classic33
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The Retirement Thread
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We often say.....they bring the cans etc full but can't be bothered to take them back emoty.
As kids it was drummed into us and we did with our kids.. ... ...you do not EVER leave rubbish anywhere. No excuses for that.
oldwheels
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- Location
- Isle of Mull
We dived all round Mull and out as far as Canna. Mostly clear viz but can depend on weather which stirs everything up. Some scary bits up Loch Sunart with very strong tides carrying you deeper than expected and a hard fight to get back up. We also did the Falls of Lora at Connel. Exciting stuff. Looking for a wrecked barge in Tobermory Bay 3 of us were separated by ropes and took a compass course. We found it when the middle guy hit it with his head. Scared him somewhat. That was pea soup viz.
classic33
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Two, possibly three, seperate departments within the local council had a bit of fun early last month.
One came up with the "catchy slogan" of "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It", got it put on every bin in the town centre. Two days later, a second department wrapped all the bins, putting them out of use. Within the week a third had removed both the stickers, with the "catchy slogan" and the pallet wrap from the bins.
Good inter-department communication, and a waste of money twice over.
The weekend I was there was a bit rough, sunny but strong currents. One guy, for some strange reason, decided (maybe panic) to leave the group and struck out for a bouy. That was it, gone. To my knowledge his body was never found.
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We were in Leamington Spa Saturday, their parks are lovely.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Many who come here lack real open water experience tho' qualified on paper. I often got lumbered with them and the fin strokes soon tell if confident or not. I once had to do a controlled ascent with one who had "frozen" and was not responding to signals. Snap decision, immediate ascent.
One of my brothers was married to a real " Hyacinth Bucket"
They lived for a short while in Leamington. My brothers wife always referred to it as "ROYAL Leamington Spa"
Her name was Jean, referred to amongst the family as "Queen Jean" ever since. 😁
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- SW Edinburgh
I spent a uni year in digs in Leamington, not far from a Potterton Boiler factory. Perhaps the Potterton Boiler factory, I don’t know if there was more than one.
Very true what you say about paper qualifications.
I did a lot of my early training in quarries. 2 of my advanced lessons were midnight in the quarry at 25 metres. It doesn't get much darker. I recall being on a boat in Sharm and a young English guy was boasting about being an instructor. I asked him where he had dived in England.......he never had. All his training had been in the clear, warm, sunny Red Sea. I thought, blimey, this bloke could potentially go back to England and teach but he had never dived in English waters. Very scary.
Exlaser2
Veteran
I was only about 150 yards away from Jephson Gardens when I took the pics 😀
PaulSB
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- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I guess the basic principle is the same for men and women. I don't know for sure where women carry excess weight but for men it's the waist, which is dangerous.Day 8 out on my bike.
It's 20 deg C outside, but to me feels hotter. Humid too. I've just been out to try a ride for the second time today - and for the second time I've come home in a puddle of sweat. I'd stripped down to a longish vest top and footless tights. I managed 8.1 miles in 28:22 - barely sporty. Data says average 17.2 mph, max speed 26.2.
The seafront was mobbed with visitors, car parking spaces all taken, pavements full, meandathals in the road. I had to brake and take evasive action a number of times. The sea breeze provided enough resistance to make me sweat a bit harder. Still panting (shhh ... don't tell my doctor) as I type and in need of a shower.
One thing I've noticed; I'm eating less and moving more, and more vigorously at that, but somehow my weight is increasing. Maybe fat is turning to muscle mass and accounting for it? Is that even a thing? Or a fanciful notion?
Lockdown has forced me to change my riding from 3 x 60-80 mile rides per week to 5 X 30-35. Initially I could see and feel the fat reducing from my waist but my weight wasn't changing significantly. I could though see more muscle mass in my thighs. The last three weeks I've lost 2kg and I'm down to 68.4kg and the muscle seems to have stopped increasing.
By comparison a good friend, similar age, has been riding roughly twice the distance but has gained 4kg.
My suggestion would be to keep riding two hours at pace for five days/week. As an aside I'm told by the ladies I ride with they weigh themselves daily and then check the weight loss/gain over four weeks.
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The gardens were closed over the weekend, someone found in the river, we walked past the bandstand over the bridge and did the riverside walk.
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classic33
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