Tea? (Part 4)

[welsh dragon]

Morning Gaffa

Morning handsome.

 

[172traindriver]

Morning
Flou yellow running top on?
(fits nicely over my middle layer)


Outside work has been left..
it shouldn't take long.

First can of cider opened last night, opened with a pff..
flat and smell wasn't right, I opened more in the pursuit of science..
all passed the taste test

Just 1 can went to waste then Bobby?

 

[172traindriver]

@SteCenturion, other than it being normal, any idea what was going on at Piccadilly & Oxford Road yesterday?
Higher than normal number of police, both BTP & others.

View attachment 91284
Look familiar?​

Australian ticket? (upside down)

 

[SteCenturion]

Wasn't you that gave helpful! instructions/directions to the Police Museum?

No, I have never been accused of being hel... helpf...he..h...

No use... see.

 

[172traindriver]

After I cleaned my bike very thoroughly on the long*** weekend, it rained on my commute to work today, and ruined it all!
I just spent 10 minutes wiping the chain, oiling it, then wiping and oiling again. I'll leave the 2nd lot of oil on it overnight, and it should be nice and smooth again tomorrow. There's no rain forecast for the rest of this week, so it should now stay clean.

*** Yes, apparently our Queen was having another one of her 'birthdays', this time in the State of Victoria******, Australia.

****** No, we don't have a State of Elizabeth.

Long may she reign over you

 

[172traindriver]

What an absolutely gorgeous morning Nice 55 miles with a fair bit of climbing again. Couple of slight delays. Heading up Glendevon when a police vehicle pulled along side and said there was an abnormal load coming up the hill. Pulled over when it got close and it was 3 very long lorries with wind turbine blades on the back. Impressive things when you see them close up. Further round on the descent a young lad on a mtb flagged me down to ask if I had a pump. He had tubeless tyres but the sealant didn't seem to have hardened and he was losing a wee bit of pressure. What a pleasant young lad he was. Studying music at Lendrick Muir School near Kinross but was also trying to fit in training for upcoming cross country championship he said. Not sure if it was on the mtb or not. Nice Canyon hardtail.

Just had a quick brekkie and now heading out with the ever patient Millie pooch.

Nice one Mo, you have certainly been active this morning

 

[SteCenturion]

@SteCenturion, other than it being normal, any idea what was going on at Piccadilly & Oxford Road yesterday?
Higher than normal number of police, both BTP & others.

View attachment 91284
Look familiar?​

Aye, nowt wrong with that, if used on date printed & by the legally entitled person.

Don't know about the GMP & Inspectors or BTP.

Probably had something on, maybe a gateway as it is called, targeting a particularly known problem line or just high patronage services for fraud detection/anti-social behaviour/combination reasons or completely unrelated.

 

[SteCenturion]

@SteCenturion, other than it being normal, any idea what was going on at Piccadilly & Oxford Road yesterday?
Higher than normal number of police, both BTP & others.

View attachment 91284
Look familiar?​

Oh... I see what's wrong...


It's upside down...

& so completely illegal.

Had to turn my auto rotate off

 

[172traindriver]

Arriva ? Kind of odd funny aqua greeny colour ?

They are the only operator I know of locally with WiFi.

Answer to speed is always the same...

Driving to the timetable issued by their management... 60 mins in 1 hour will never change...

To drive slower, you must visit less places... less places visited = extra buses required to cover other areas not served = cost.

Ops look at how many buses required to provide a 10, 15, 20 min service per hour etc & make it fit, often this forces drivers to drive at either a) uncomfortable speed or b) illegally & c) late.

The way of the bis world I am afraid mate.

Its not a nice world being forced like that.
We have am advantage that they cant force anything like that as speeding is unacceptable and as everything has data recorders we stick to speed limits so tough.
However they load the amount of driving up towards the maximum, however this can be exceeded if there are problems, which results in no more driving being done once the parameters are broken.

 

[SteCenturion]

After I cleaned my bike very thoroughly on the long*** weekend, it rained on my commute to work today, and ruined it all!
I just spent 10 minutes wiping the chain, oiling it, then wiping and oiling again. I'll leave the 2nd lot of oil on it overnight, and it should be nice and smooth again tomorrow. There's no rain forecast for the rest of this week, so it should now stay clean.

*** Yes, apparently our Queen was having another one of her 'birthdays', this time in the State of Victoria******, Australia.

****** No, we don't have a State of Elizabeth.

You have Elizabeth Adelaide though

 

[172traindriver]

Well done Big Yin


Even the Owd Folk are out riding me

Best get in training for Manchester Mr Centurion, good job it's flat

 

[172traindriver]

Heard anything more with regards the bones found in the City Centre yesterday.
Uncovered with all the work going on. Buried at a crossroad.

Friends of yours?

 

[172traindriver]

Morning @Fubar
the Peoples Champion

He got a heart of gold

 

[SteCenturion]

Check 5 Stevenson Square out. They've a cup in the side window. Third one down.

You went quiet at the mention of Rochdale yesterday though.

I find both Rochdale & Oldham very peculiar places

 

[172traindriver]

Morning handsome.

Hey I'm getting jealous