oldwheels]

Out early to get bloods taken before the touroid get out. Very foggy in bits but bright sunshine only a few yards away. Strange weather for here anyway.
Camper van stopped overnight on the Main Street taking up half the roadway despite a notice forbidding this. They just do not care.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

"It was called Oceanus Britannicus by the 2nd-century geographer Ptolemy. The same name is used on an Italian map of about 1450, which gives the alternative name of canalites Anglie—possibly the first recorded use of the Channel designation."

I like the name "canalises Anglie" it sounds like some socially unacceptable sexual practice ('course it could be my mind)

 

[woodbutchmaster]

You threw them overboard or they mutinied?

No no, they were" hapless"!! not hopeless.

 

[fossyant]

Time for a ride. Dull and overcast in North Wales. Picked a flat route but it's got this in it. I'll tell you later if I get up it on 39 x 24

 

[Oldhippy]

I am thinking of booking a week off for a cycle camping trip methinks.

 

[tyred]

I should probably book a check up with the dentist.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Out early to get bloods taken before the touroid get out. Very foggy in bits but bright sunshine only a few yards away. Strange weather for here anyway.
Camper van stopped overnight on the Main Street taking up half the roadway despite a notice forbidding this. They just do not care.

Quite true, I have a Mercedes camper van parked one street over and it has been there a month, with some sort of foil screening the windows. It may be permanent. Been thinking of calling the neighborhood association, as it is right next to the trail, and blocking visibility of riders approaching the street.

 

[oldwheels]

I notice while I have been off on my hols. that the Sand Martins have all gone. I saw one pair of swallows sitting on the wires before I went off and they have vanished also.
Seems to be a general shortage of swallows this year and I only ever saw two here and no offspring so mebbe their mates did not turn up and they were not a breeding pair.
Bats are still around but since I do not have a bat detector I cannot identify them.
My wildlife pal ran some bat evenings and I tagged along to one. Never knew you could id them by inaudible to us sounds. Quite fascinating.

 

[DCLane]

Quite true, I have a Mercedes camper van parked one street over and it has been there a month, with some sort of foil screening the windows. It may be permanent. Been thinking of calling the neighborhood association, as it is right next to the trail, and blocking visibility of riders approaching the street.

My guess is someone's using it as a home? Or a restoration project.

 

[biggs682]

Decorating going well