It was a warm summers evening, a friend said “ fancy another?” My brain said “ better not, I’ve got to cycle home” , what came out of my mouth was “ Oh, go on then “
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It was a warm summers evening, a friend said “ fancy another?” My brain said “ better not, I’ve got to cycle home” , what came out of my mouth was “ Oh, go on then “
12boy
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- Casper WY USA
So glad to be able to access this thread. I have missed it.
I have been plagued with dizziness for a decade, at least. It happens after I rise from sitting and doesn't occuer untill I walked a few steps. I have learned the hard way to stand still for a second or two upon rising and take some deep breaths to oxygenate my brain. It's embarrassing to stand up, start staggering and then fall down and painful.
The balance can be helped a bit by practice, but I understand there are two ways balance is achieved...visually and by the fluid in the inner ear. My Menieres Disease has trashed my inner ears but if I do need to balance I look fixedly at a nearby object and I can balance much better.
It is cold and windy with maybe 6 inches of snow by tomorrow, so no ride today. Yesterday was16C and today the high will be -4. Mostly indoor activities today including setting up my 82 Holdsworth Special to be a 3 speed and some upper body work. I must remain strong enough to get a heavily laden spoon to my mouth.
Silly to eat a squashed squirrel sandwich...the greys are much tastier.
Yesterday my neighbor drove me up Hat Six road which runs behind Casper Mountain to some multiuse Bureau of Land Management to checkout campsites for my sheepherders wagon. I should have taken pics as it is a pretty spot. I had last gone there 25 years ago to try out a 4x4 Chevy Blazer I had bought for $500 from my dad. We turned a corner and saw 4 or 5 naked women waving gaily from their camp site. My wife was looking at the mountain on the other side and missed them but my sons did not. She always wondered why they always wanted to go back to "The Naked Women Road".
Be safe and well.
I have been plagued with dizziness for a decade, at least. It happens after I rise from sitting and doesn't occuer untill I walked a few steps. I have learned the hard way to stand still for a second or two upon rising and take some deep breaths to oxygenate my brain. It's embarrassing to stand up, start staggering and then fall down and painful.
The balance can be helped a bit by practice, but I understand there are two ways balance is achieved...visually and by the fluid in the inner ear. My Menieres Disease has trashed my inner ears but if I do need to balance I look fixedly at a nearby object and I can balance much better.
It is cold and windy with maybe 6 inches of snow by tomorrow, so no ride today. Yesterday was16C and today the high will be -4. Mostly indoor activities today including setting up my 82 Holdsworth Special to be a 3 speed and some upper body work. I must remain strong enough to get a heavily laden spoon to my mouth.
Silly to eat a squashed squirrel sandwich...the greys are much tastier.
Yesterday my neighbor drove me up Hat Six road which runs behind Casper Mountain to some multiuse Bureau of Land Management to checkout campsites for my sheepherders wagon. I should have taken pics as it is a pretty spot. I had last gone there 25 years ago to try out a 4x4 Chevy Blazer I had bought for $500 from my dad. We turned a corner and saw 4 or 5 naked women waving gaily from their camp site. My wife was looking at the mountain on the other side and missed them but my sons did not. She always wondered why they always wanted to go back to "The Naked Women Road".
Be safe and well.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well, it was a very nice walk... Walking uphill, and (even more so) walking down steep hills exercises muscles in a different way to cycling. I can cycle for 10 hours without getting my legs as stiff as on this 2.5 hour walk!
A few pics...
That path down off the hill through Robin Wood is one that we hadn't used before. It is surprising how we can still find new places to go after living in the area for 35 years!
A few pics...
That path down off the hill through Robin Wood is one that we hadn't used before. It is surprising how we can still find new places to go after living in the area for 35 years!
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
LovelyWell, it was a very nice walk... Walking uphill, and (even more so) walking down steep hills exercises muscles in a different way to cycling. I can cycle for 10 hours without getting my legs as stiff as on this 2.5 hour walk!
A few pics...
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That path down off the hill through Robin Wood is one that we hadn't used before. It is surprising how we can still find new places to go after living in the area for 35 years!
classic33
Leg End Member
There's a Bench Mark on one of those two gate posts in third picture.Well, it was a very nice walk... Walking uphill, and (even more so) walking down steep hills exercises muscles in a different way to cycling. I can cycle for 10 hours without getting my legs as stiff as on this 2.5 hour walk!
A few pics...
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That path down off the hill through Robin Wood is one that we hadn't used before. It is surprising how we can still find new places to go after living in the area for 35 years!
Wasn't @12boy's red, not blue.
BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
12boy
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- Casper WY USA
I have a Bench Mark?
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Someone would likely still turn round and say "I didn't see it".
classic33
Leg End Member
You might have, but behind the wall in the fourth picture, something that might seem familiar to you.
classic33
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes, I'm a bit confused by that too!
The photo didn't quite capture it the way I wanted. It looked like an old gypsy caravan.
There were hand-painted messages on every footpath sign on the way down off the hill... "NO CYCLING". TBH, only a downhill mountain biker would be able to ride down many parts of the path. It isn't legal for cyclists and would be very dangerous for any dogs or walkers encountered. The fact that somebody felt the need to paint the messages suggests that some cyclists had been doing it.
One last photo from today's walk. The Calder Valley is so-called because the river Calder runs down it. Would anybody like to see the river? Here you go then...
Pretty impressive, huh?
Now the thing is, that is what it looks like when we haven't had much rain. It is a different matter once we have thunderstorms over those surrounding hills. Any rain landing on the hills comes torrenting down into that little river. Todmorden park is just behind me there, and is used as an emergency flood storage pond when the river threatens to overtop onto the streets...
This is the same river about 1 km further into Todmorden, after a day or two of heavy rain. The water lever had risen to about 3 metres deep.
classic33
Leg End Member
Broad arrow, the top line appears just visible on the left hand gate post.Yes, I'm a bit confused by that too!
The photo didn't quite capture it the way I wanted. It looked like an old gypsy caravan.*
There were hand-painted messages on every footpath sign on the way down off the hill... "NO CYCLING". TBH, only a downhill mountain biker would be able to ride down many parts of the path. It isn't legal for cyclists and would be very dangerous for any dogs or walkers encountered. The fact that somebody felt the need to paint the messages suggests that some cyclists had been doing it.
One last photo from today's walk. The Calder Valley is so-called because the river Calder runs down it. Would anybody like to see the river? Here you go then...
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Pretty impressive, huh?
Now the thing is, that is what it looks like when we haven't had much rain. It is a different matter once we have thunderstorms over those surrounding hills. Any rain landing on the hills comes torrenting down into that little river. Todmorden park is just behind me there, and is used as an emergency flood storage pond when the river threatens to overtop onto the streets...
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This is the same river about 1 km further into Todmorden, after a day or two of heavy rain. The water lever had risen to about 3 metres deep.
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*A bit like a sheepherders wagon!
12boy
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- Casper WY USA
Being unable to count I scrutinized the 5th picture but there was nothing familiar but then spied the old sheepherder wagon in the 4th. Good eye, Classic 33. We call the Gypsy wagons Vardos, for some reason.
