Mo1959
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- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I had a muddy plod/jog, had a nice bath and have now sat down with my bowl of porridge. 
The Retirement Thread
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On mine, when I first got it I put the SD card in before I first switched it on and when I switched it on it asked if I wanted to combine the card and the internal memory, which i did and its run like that since.
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Good morning people
Morning all
Yay......it's Fish Friday!
Off for a long walk and picking up f&c on the way back.
Heard yesterday that our bestest friends are hoping to complete on their new house purchase in Minehead next week, and are looking to move in the first week of December.
We're so happy to be having them only an hour away instead of 3 1/2 hrs. It means we'll be able to meet up for lunch and have day trips to see each other.
View: https://youtu.be/QuoKNZjr8_U
Yay......it's Fish Friday!
Off for a long walk and picking up f&c on the way back.
Heard yesterday that our bestest friends are hoping to complete on their new house purchase in Minehead next week, and are looking to move in the first week of December.
We're so happy to be having them only an hour away instead of 3 1/2 hrs. It means we'll be able to meet up for lunch and have day trips to see each other.
View: https://youtu.be/QuoKNZjr8_U
dickyknees
Guru
- Location
- Anglesey
Bore da pawb.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Water of Leith
Morning all, damp and breezy here. No plans, just more telly and podcasts.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
Do you mean you combined the muddy plod and bath together, it's a little unclear in your post.I had a muddy plod/jog, had a nice bath and have now sat down with my bowl of porridge.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning all it's 
here
Good morning fellow retirees,
Mrs Tenkay has a new phone arriving today, I'll probably repurpose the old one as a backup phone/ ipod. I've found the battery life to be excellent if you put the phone in airplane mode.
A quick calculation shows a theoretical capacity of nearly 3 months of nonstop listening to music/podcasts/audio books
The GPS still functions in airplane mode so that'll be handy for finding my way back from the pub when they reopen🍺😁
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🏊♂️🏃♂️🚶♀️🚴♀️☔☕
Mrs Tenkay has a new phone arriving today, I'll probably repurpose the old one as a backup phone/ ipod. I've found the battery life to be excellent if you put the phone in airplane mode.
A quick calculation shows a theoretical capacity of nearly 3 months of nonstop listening to music/podcasts/audio books
The GPS still functions in airplane mode so that'll be handy for finding my way back from the pub when they reopen🍺😁
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🏊♂️🏃♂️🚶♀️🚴♀️☔☕
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Wow. We have torrential rain now and the sky is really dark.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
You're in Wales , that not news .Wow. We have torrential rain now and the sky is really dark.
monkers
Veteran
Good morning - the super-sorry carcass has risen and broken fast.
I kinda promised to keep away until I feel mended, rather than become a moan-fest in a happy place such as this.
I'm pleased to say that I'm well on the mend. Primary and secondary bruising near healed. Cuts and grazes now healed and will no doubt fade in time.
I've managed to start getting out and do some bimbling, even though the coastal winds in Lee here are strong - why the Dickens did they name this windy place Lee? Makes little sense to me.
The broken ribs are much less painful now; they just make deep breathing for faster riding / hill climbing a bit more difficult - not that I had the most puff anyway.
The busted up shoulder is taking a bit longer. I'm required to exercise it to get the ligaments to heal correctly. I don't get far into exercise before the pain flares up. On the bike I can't pull on the bars for hills and fight against prevailing winds, but I am getting there.
I've been using ride with GPS rather than the more often preferred Strava. I'd discovered a feature called 'segments' where members set up segments to compare their ride times against others. I only started riding again in May against a background of covid recovery and 30 years out of the saddle. Accordingly my ride times were unspectacular despite my wishing to be at least an adequate enough cyclist to consider some club riding.
It's also interesting to see who else is local and view their ride data. There are very decent riders near me, mostly members of a very successive club- Fareham Wheelers - who seem to have a competitive streak. So much so, that some of their riders were recently called upon to represent the UK in international amateur competitions. One of these, a female cyclist caught my eye, I won't name her here, but she is local, rather younger than me, and a very quick rider. She seems to often ride daytimes and I wonder if she is one of the women that I see riding around here on race bikes.
There was me thinking that she wouldn't need an older much slower person for a riding companion, but something caught my eye this week. There's a timed segment of just one mile near me that she has had several rides on and times recorded. To my astonishment, I'm in joint second place on that leaderboard and 14 seconds faster than her. The segment includes a slight incline and the record shows me going at 27.9mph, that's quick for me so pretty happy with that! If I can shift a bit more of this weight of mine and then maybe a little more from the bike, I just might have another go at timetrialling after near 50 years away from it.
