Tales from today's commute....

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I had a large chicken kebab which is really a chicken sandwich?!!)

Is that a similar train of thought to saying a Doner Kebab is actually just a lamb salad?

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Had a dentist appointment this morning so had to make the ride shorter than normal. Shame really as the conditions were nice, mild and dry, so could of whacked another half century in had I more time. Decided to turn it into a food run day so loaded up the backpack with all things good for you, cakes, biscuits etc.
I was having a chat with a colleague the other day after I had done my 24 Weetabix challenge, he was asking how many calories I eat a day. I know I eat a fair bit but didn't know what it equated to, so thought I would track it in a app for curiosity. WOWSERS! 6730 calories eaten on Monday & 4976 yesterday. Love food me

 

[The Rover]

Is that a similar train of thought to saying a Doner Kebab is actually just a lamb salad?

Sort of, but you can only eat a doner kebab if you had the required amount of alcohol but you can have a chicken kebab sober as well! It'll be in the " rules " somewhere!

 

[Simontm]

Weather and bike both fine. Spots of rain and a bit of creaking - nothing out of the ordinary there.

However - do you find some things irrationally annoy you on some days?

One very short bit of my commute is a shared use path up a hill - the road is one way so the shared use path means as a cyclist I can skip two sets of traffic lights and a few hundred yards. All good, except that, as with all shared use paths, pedestrians tend not to realise it's shared use, or at least they don't behave like they realise it is, so you have to go slowly and occasionally go around people who are having a chat in the middle of it (as a function of the time of day I use it, this often involves toddlers wandering about and prams parked at jaunty angles).

I probably shouldn't have bothered, but sometimes little things really get to you. Or is that just me?

On thing I have notices on my route is that I have three cycle path segments with actual solid line segregation and with two of them the cycle path is at the side of the grass.
Why? People go to Rec grounds to walk their dogs, kick a football around etc ON THE GRASS. Where do most people edge towards when walking, the grass.
What possesses planners to think: "I tell you what, why don't we create a barrier for pedestrians by putting a cycle path between them and the grass and then chaos can occur?"

 

[Supersuperleeds]

No commute today as I need to take number 2 son to get his cast checked at the hospital. Rather than face driving to work I decided to take the day off. I don't have to pick him up from school until 2, so got up early and did a 100 miler

 

[Supersuperleeds]

The annual cycle to work 'big event' today so tagged on one of the groups. Got a couple of freebies but breakfast wasn't ready so grabbed a coffee and headed back to the office. Had about 10 in our group then merged with another so a good 15 sized group.

I'm thinking of arranging a ride to work day, what sort of stuff gets laid on for the staff?

 

[Drago]

As I've aforementioned elsewhere, some blummen inconvenient road closures makes my commute a real 'mare for the next 2 weeks. To continue by roas means adding several extra miles each way, or negotiating a motorway junction. 5.30am is quite early enough to be getting out of bed, so an alternate route was dismissed, and a wish to continue living eliminated the motorway junction route.

So cross country it was. I cleaned, lubed and prepped the Trance, and set off early this morning. First off it was early February since I last rode a mud plugger and forgotten how labouriously they roll in comparison to a roadie. On the plus side its soooo comfortable, and the wide bars and upright position are so much better for breathing, so the extra effort required was mitigated somewhat.

Into the forest, and within a few hundred yards I got within 10 feet of a young deer, which made me smile. Through the forest, up a BOAT over the abandoned railway track, through a small village, and out onto bridleways, picking up the B road for the last 2 miles. What a superb way to start a working day.

Different route going home in a bit to split up the hills. Plan is to skirt the edge of town on the local roads for a mile of so, and pick up the bridleways. Through another village, more bridleways, then a long gentle downhill past the wind farm and into my own village. Looking forward to this.

 

[J1888]

What is it about flipping scooters and going into the ASL?

Oh, and there seems to be thousands of people who are 'learning' to ride them too, given the number of riders with mopeds sporting L-plates.

 

[summerdays]

As I've aforementioned elsewhere, some blummen inconvenient road closures makes my commute a real 'mare for the next 2 weeks. To continue by roas means adding several extra miles each way, or negotiating a motorway junction. 5.30am is quite early enough to be getting out of bed, so an alternate route was dismissed, and a wish to continue living eliminated the motorway junction route.

The motorway junction might be OK at that time maybe? Sometimes junctions totally change depending on the time of day. Of course it could be horrible all the time!

 

[fossyant]

Couple of shots from this mornings ride. I am the one in red

 

[fossyant]

I'm thinking of arranging a ride to work day, what sort of stuff gets laid on for the staff?

They do breakfast from one of the canteens and usually one of the local mobile mechanics turns up. It's organised between the hospitals and Universities. Today was the annual one so Evans, EBC and cycle to work had stands.

I suppose most folk would be happy with a breakfast voucher.

 

[J1888]

They do breakfast from one of the canteens and usually one of the local mobile mechanics turns up. It's organised between the hospitals and Universities. Today was the annual one so Evans, EBC and cycle to work had stands.

I suppose most folk would be happy with a breakfast voucher.

That sounds great! I'm trying to organise something in my work place, alas funding in't public sector is tight. TFL do good stuff for free though.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

They do breakfast from one of the canteens and usually one of the local mobile mechanics turns up. It's organised between the hospitals and Universities. Today was the annual one so Evans, EBC and cycle to work had stands.

I suppose most folk would be happy with a breakfast voucher.

I was thinking of doing bacon butties for everyone who rode in and a prize for whoever rode the furthest in.

 

[fossyant]

I was thinking of doing bacon butties for everyone who rode in and a prize for whoever rode the furthest in.

Ah a prize for you

 

[summerdays]

Commuted home behind the light of Sauron, completely anti-social and I'm trying to work out why he needed that bright a light on the 4 miles of cycle path I followed him on, let alone why you would want to blind anyone driving behind you!

(Light was sort of 7 shaped, whatever that may be, but became completely invisible as he bent round corners, disappearing before he did).

Also nice lady said hi as she overtook me, and I decided to try and keep up up a hill I hate (not the most enormous just somehow the gradient is wrong), and not only did I keep up but I actually overtook! By being there she manage to make me have a PR on that hill, so thank you!