Mundane News

[Speicher]

Oh, and my blue recycling wheelie bin was emptied this morning.

Seems like a day late is where we're at around here.

Round here we are only just starting the 21st Century.

 

[carpiste]

Had a lovely home made soup for lunch followed by yoghurt and tea. The weather is appalling once again, very grey, damp and miserable
The soup is mostly Asparagus, some leek, onion and carrot. It is mostly yellow sticker produce too which is an added bonus
Should be enough for tomorrows lunch unless it gets used as a starter this evening!

 

[Reynard]

Nice lunch of two slices of toast (50-50 type bread this time), one with the last of the Englishman's Foot and one with Rillettes de Mans, plus a banana, a nectarine and two

My punnet of chestnut mushrooms had gone t*ts up, so I shall have to re-think tonight's supper. I was going to a creamy mushroom and garlic sauce to go with pasta.

 

[Reynard]

I felt rather old yesterday, while watching "Pointless". Tis not Pointless itself that makes me feel old, btw.

One of the contestants said he found a new hobby. Turns out this was "exploring towns without using technology" !

I think I have had that hobby for more than half a century. No just tiny towns either, Lyon, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Bergen, Barcelona, and A Coruna, which is just the first half dozen off the top of my head.

For the benefit of our Foreign Correspondents, Pointless is a light-hearted quiz, but you need good general knowledge to succeed.

Well, the advantage is that not using technology is that there aren't any batteries to run out. Can't beat a good old paper map.

Oh, and Central African Republic...

 

[Reynard]

Uh oh, it's suddenly gone *very* dark here. This is not looking good...

 

[carpiste]

Very dark out here too....
Fortunately I`m indoors on the computer so no need for the brolly yet ☔

 

[Ripple]

Got my flu jab.

 

[Oldhippy]

Got my flu jab.

I'm due next week I think.

 

[Ripple]

I'm due next week I think.

I pay for it so I get it early.

 

[Oldhippy]

I pay for it so I get it early.

I seem to get mine for free as I work with vulnerable people.

 

[Illaveago]

I took the saddle off my Clubman and put it on the Holdsworth Avanti and took that . I hadn't set the saddle height right , it was a bit low . How do people ride like that where they don't straighten their legs ? It felt like I was doing a Cossack dance ! I still can't get over how well the bike fits despite it being a small frame .
I went over to see my brother in Lacock , it was nice and sunny but with quite a bit of wind . I didn't stay long as grey clouds had started forming . I could see some storm clouds forming over my home when I was a couple of miles away . I was just a mile from home when it absolutely hammered down . I got wet !
I did about 10 miles at a guess, I'll have to check on the map later .

 

[Illaveago]

12 miles , 636 so far this year on 11 different bikes .

 

[Reynard]

Well, the "uh oh, it's gone very dark" resulted shortly afterwards in a shower of biblical proportions.

Needless to say the mower got left in the garage, and I have been writing instead.

Time to knock off for a break and watch Antiques Road Trip...

 

[PeteXXX]

4½ mile walk to the shops & back this morning to pick up some odds and ends, then some gardening.
I picked No1 grandson up from school this afternoon that added 1½ miles to my daily exercise as I park up before the one way circuit in the village to avoid them what can't be bothered to walk more than 20 steps to pick their kids up, thus blocking all the roads and pathways near the schools.
We've usually got the ¾ mile back to the car by the time people have managed to drive the same distance..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've been indoors all day so I popped out for a coffee. Though it's sunny, it's not far off woolly hat weather.