rustybolts
pedalling tediously
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- Ireland
Just ordered one !
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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Just ordered one !
@welsh dragon I keep meaning to ask. As you live on the edge of Snowdonia national park, have you managed to get to the top of Snowdon ?
If so did you walk or get the train ?
If so did you walk or get the train ?
My dad did that to all the doors in the maisonette we lived in.
It wasn't until my son bought the place some 50 years later that the hardboard was taken off .
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I've never been up Snowdon. The weather is so changeable and unpredictabile. My grandsons have been up it though. They walked it with a load of friends. They said they had 4 seasons in one day.
I have walked it several times via different paths and been fortunate with the weather.
The last time, I was at the summit when a train arrived carrying a load of Japanese tourists. As they got off the cloud dropped so they couldnt see anything and stayed like that till they went back down.
A bit nasty really but it made me laugh.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I have been up there loads of time
but not for many years - always walked never used the train
I did start to plan another walk up there several years ago but decided that it would be silly as, athough i had all the right equipment, I didn;t have the knees, lungs or general fitness if things started to go a bit wrong
as it can on a mountain
Went up there in the middle of winter one year on a winter mountaineering course - that was fun!!
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I only went to the top of Snowdon once and that was in the 80's. It was with my two young children then so we took the train.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I’ve only been up on the train many years ago. I remember it was expensive even back then so God knows what it costs now. If I could be arsed I would google to check but can’t be bothered.
Curiosity got the better of me. £45 adult return on the diesel and £60 on the steam. I’m sure many years ago we thought it was expensive at something like £17.
Good morning from a grey and bright Dorset. Slept through to the 07:00 backup alarm and realised that it was in effect 06:00 the time I usually wake. Some appliances will have automatically adjusted their clocks, some will need adjusting and some are a lot more straightforward than others. Mrs Tkk and I were discussing central heating radiators, I hadn't realised that the old style iron ones that you see in older buildings / libraries / churches etc were in fashion and so eye wateringly expensive 😮. There is / was a fashion for radiator covers, a friend has one with an elaborate scroll work design, not for me but each to their own. What brought the subject to mind was when we were looking to get a replacement radiator to replace the inadequate one in the new kitchen and came across a work of ingenuity, truly worthy of a Yorkshireman, behold the repurposed radiator cover, I'm converted, Mrs Tkk is not so keen 😁
You must have a Crowded House...
I’ve only been up on the train many years ago. I remember it was expensive even back then so God knows what it costs now. If I could be arsed I would google to check but can’t be bothered.
Curiosity got the better of me. £45 adult return on the diesel and £60 on the steam. I’m sure many years ago we thought it was expensive at something like £17.
A lot of money if you have a family, that's for sure.
I first walked up aged about 12. I got Sue about 1/4 of the way up but that was a good experience for her.
Done it twice since.
No way I would try it in winter.
Kev
Was going to message you.
Antiques Roadshow tonight if from Swanage Pier.
That's near you isn't it ?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
clocks done - car will do itself by magic when my phone gets in range
I think
not had to do this car before
at some point in the next month ro so I will have to do the sister-in-law's oven clock I suspect
They normally just leave it on whatever time zone it was
which I can;t cope with but if I try and do it they are all "oh no - don;t bother - it's fine"
Her husband is way too thick (seriously - I just have trouble even talking to him at time)
2 sons - one still living at home - one just up the road but none of then will do it
OK OK OK - I'm being sexist - women should be perfectly capable of changing a clock
but I have never come across a family where this was not very firmly in the "man's job" camp
however equal the partnership
I think
not had to do this car before
at some point in the next month ro so I will have to do the sister-in-law's oven clock I suspect
They normally just leave it on whatever time zone it was
which I can;t cope with but if I try and do it they are all "oh no - don;t bother - it's fine"
Her husband is way too thick (seriously - I just have trouble even talking to him at time)
2 sons - one still living at home - one just up the road but none of then will do it
OK OK OK - I'm being sexist - women should be perfectly capable of changing a clock
but I have never come across a family where this was not very firmly in the "man's job" camp
however equal the partnership
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
The only thing I have to change is my watch and the car clock, although I haven't actually changed it in 14 years. I did read somewhere ( whether it's true or not) is that you can be fined for not doing so.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Surely not. That doesn’t make much sense? I had to do the big clock on the living room wall manually and the microwave. I don’t bother with the cooker as I switch it off at the wall when not in use after my near disaster last year.
I will have to do the car next time I’m in it.