I still hear our club trainer of the day John King ( a very lovely man but sadly no longer with us) used to answer to anyone wanting to go faster 'pedals and shoes, pedals and shoes'. So I guess I'll have to splash out now and get rid of my flat pedal and M&S granny dog-walking shoes for something more appropriate. I need to find another 8 seconds to claim the top spot for that segment. Maybe I'll just wait for a day when it's blowing a hooley along the Cherque Way segment and I'll crack the record with feet off the pedals.
Love to all.
I kinda promised to keep away until I feel mended, rather than become a moan-fest in a happy place such as this.
I'm pleased to say that I'm well on the mend. Primary and secondary bruising near healed. Cuts and grazes now healed and will no doubt fade in time.
I've managed to start getting out and do some bimbling, even though the coastal winds in Lee here are strong - why the Dickens did they name this windy place Lee? Makes little sense to me.
The broken ribs are much less painful now; they just make deep breathing for faster riding / hill climbing a bit more difficult - not that I had the most puff anyway.
The busted up shoulder is taking a bit longer. I'm required to exercise it to get the ligaments to heal correctly. I don't get far into exercise before the pain flares up. On the bike I can't pull on the bars for hills and fight against prevailing winds, but I am getting there.
I've been using ride with GPS rather than the more often preferred Strava. I'd discovered a feature called 'segments' where members set up segments to compare their ride times against others. I only started riding again in May against a background of covid recovery and 30 years out of the saddle. Accordingly my ride times were unspectacular despite my wishing to be at least an adequate enough cyclist to consider some club riding.
It's also interesting to see who else is local and view their ride data. There are very decent riders near me, mostly members of a very successive club- Fareham Wheelers - who seem to have a competitive streak. So much so, that some of their riders were recently called upon to represent the UK in international amateur competitions. One of these, a female cyclist caught my eye, I won't name her here, but she is local, rather younger than me, and a very quick rider. She seems to often ride daytimes and I wonder if she is one of the women that I see riding around here on race bikes.
There was me thinking that she wouldn't need an older much slower person for a riding companion, but something caught my eye this week. There's a timed segment of just one mile near me that she has had several rides on and times recorded. To my astonishment, I'm in joint second place on that leaderboard and 14 seconds faster than her. The segment includes a slight incline and the record shows me going at 27.9mph, that's quick for me so pretty happy with that! If I can shift a bit more of this weight of mine and then maybe a little more from the bike, I just might have another go at timetrialling after near 50 years away from it.
I still hear our club trainer of the day John King ( a very lovely man but sadly no longer with us) used to answer to anyone wanting to go faster 'pedals and shoes, pedals and shoes'. So I guess I'll have to splash out now and get rid of my flat pedal and M&S granny dog-walking shoes for something more appropriate. I need to find another 8 seconds to claim the top spot for that segment. Maybe I'll just wait for a day when it's blowing a hooley along the Cherque Way segment and I'll crack the record with feet off the pedals.
Love to all.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
...wind
Morning all.
In todays news.........
5 moreCovid deaths since yesterday in Warrington hospital + 65 new cases.
No wonder they are making me jump through hoops for my camera next week.
Yesterday I made a very simple veggie meal.
2 sweet chillies (what I had grewed myself).
Onion, garlic, Paprika, pepper, a splash of Worcester sauce and Hendersons relish. Add some cooked pasta twirles....... it was lovely.
Sunny here.
Supposed to stay sunny for the day. I will get another 2 mile walk in later.
I must say..... I am enjoying this eating and exercising lark. Long may it continue
In todays news.........
5 moreCovid deaths since yesterday in Warrington hospital + 65 new cases.
No wonder they are making me jump through hoops for my camera next week.
Yesterday I made a very simple veggie meal.
2 sweet chillies (what I had grewed myself).
Onion, garlic, Paprika, pepper, a splash of Worcester sauce and Hendersons relish. Add some cooked pasta twirles....... it was lovely.
Sunny here.
Supposed to stay sunny for the day. I will get another 2 mile walk in later.
I must say..... I am enjoying this eating and exercising lark. Long may it continue
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
8.40 and I have showered and have put a fruit cake cooking for when my grandson comes to see us later today
