The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Is that the place that does the pottery?

Yes.

 

[Dave7]

Nah - not enough L's or Y's

I lived in North Wales for many year any self respecting town/village name must have a LL or selection of FF's W's and Y;s

if it is really good they signpost it off the A55 just to annoy tourists - e.g.
Dwygyfylchi

You mean Dirty Filthy.

 

[welsh dragon]

Member may want to be aware that there is a thread about 'I'm sorry I Haven't a clue'

it is starting to make less sense than this one does

as a well know member has pointed out - over there>>>>>>>>>

Your joking. That's not possible

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We've had more snow.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I thought the horse wisperer on Country File was very interesting tonight. I've also been watching an episode of Star Trek Discovery season 2 tonight, a bit like the original Star Trek but with more emotions on show and a little bit more realism in the fight and battle scenes, mildly entertaining and didn't tax my brain too much.

 

[Mo1959]

I thought the horse wisperer on Country File was very interesting tonight. I've also been watching an episode of Star Trek Discovery season 2 tonight, a bit like the original Star Trek but with more emotions on show and a little bit more realism in the fight and battle scenes, mildly entertaining and didn't tax my brain too much.

My favourite bit was about the horse whisperer too. Seen it done before. Always wished I had gone over to Gleneagles when they had Monty Roberts there.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Still too busy watching Celtic Connections and The Bridge (on to series 3 now) to be watching any telly.
Celtic Connections continues to be the best £30 I’ve ever spent.

 

[welsh dragon]

My favourite bit was about the horse whisperer too. Seen it done before. Always wished I had gone over to Gleneagles when they had Monty Roberts there.

Yes. Very interesting

 

[Mo1959]

I find the bond between man and horse very special. Half a ton of horse flesh but can be so gentle and trusting. Had various horses myself for a while but my last boy was my biggest but maybe the gentlest too. Used to go up to the field in the morning to catch him to go for a ride and he would sometimes still be lying down and I would lie beside him for a while resting against him. It was lovely.

 

[ColinJ]

Isn't that where they filmed The Prisoner ?

Nope. It was filmed in Port Merion

Just checked, it was Portmeirion.

And here is my CX bike at the same gate!

I had just come up the extremely steep hill on the other side of the gate. From here...

 

[Exlaser2]

I’ve resorted to watching Miss Marple until Countryfile comes on at 7.

Lol me too and I don’t even like Julia Mckenzie. Geraldine McEwan was my my favourite Miss Marple , closely followed by Joan Hickson . Oh and I do have a soft soft spot for the 1960s films starring Margaret Rutherford even though the first one was made a year before I was born and I was only 2 when the last of the four films was made 😀

 

[ColinJ]

I should add - there are two types of cyclist. When being driven along the A496 from Talsarnau to Harlech and spotting a VERY steep climb up the hillside in the distance on the left, they...

1. Think - OMG, remind me NEVER to go near that monster on my bike!
2. Think - WOW, I must come back with my bike one day and climb THAT!!!

 

[classic33]

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And here is my CX bike at the same gate!

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I had just come up the extremely steep hill on the other side of the gate. From here...

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You escaped then.

No sheep wandering about on the road I take it, from those pictures.
Spacing on the bars would be narrower at the bottom wider at the top. No sheep or lambing wire visible on the gate either.

 

[classic33]

I should add - there are two types of cyclist. When being driven along the A496 from Talsarnau to Harlech and spotting a VERY steep climb up the hillside in the distance on the left, they...

1. Think - OMG, remind me NEVER to go near that monster on my bike!
2. Think - WOW, I must come back with my bike one day and climb THAT!!!

And you are type 1 or type 2?

 

[ColinJ]

You escaped then.

I loved 'The Prisoner' when I was young but Rover used to freak me out!

No sheep wandering about on the road I take it, from those pictures.
Spacing on the bars would be narrower at the bottom wider at the top. No sheep or lambing wire visible on the gate either.

There were actually, both above and below the gate. Yes, it served to delay traffic more than livestock!

And you are type 1 or type 2?

There was a subtle hint in my earlier post...

I had just come up the extremely steep hill on the other side of the gate.