Mundane News

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well

 

[Jameshow]

Bikes aren't one of your vices?

Obviously!!!

 

[biggs682]

Pretty sure a pigeon is keeping a watch on our house as it has been on a neighbor's roof a while looking our way.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Expecting delivery of a mid layer and a windproof today. They were half price as last years colours and they are a style / design I’ve liked since 2003. They are mountaineering design but I tend to wear them when riding as well instead of waterproofs as I find I become a soggy mess with the latter.

 

[DCLane]

My 'experiment' of commuting on a pair of £2 tubular wheels with tyres (yep, £2 a full set) was always going to end badly. Flat tub on the way into work, thankfully with only a mile of my 12-mile commute left. The idea was that I could keep riding rather than having to change the tube in bad weather / a dodgy area and swap the wheel at work/home as needed.

Ah well, it was nice while it lasted. A new cross tub will go on and I might be daft enough to continue the experiment.

 

[oldwheels]

Pretty dark in Hartland Devon!

It is difficult to get really dark sky as any lights do show in the sky from miles away. A town or village 20 or 30 miles away can lighten the horizon. Even with mountains between you it can still show.
I am not familiar with the area you mention so cannot comment further on that.

 

[oldwheels]

The village I live in is classed as being in the countryside.Never get dark skies due to the upward projection of street lighting and other sources of upward light.. I do remember the star light during the time when street lighting was gas street lamps

I wonder how many others apart from thee and me remember gas street lights.

 

[Illaveago]

Well! Watching the Channel 4 GP highlights you wouldn't know that there were any people in the race above 8th position !

 

[pawl]

I wonder how many others apart from thee and me remember gas street lights.

If I remember correctly a man used to come round with a hooked pole to pull a lever down on the lamp to ignite the gas There may be one or two who remember the gas street lights.

Back then there was still two houses that still had gas lights.There was an elderly lady who I used to go to the local iron mongers shop to get her gas mantle’s

 

[Hebe]

Get well soon @Jameshow

I had big plans for a long today but fear I have underestimated all the errands and chores that actually do need doing first. The first three are already done, time to crack on with musical instrument insurance, paying the outstanding solar balance and getting a chilli going in the slow cooker.

 

[Jameshow]

It is difficult to get really dark sky as any lights do show in the sky from miles away. A town or village 20 or 30 miles away can lighten the horizon. Even with mountains between you it can still show.
I am not familiar with the area you mention so cannot comment further on that.

Certainly darker than on the outskirts of Bradford!

Amazing what you can see.

Nearest small villages are 3 miles in each direction and Bude Bideford 13miles away.

 

[Jameshow]

Get well soon @Jameshow

I had big plans for a long today but fear I have underestimated all the errands and chores that actually do need doing first. The first three are already done, time to crack on with musical instrument insurance, paying the outstanding solar balance and getting a chilli going in the slow cooker.

It's the hassle of organising cover etc.

 

[rockyroller]

car windshield had frost on it, yes that ice-like substance! ahhhh!

 

[Hebe]

Turns out I overestimated the weather too. It went from blue sky to dark grey in the 10 minutes that I was in Lidl...

 

[oldwheels]

Still a bit windy and large rain drops landing on my front windows.
Need to go and pester the GP surgery as they missed out some of my routine meds again and what I did get does not seem to be what I discussed with a GP earlier.
Always very pleasant to deal with but I wish they would get things right on the first attempt