Flick of the Elbow
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- Midlothian Edinburgh
Morning all, windy and wet here, not a day for the bike. In prospect another lockdown walk followed by more lockdown telly.
The Retirement Thread
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Morning all 
Taking doggie down to the beach first thing, then off down to the caravan in storage.
Got a few things to do before we go away a week tomorrow.
Main things are to change the brushes on one of the motor movers, check tyre pressures and wheel nut torques, give it a quick wash down and restock the cupboards.
Can't wait to get away.
We are only heading over to Dunster initially, which is about 40 miles across Exmoor from us; then after a week we are moving on to Frome for 5 days, to meet up with two couples who are our best mates.
We then head home, but stop off for a week in the Blackdown Hills.
I've managed to make a route that avoids using the M5 completely, as I reckon it'll be bonkers on it for a few weekends, from next week.
Taking doggie down to the beach first thing, then off down to the caravan in storage.
Got a few things to do before we go away a week tomorrow.
Main things are to change the brushes on one of the motor movers, check tyre pressures and wheel nut torques, give it a quick wash down and restock the cupboards.
Can't wait to get away.
We are only heading over to Dunster initially, which is about 40 miles across Exmoor from us; then after a week we are moving on to Frome for 5 days, to meet up with two couples who are our best mates.
We then head home, but stop off for a week in the Blackdown Hills.
I've managed to make a route that avoids using the M5 completely, as I reckon it'll be bonkers on it for a few weekends, from next week.
Good morning fellow retirees,
Sunny but blowy with a spell of morning rain promised.
Daughter and granddaughter popping over today. Mrs Tenkay is making Toad in the Hole usingBaxter’s Richmond Irish Recipe Veggie sausages, they're really rather good.
We're planning a cat sitting trip to Edinburgh, the new rolling stock on the Cally Sleeper looks inviting, especially for isolating / distancing.
For some reason it now arrives in Edinburgh at about 4 am 😯
Have a lovely peaceful day folks
🏃🚶🚲🏊🌞
Sunny but blowy with a spell of morning rain promised.
Daughter and granddaughter popping over today. Mrs Tenkay is making Toad in the Hole using
We're planning a cat sitting trip to Edinburgh, the new rolling stock on the Cally Sleeper looks inviting, especially for isolating / distancing.
For some reason it now arrives in Edinburgh at about 4 am 😯
Have a lovely peaceful day folks
🏃🚶🚲🏊🌞
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A jolly good morning is wished to one and all.
Very windy overnight (dont say it). Overcast now.
When I got up approx 0600 it was quite warm but the temperature is dropping and I have just put the fire on.
The highlight of the day will be spag bol with garlic bread and a glass of red wine.
See you later.
Very windy overnight (dont say it). Overcast now.
When I got up approx 0600 it was quite warm but the temperature is dropping and I have just put the fire on.
The highlight of the day will be spag bol with garlic bread and a glass of red wine.
See you later.
Baxters??? Dont recall ever hearing of them. I must look into see if anyone stocks them......we enjoy a nice veggie sausage
Landsurfer
Veteran
The girls are off today for a contact day with their mum.... on a Sunday !!
Social Services you spoil us ..... whats next Ferrero Rocher ...... .....
Breezy and cool out there this morning ... i'm off for a pedal after i've dropped the girls off ....
Social Services you spoil us ..... whats next Ferrero Rocher ...... .....
Breezy and cool out there this morning ... i'm off for a pedal after i've dropped the girls off ....
Baxters??? Dont recall ever hearing of them. I must look into see if anyone stocks them......we enjoy a nice veggie sausage
They're very good, now our preferred Veggie sausage, having displaced the sainted Linda at the top of the Veggie sausage hit parade😁
Baxters are (or were?) a popular traditional sausage maker.
The packaging is well presented with an outer cardboard sleeve complete with fold out recipe flap.
Landsurfer
Veteran
Tenkarakev ... I got out for 2 hours on the river Don at Niagara Weir yesterday evening. Surrounded by housing estates and playing fields on one side and industrial storage the other ....
Tenkara rod with x2 length line and TenkaraUSA green olive......
3 beautiful wild brown trout, buzzed by a kingfisher and sight of a mink or something similar .....
Not bad for a short session ...
Although there is a theory that you can catch Trout in the Don with a magnet
Tenkara rod with x2 length line and TenkaraUSA green olive......
3 beautiful wild brown trout, buzzed by a kingfisher and sight of a mink or something similar .....
Not bad for a short session ...
Although there is a theory that you can catch Trout in the Don with a magnet
Morning all chaps and chapesses.
A bit breezy this morning but otherwise nice.
Out with muttley shortly and meeting my mate for a morning bimble on the bike. Nothing too taxing but 20 miles or so. So a nice headwind on the way home will test the legs a bit.
A bit breezy this morning but otherwise nice.
Out with muttley shortly and meeting my mate for a morning bimble on the bike. Nothing too taxing but 20 miles or so. So a nice headwind on the way home will test the legs a bit.
Landsurfer
Veteran
Cycling cancelled 
My gouts flared up in my left foot ... in the past hour !
I take medication to control uric acid levels in my blood but they seem to have been overwhelmed..
Since i stopped drinking, some months ago, i drink diet and sugar free Coke a lot ...
I wonder ......????? .... The Coke ?
My gouts flared up in my left foot ... in the past hour !
I take medication to control uric acid levels in my blood but they seem to have been overwhelmed..
Since i stopped drinking, some months ago, i drink diet and sugar free Coke a lot ...
I wonder ......????? .... The Coke ?
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
pawl
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- Desford Leicestershire
Carbonated diet drinks are reckoned not to be good for you. I can't remember where I saw the article, but apparently the medical concensus was that they can cause all sorts of nasty problems if you already have underlying medical problems.Cycling cancelled
My gouts flared up in my left foot ... in the past hour !
I take medication to control uric acid levels in my blood but they seem to have been overwhelmed..
Since i stopped drinking, some months ago, i drink diet and sugar free Coke a lot ...
I wonder ......????? .... The Coke ?
Might be worth doing some Googley research?
ETA - here's an article about diet soda and diabetes.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/310909#diet-soda-and-diabetes
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Friday
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Morning. I took the hybrid for nearly 40 miles and did a nice scenic loop of Loch Earn. Hoaching with fishers again like the pre covid days. Almost made it home dry but the rain came on for the last three miles.
