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Flick of the Elbow

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Location
SW Edinburgh
I know someone who does this every year; takes their caravan on tour inland during the school holidays and makes around £7500 from their bungalow.
Reminds me of the old practice in the Highlands and presumably elsewhere where farmers would move the family into a shepherds sheiling for the summer and rent out the farmhouse to middle class tourists.
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
Back from a very pleasant 6 miles, just around the woods/hills/reservoirs near the house, windy but mostly beautiful sunshine. Rowan berries are coming along nicely, bracken just a hint of turning, still a few swifts about. Timed it well, starting to cloud over now.
Rowan Berries.
You may get Waxwings come winter.
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
Sold £65 worth of cycling tops on FB and they've been collected and paid for.
Lawns edged and cut.
MrsD's bush trimmed.
Runner beans cropped.
Everything ship shape and Bristol fashion.
Relaxing in the garden with a couple of bottles of GT Ales North Coast IPA - an excellent drink if you're ever down this way - and chillin' to Classic FM.
Oh....and the sun's shining. :sun:
It's tough at the top! :laugh:
 

classic33

Leg End Member
3rd plumber has found the leak :hyper: it was under the shower tray, he took off a small side panel and it was all sopping wet and by the look of the mould been like it was some time now xx(
At least now I'll get my ceiling fixed in the next few days :smile:
I'd be asking for some means of taking the water out of the air, where it has come through. Especially now you, and they, know it's been waste water that was leaking into your property.
 
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I got back about half one having ridden 56 miles, a regular route I was riding once a week a couple of years ago, I haven't ridden it since March this year. I was climbing the little rise after the Nailcote Hall and one of the club lads flew past saying hello as he did so, I caught him up for a chat then let him go once we reached the next set of lights, I caught him a bit further down when he was at the meet point waiting for his mate to join him. Later on as I rode through Lowsonford I passed a small group of riders and most of them were on E-Bikes, I got further down did my right turn and started to climb towards Hatton and they all passed me on the climb, I passed them again once we got of the climb and didn't see them again. The cafe was interesting, they were letting one in when one came out and inside they had clear plastic screens between the tables. A routine but hard ride home and I was surprised to find when I got home I'd averaged 14mph for the morning, with the amount of time I'd spent slogging into a headwind during the ride I was expecting lower than that. July has been a disappointing cycling month, I've only cycled 283 miles for the month, July last year I rode 484 miles for the month.
 
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Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
All this talk of holidays, we're off to Edinburgh at the beginning of September, probably give the overnight sleeper a miss and travel during the day.
We now just travel with a few essentials in our Brommie bags and send our main luggage by carrier. We combine all our clothes / bulky / heavy items into one large case, the courier collects it from home and delivers it to our destination the following day. Convenient and inexpensive, off the train at Waterloo, on the Brommies to Euston, train to Edinburgh, on the Brommies to Porty 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Reminds me of the old practice in the Highlands and presumably elsewhere where farmers would move the family into a shepherds sheiling for the summer and rent out the farmhouse to middle class tourists.
Not just farmers. A branch of my family in Lochinver moved into a shed in the back garden for the summer.
I also know of some on Iona who still do the same.
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Hello every one. Made it to North Devon and in good time too , for a change. We left home at 8 am and arrived here just after 2 pm, including two stops on the way. Very pleased with that. I set cruise control to 70 mph and apart from two 50 mph limits on M6 and M5, all was well. :hello:
Bike reassembled and waiting in spare room . Will study the weather forecast later to see when I can ride to Bideford and the cycle track from there.
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
Hello every one. Made it to North Devon and in good time too , for a change. We left home at 8 am and arrived here just after 2 pm, including two stops on the way. Very pleased with that. I set cruise control to 70 mph and apart from two 50 mph limits on M6 and M5, all was well. :hello:
Bike reassembled and waiting in spare room . Will study the weather forecast later to see when I can ride to Bideford and the cycle track from there.
Welcome to Shamwickshire. :hello:
 
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