The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Looked at the weather this morning and it looked like it was going to rain after lunch so I got ready and went out this morning
Not expecting much as I have felt wiped out for a few days but managed 20+ miles with the ebike in eco assist level - the lowest short of off!

OK - it was flat - mostly on canals hence properly flat (for the pedants - on the canal towpath - cycling ON the canal is bad for an ebike!) but I was fine when I got home and, according to Strava, my average speed was about back to normal!!!

AND - I dicovered that the Post Office in Moore (where I often stop) does hot drink and hot bacon butties and pies and such!!!!

 

[Dave7]

Looked at the weather this morning and it looked like it was going to rain after lunch so I got ready and went out this morning
Not expecting much as I have felt wiped out for a few days but managed 20+ miles with the ebike in eco assist level - the lowest short of off!

OK - it was flat - mostly on canals hence properly flat (for the pedants - on the canal towpath - cycling ON the canal is bad for an ebike!) but I was fine when I got home and, according to Strava, my average speed was about back to normal!!!

AND - I dicovered that the Post Office in Moore (where I often stop) does hot drink and hot bacon butties and pies and such!!!!

Didn't realise that PO was still open.

 

[Dave7]

I was planning to watch the Chase but got caught up watching Allo Allo.... .may be my terrible humour but I find it so funny

 

[Juan Kog]

We had rain overnight that laid the dust in the lane . So I washed my car, first time in over a year.
This was followed by a walk with Mrs JK. Then a task I have been putting off , a visit to Costco .

So my next task is to carry this ^^^^ upstairs to the cupboard with the water softener 25 kg x6.:

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Didn't realise that PO was still open.

Yup - some nice seats on the canal just outside as well

 

[ColinJ]

Geez another cold ride.

It damn well WAS cold! I managed to get out after the rain but got very chilled by a bitter NE wind. I'd covered up in anticipation, except for my face, fingers and wrists. (Fingerless mitts and a gap between them and my jersey sleeves. I'd also shaved my winter whiskers off so my chin was feeling the cold!)

I did take a few pictures, but most of them were blurred because the wind was buffeting me while I took them. Here are a few. The greenery isn't yet lush because spring seems to be delayed by a few weeks this year, and everything looked a bit dull because of the cloudy conditions. Another few weeks of sun and rain and all should be back to normal...

The western side of Cliviger Gorge from the A646.

The eastern side...

I then turned back and headed up Carr Road, a steep lane to Todmorden Moor. This is the view looking back over Cliviger Gorge. The big lump in the distance beyond the powerlines and windfarm is Pendle Hill, as featured in my previous set of photos.

 

[Drago]

We had rain overnight that laid the dust in the lane . So I washed my car, first time in over a year.
This was followed by a walk with Mrs JK. Then a task I have been putting off , a visit to Costco . View attachment 586379
So my next task is to carry this ^^^^ upstairs to the cupboard with the water softener 25 kg x6.:

Nice diguise for your weekly viagra delivery

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Forgot to say - used the winter gloves again today - basically the same stuff I was wearing in Feb.!!

and it started raining on the way back!!

 

[PaulSB]

@ColinJ we didn't have the NE wind today over here. Rode in it yesterday and it was like December. Freezing 🥶

 

[PaulSB]

I am nackered. Going for a snooze. Please wake me before Mrs P gets home.

One thing. I ask you all to do one thing. A simple thing. Not a complicated thing. And what happens? All of you, yes that's right ALL of you do noTHING.

Mrs P thinks I've been asleep all afternoon. 😭

 

[PaulSB]

We had rain overnight that laid the dust in the lane . So I washed my car, first time in over a year.
This was followed by a walk with Mrs JK. Then a task I have been putting off , a visit to Costco . View attachment 586379
So my next task is to carry this ^^^^ upstairs to the cupboard with the water softener 25 kg x6.:

I've got to ask. Why do you have a water softener? I understand about hard water but never heard of people softening the water for the entire house.

 

[Drago]

Because the hard water beats him up if he doesnt pay it £20 entry fee for the bath.

 

[ColinJ]

@ColinJ we didn't have the NE wind today over here. Rode in it yesterday and it was like December. Freezing 🥶

Strange... we must have been right on the edge of it here today.

I haven't quite warmed up yet. Hopefully, once I've had some hot food I WILL!

The central heating has been off for more than a week but I am still heating this one room to 18-19 C with a small electric convector heater (less than half of the cost of heating the whole house).

 

[Dave7]

One thing. I ask you all to do one thing. A simple thing. Not a complicated thing. And what happens? All of you, yes that's right ALL of you do noTHING.

Mrs P thinks I've been asleep all afternoon. 😭

Really sorry Paul. I meant to but Welshie had a problem with her bloomers and and asked me to look into them.

 

[Dave7]

A question for old farts.
Who was the comedian that always finished his act by reading a letter from his mother.
The last line would be eg....
The man next door has got some pigs and there is a terrible smell from your loving mother.