The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Good moaning!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning all, another one here a bit knackered, not sure why, got out for a P at half five then back to bed till 7:30, its not unusual for me to be tired the day after a hard ride, but not two days afterwards.

 

[welsh dragon]

Very very warm here. Phew.

 

[gavroche]

Good morning all. Taking the dog for a walk and a run ( the dog, not me) before it gets too hot. Possible ride this evening if it cools down a bit. Lazy day otherwise.
Will be morally supporting the science teacher in my school who is riding the first stage of the Tour de France today, 194kms in 35degrees heat. Good luck to him.

 

[Drago]

Busy day doing multiple tip runs as I clear the crud out the garden. Still, should work up a nice thirst for some Guinness tonight.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all. Taking the dog for a walk and a run ( the dog, not me) before it gets too hot. Possible ride this evening if it cools down a bit. Lazy day otherwise.
Will be mentally supporting the science teacher in my school who is riding the first stage of the Tour de France today, 194kms in 35degrees heat. Good luck to him.

They are not normal humans are they

 

[Dirk]

Off to our friends 60th birthday party this afternoon. She's the youngest of our group who've known each other for around 35 years; in fact, I went to grammar school with her husband - so I've known him the longest of all the group - 53 years!
We hadn't originally planned to go to the party, as we'd only seen our friends a couple of weeks ago on a cycling holiday in Somerset. Having to come up to the Midlands for SiLs funeral has made it possible.
Every cloud has a silver lining.

 

[classic33]

Why do I always feel slightly sleepy after the first coffee of the day???? Thought it was supposed to wake you up!

Because coffee blocks adenosine.

When you're awake during the day, your adenosine levels increase , eventually making you drowsy by suppressing the activity of cells in the basal forebrain. After you fall asleep, adenosine levels drop.

 

[172traindriver]

Ah, making room for me, eh?

You will have competition with @Dave7

 

[172traindriver]

You wont go short of company

 

[classic33]

Hello fellow cycling retirees. Beautiful day her. I'm going to get the bike out later and try to find one of our club groups which should be out today.

I think today is going to be difficult as I have a very listless feeling already. Been awake since about 3.30 thanks to Mrs P making a lot, I mean a LOT, of noise when she got up to go to the bathroom!!! ...............and she get's cross with me!

We had a very bizarre walking day yesterday. The plan was to head to the south Lakes and walk just south of Windermere. On to the M6 at Preston and it's car park conditions with an expected 50 minute time to J32, we joined the motorway at J30. The decision was taken to get off at the J31, head over to Belmont and do a local walk. This ended up with a cafe stop before we started, picnic by a local flooded quarry, beers in pub at the end. All very satisfactory other than a bridge being closed and we had to navigate a new route at the end.

Bizarre? Well we'd just settled down to picnic at the quarry when four teenagers appeared, looked at us to suggest we were sitting in their spot, and then walked round to the opposite side carrying beer and an obviously very large joint. Next a guy, perhaps 40, in a blue singlet appears 20-30 yards to our left, watches the lads for ages, spends time watching, staring even, at us. We pack up and start walking down a narrow tarmaced track and a motorcyclist pulls alongside and says hello. This is a path not a road, it's gated at each end. A bit further on he's parked up and fiddling with a camera. We get to the end of the path only to find the bridge closed and double back. Next we come across the motorcycle, parked in a new spot, but no rider. A bit further on a guy comes out of the woods wearing the uniform polo shirt of a well known local roofing company, his transit turns out to be parked at the end of the path. Then a guy comes towards us wearing five-toed shoes with two small terriers on leads.

All this within the space of perhaps 0.5 mile and 20 minutes. Dogging or cottaging we reckoned.

Sounds about normal for that side.

Was it two per five toed shoes or two leads in total?

 

[172traindriver]

Morning chaps. Another warm day today I think.

You'll be sweaty once more

 

[172traindriver]

Please allow me to decipher this. Fresh Welsh Lamb would suggest to me that you're saying Welshie is a young hottie and popular with the boys?

Wash your mouth out with soap, Mr Lance O'Classic! If I had a glove I'd demand satisfaction! We all know she's not young!

Mature maybe?

 

[172traindriver]

You take a look at her pictures!

Lambs in nearly every field close to a road.

She does like her photos

 

[172traindriver]

Why do I always feel slightly sleepy after the first coffee of the day???? Thought it was supposed to wake you up!

Wait for it to kick in?