The Retirement Thread

[GM]

Morning all. All this talk about growing stuff, co-incidentally my boy knocked this up out of an old pallet that was lying around yesterday afternoon. We've got Beetroots and Radishes, and Tomatoes growing in black builder buckets....

 

[oldwheels]

Bonjour. I had a pleasant surprise last night when the door bell rang at 8.20pm. It was a parcel delivery from Amazon. As I had not ordered anything, I was puzzled but , when I opened it, there was a note from my son that said: " I thought you might be bored with painting and bought you those two books. " One is " The cyclist who went out in the Cold" by Tim Moore and the other " Riding in the zone rouge" by Tom Isitt.
How nice of him ? Needless to say, I was quite touched.

I have both on my kindle. Tim Moore is undoubtedly mad but interesting and the other has harrowing accounts of the first cycle race in the immediate aftermath of WW1.

 

[oldwheels]

We have clear blue sky but strong northerly wind and still cold. The front grass should be sheltered so time to find out if I have replaced the Flymo drive belt properly.

 

[welsh dragon]

The wind is currently making whistling sounds around the windows. Maybe not a day for unless I can find some north easterly wind assisted segments!

I was thinking of going for a bimble..... but perhaps not.

 

[Dave7]

The Resident used to be The Nadler is a favourite, so close to everything bit of a boutique style so may not be for everyone.

Just googled it. It looks good. Nearby is the Mayflower chinese restaurant. They do a good, cheap lunch. We go there most times we have a day visit.
We did plan to stay at the Liner Hotel but that Resident looks good.

 

[Drago]

Started off warm and bright here, but the temps have dropped and the wind is whipping up.

 

[GM]

The Resident used to be The Nadler is a favourite, so close to everything bit of a boutique style so may not be for everyone.

Another Liverpool liker here. When my daughter was at John Moores we used to go and visit her a couple of times a year. Had some great weekends there and we used to stay in The Liner, her flat was opposite

Just seen Dave7's post, The Liner was excellent when we went, mind you it was 12 years ago!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just back from doing the club's weekly 5k challenge. The virtual LEJOG on the turbo seems to be paying dividends as my legs are getting faster!
Saw a plane on final approach into Hurn as I was heading up the hill. A big 4 engine passenger style job. It was low enough to see that it had a big NHS logo on it ( and the Pilot needed a shave) 😉😁

 

[screenman]

Just got a message from our local, if we are thinking about doing a dry October could we please do it now.

 

[derrick]

Drinking tea in bed. Deciding what we will do today.

 

[screenman]

Drinking tea in bed. Deciding what we will do today.

I have just gone back to bed as I have a headache, it will be gone soon hopefully.

 

[PaulSB]

@PaulSB
Its called Roseclear. It claims to be a 3 in 1 and clears blackspot plus creepy crawleys.
Instructions are to apply at first sign, then 10 days later if it persists....but twice a year max.

Sorry Dave, I don't know why it would be a maximum of twice yearly but a bit of Googling came up with one recommendation for a maximum of four applications. I would suggest leaving 4-6 week gap between applications wouldn't hurt. So apply a dose, wait 1o days till the next, wait 4-6 weeks and repeat. The only reason for twice yearly is this is partly a systemic compound and frequent applications could result in a damaging build up in the plants. Possibly, I don't know and have no commercial experience of roses.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Morning all, a nice sunny start to the day here. All set to change this afternoon when you northerners send down the cold weather 😉

's OK. We've taken the edge of it for you

 

[Dave7]

Started off warm and bright here, but the temps have dropped and the wind is whipping up.

Wind whipping up + smelly y fronts = disaster

 

[IaninSheffield]

One is " The cyclist who went out in the Cold" by Tim Moore and the other " Riding in the zone rouge" by Tom Isitt.

You might find the interview with Tom Isitt on 'The Bike Show' quite interesting too. And for anyone else who may not be familiar with the show (hosted by Jack Thurston), there's an extensive back catalogue of fascinating interviews and interviews covering a wide range of cycling topics. Something to while away the lockdown.