Team BKool CycleChat

[Whorty]

Presently we have a lovely wildlife environment in our garden. Spring/Summer lots of birds in the dawn chorus. My wife planted lots of buddleia plants to encourage bees and butterflies. We have a 20 metre pond which is home to ducks and moorhens. We have had probably 50 ducklings in the last few years. Newts and frogs come and go depending on whether the moorhens eat them. I do like the barn owls and recently the red kites circling around. It was so lovely to see 6 or more in Wales on the DD. This time of year our jack Russell sniffs out hedgehogs on our nightly walk around our garden. When we move in a few years we will have a 4 acre paddock which where are planning to turn into a wildlife garden with wild flowers and larger pond/lake. Fish eagles are frequent visitors to the near by reservoir- can't wait

Sounds similar to what we have. We bought this place 2 years ago because of the wildlife. Small lake at bottom of garden has loads of ducks, a pair of moorhen, frogs, newts, often a heron or two and last weekend 2 kingfishers although no idea why they are there as no fish in there since the heron arrived lol. Green woodpeckers always around, taking ants out the lawn. At least 4 adult roe deer too, and they had 2 fawns this year which was beautiful. Don't see any hedgehogs though, or fix, but then there is still s hunt around these parts so poor foxes don't stand a chance. Very jealous that you have fish eagles

 

[Whorty]

20 metre flipping pond.
I'm cycling out of my class with you lot.
Even Whorty, who could be mistaken for a retired Hells Angel (sorry friend, no offence intended) is living it up in an estate beyond my dreams.
Saying that I could build a barn in my garden for the said owl's but I would have no feking garden left for the rest of Dr Dolittles crowd.

No offence taken - and who's to say I'm not a hells angel who just happens to prefer a vw camper rather than a hog

 

[bridgy]

Funnily the missus suggested using the turbo trainer to power the lights in our house to save electricity. I suggested if she stopped watching so much crappy tv we could save enough for me to retire. Needless to say I'm still heading out to work next week and I ain't connecting a dynamo to the turbo anytime soon...

I've always thought the 300 or so watts I'm producing on the turbo ought to be powering the 300 watt fan blowing air at me!

 

[AAAC 76C]

20 metre flipping pond.
I'm cycling out of my class with you lot.
Even Whorty, who could be mistaken for a retired Hells Angel (sorry friend, no offence intended) is living it up in an estate beyond my dreams.
Saying that I could build a barn in my garden for the said owl's but I would have no feking garden left for the rest of Dr Dolittles crowd.

I do miss my dog walks though, it would be a bit odd walking around without one, but I had to go to the local park (Aldon Park Estate if you know it) on account of my garden being to small to throw a Frisbee in without the dog crashing into a fence or two.

Begger
I was trying to piss Whorty off but he liked that!

 

[AAAC 76C]

No offence taken - and who's to say I'm not a hells angel who just happens to prefer a vw camper rather than a hog

Your may be a contractor but no the sort of contracts that Hell's Angels carry out!

 

[AAAC 76C]

I've always thought the 300 or so watts I'm producing on the turbo ought to be powering the 300 watt fan blowing air at me!

You should get an LED Fan and then for a 300 watt equivalent you would only need to push say 25 watts

 

[Whorty]

Begger
I was trying to piss Whorty off but he liked that!

Funnily enough, if I had a pound for all the times someone thought I was a hells angel I'd have enough dosh to buy another acre of garden

 

[AAAC 76C]

hedgehogs though, or fix, but then there is

That's one improvement in my garden is that since the local Drug Baron got kicked out of his Tax Payer supported residence there are a lot less discarded needles in the back alley.

 

[bridgy]

Ah cool

The bars look so sweet. I've looked at intergrated bars before but I think the canyon ones look the best of the bunch. Like you say, it must feel like a little bit of a chance buying online / unseen so glad it worked out well. Isle of white here we come!

Yep, looking forward to IOW even more now! And I love the look of the integrated stem and aero bars - quite relieved that I also find them really comfortable too because to be honest I specced them on looks alone! Here's a gratuitous pic for you @TurboTommy!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Funnily enough, if I had a pound for all the times someone thought I was a hells angel I'd have enough dosh to buy another acre of garden

Would be a good thing if you lived in Yobsville.
Folk you don'tlike might keep thier distance.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Yep, looking forward to IOW even more now! And I love the look of the integrated stem and aero bars - quite relieved that I also find them really comfortable too because to be honest I specced them on looks alone! Here's a gratuitous pic for you @TurboTommy!

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Did you do the bar tape DIY.
If so, good work Sir.
Other than that I am not sure that I am taken 100% by the modern beauty.

 

[AAAC 76C]

That's one improvement in my garden is that since the local Drug Baron got kicked out of his Tax Payer supported residence there are a lot less discarded needles in the back alley.

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That's my blue she'd roof just left and down a bit from centre.

 

[bridgy]

Did you do the bar tape DIY.
If so, good work Sir.
Other than that I am not sure that I am taken 100% by the modern beauty.

I so wish I could say yes to having done the bar tape! But no, that's the work of someone more expert than me at the Canyon factory!

I totally understand the looks of those bars are a matter of taste, and probably not for the traditionalists!

 

[AAAC 76C]

I so wish I could say yes to having done the bar tape! But no, that's the work of someone more expert than me at the Canyon factory!

I totally understand the looks of those bars are a matter of taste, and probably not for the traditionalists!

Side on the whole Canyon thing is art but from above, for me, too many squares.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Side on the whole Canyon thing is art but from above, for me, too many squares.

Good to see it propped up against a renderred wall.
Hope it doesn't slip!