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The Retirement Thread
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Good morning people.
Blinkin eck.......at those rates, any jobs you want doing I'm your man.
I may send my assistant (MrsD) though
. Cash up feont of course.
Good morning fellow retirees,
Seeing @monkers message about her hang gliding friend Danni launching from Coombe Gibbet reminded me that there used to be a cross country race from Coombe Gibbet to Overton.
I remember waiting at the top of the hill for the race to start while gazing in awe at people circling above on hang gliders.
Never get me up in one due to my fear of heights but it looks great fun.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🏊🚶🚲🏃♂️🌞
Seeing @monkers message about her hang gliding friend Danni launching from Coombe Gibbet reminded me that there used to be a cross country race from Coombe Gibbet to Overton.
I remember waiting at the top of the hill for the race to start while gazing in awe at people circling above on hang gliders.
Never get me up in one due to my fear of heights but it looks great fun.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🏊🚶🚲🏃♂️🌞
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I have risen!
As I said previously.......I like the idea but doing something like that with no backupEvenin' all. I managed my retrieve driving stint this afternoon. It proved difficult with the signal often dropping out. It's surprisingly difficult to follow a paraglider by car even when using tracking devices - not being able to use a mobile on the go and the limited number of stopping places along the way.
Danni flew her paraglider from Combe Gibbet (near Newbury) a distance of 54km to Petersfield after losing height and landing safely. Another flier came down in the same spot.
This evening there was less good news, a good friend of Danni's had worse luck. He flew from a different site; following a difficult recovery after a crash on a hill in Hampshire, he is now in hospital with a suspected spinal injury.
.Even with scuba diving we had a 2nd DV (mouth piece) and a pony (mini tank with its own mouth piece).
Blinkin eck.......at those rates, any jobs you want doing I'm your man.
I may send my assistant (MrsD) though
Do you take Paypal.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Did a hang-gliding course at Combe Gibbet back in the mid eighties. Don't think paragliding had been invented back then, and those gliders were non too easy to lug back up the hill. If you got good at it you could top land, but never got to that stage. Good to know the location is still being usedEvenin' all. I managed my retrieve driving stint this afternoon. It proved difficult with the signal often dropping out. It's surprisingly difficult to follow a paraglider by car even when using tracking devices - not being able to use a mobile on the go and the limited number of stopping places along the way.
Danni flew her paraglider from Combe Gibbet (near Newbury) a distance of 54km to Petersfield after losing height and landing safely. Another flier came down in the same spot.
This evening there was less good news, a good friend of Danni's had worse luck. He flew from a different site; following a difficult recovery after a crash on a hill in Hampshire, he is now in hospital with a suspected spinal injury.
And they wonder why cyclists have a bad name.
One of my Cheshire rides** is through some lovely countryside but I often see groups of 10-15 ridin 3 abreast..... blocking all the traffic behind them. So selfish.
**its months since I did it
I take anything. Paypal, gold bars, Krugerrands.......so long as its up front
I take anything. Paypal, gold bars, Krugerrands.......so long as its up front
I shall consider your generous offer, on second thoughts I did tell the guy he has got the job so maybe the next chimney breast I build I will let you quote for.
Morning all
Looking good out there today.
Having a lie in and a couple of cuppas before we pack up.
We've had a nice week here on Exmoor and it's been good to give the van a run out off grid. At least we've got back into the swing of things and all systems on the van are working OK. I did a full service on the van in early March, but you never know with these things. I wonder how many people hitched up their caravans this week, after having not used them since last year, only to have problems when towing or when on site.
It worries me how little care a lot of folk take.
Looking good out there today.
Having a lie in and a couple of cuppas before we pack up.
We've had a nice week here on Exmoor and it's been good to give the van a run out off grid. At least we've got back into the swing of things and all systems on the van are working OK. I did a full service on the van in early March, but you never know with these things. I wonder how many people hitched up their caravans this week, after having not used them since last year, only to have problems when towing or when on site.
It worries me how little care a lot of folk take.
monkers
Veteran
Just an update. News on Danni's paragliding friend. He fell about 50 feet which, as I commented on yesterday, is in the danger window for reserve chute effectiveness - too low for chute to open and brake the fall, and too high not to hurt or kill yourself.
His spinal injury is not severe, but his left arm was wrenched from the socket and the tendons torn from the bone. Apparently he will need two operations the first of which will be later today.
Danni out flying again today, though coastal flying instead at Barton-on-Sea. I worry about that as the flying height tends to be in the reserve chute ineffectiveness zone; it's safer to be 500 feet up and have a problem than be at 50 it seems.
I shall stay local, have a bimble and maybe attempt a few fast lengths of Henry Cort Way (it's a smooth, arrow straight two mile bus and cycle route only - no cars, no pedestrians).
His spinal injury is not severe, but his left arm was wrenched from the socket and the tendons torn from the bone. Apparently he will need two operations the first of which will be later today.
Danni out flying again today, though coastal flying instead at Barton-on-Sea. I worry about that as the flying height tends to be in the reserve chute ineffectiveness zone; it's safer to be 500 feet up and have a problem than be at 50 it seems.
I shall stay local, have a bimble and maybe attempt a few fast lengths of Henry Cort Way (it's a smooth, arrow straight two mile bus and cycle route only - no cars, no pedestrians).
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Early tootle on the hybrid done. I enjoy an early Sunday spin. Things are well back to normal now though. The south side of Loch Earn is mobbed with campers and anglers now.
That's 180 miles for the week which is good considering my back has been niggling.
That's 180 miles for the week which is good considering my back has been niggling.
