The Retirement Thread

[Salad Dodger]

By pure coincidence, BBC4 is showing a programme in the Canal Boat Diaries series tonight featuring the same stretch of the Rochdale canal that Paul walked along - details HERE.

I thought I recognised that tree from the programme........

Not really. But the photo is lovely.

 

[oldwheels]

Think of the tailwind though!

Tailwind would be on the outward leg so a hard slog back with now rain as well. No thanks.

 

[oldwheels]

I've been shopping and to B&Q

Just a visit to B&Q then with no intention of buying anything?
Not been in one myself for at least two years so it could be an interesting visit.

 

[Paulus]

2nd jab done,
15 mile ride also done. The wind is picking up so I had a strongish headwind for the last 5 miles.
Tomorrow looks like a rightoff cycling wise, 45-50mph gusts, plus heavy rain showers.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm glad I didn't go for a walk as we now have that fine drizzle, you know the one that really soaks you

 

[Lee_M]

Why is it that, when it's persistent horrible weather, like it has been for most of May so far, that all my jobs on the list require me to be outside?

Sitting around with nothing to do now, because I'm not getting a chainsaw out in torrential rain.

 

[Dave7]

Beef lasagna about to go in the oven.
I confess.....its the 1st one I have ever made from scratch.
If I remember, when its cooked I will post another

 

[ColinJ]

Sitting around with nothing to do now, because I'm not getting a chainsaw out in torrential rain.

Speaking of chainsaws...

I was watching one of those YouTube videos made up of clips of people doing really stupid things.

One guy was using an axe to chop away at the branch of a tree that his ladder was leaning against - he managed to grab the remaining part of the branch and hold on to it when the inevitable happened!

The clip that really made me wince though was some lunatic using a massive chainsaw and leaning heavily against it as he sawed away on a slippery slope. The saw suddenly cut through; he lost his balance and tumbled down the slope with the chainsaw still running. Somehow or other he didn't cut himself in half or lop off any body parts!

 

[PaulSB]

The blue dot is where you were?

Sowerby Bridge being a mill town, a water supply came in handy.
Did you see the prisoner of war camp, near the railway station.

Certainly a good water supply. Yes, the blue dot is where we stayed.

One interesting thing on Tuesday's walk. We were on the watershed for sometime and close to the Yorkshire/Lancashire boundary. Two reservoirs up there one on each side of the boundary to feed the different counties.

 

[classic33]

Certainly a good water supply. Yes, the blue dot is where we stayed.

One interesting thing on Tuesday's walk. We were on the watershed for sometime and close to the Yorkshire/Lancashire boundary. Two reservoirs up there one on each side of the boundary to feed the different counties.

Possible that both were on one side of the border at the time of building. Border was moved in 74.

 

[PaulSB]

Possible that both were on one side of the border at the time of building. Border was moved in 74.

Could be but as they were far enough apart on different sides of the watershed I think it's likely it was two different companies and supplies.

 

[oldwheels]

Certainly a good water supply. Yes, the blue dot is where we stayed.

One interesting thing on Tuesday's walk. We were on the watershed for sometime and close to the Yorkshire/Lancashire boundary. Two reservoirs up there one on each side of the boundary to feed the different counties.

I had a problem with the distillery water supply at Littlemill Distillery at Bowling. Our water was just on one side of the watershed and the water board on the other. When our water supply began to get a bit low for no apparent reason I went to investigate and discovered they had been diverting our supply by digging ditches. I filled them back in promptly and we had a big barney with them.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Been raining since I got up - sometimes spitting sometimes chucking it down

Luckily the Tesco has an underground car park so I didn't get wet.
What I did do was forget a bunch of stuff - including my wife's medication!

Looks like tomorrow will be even worse - anyone noticed a fault with computer dates and times - mine says it is mid to late May - can;t be right?????

 

[classic33]

Could be but as they were far enough apart on different sides of the watershed I think it's likely it was two different companies and supplies.

Possibly two seperate counties, but those Boundary Stones may not be relevant now.
Yorkshire and Lancashire

Yorkshire and Lancashire

Even though they're joined.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Went out for a ride yesterday - new loop I had looked at on a map.

Didn't feel great when I started - but then I often don't and once the muscles get going I cheer up so I carried on.
Lovely day mostly.

Everything seemed to take more effort than normal but I persisted in leaving the motor assist on the lowest setting - just rode slower.
I normally try to get the mileage counter to at least 20 miles - but by the time I was at about 15 I was not feeling at all good - generally worn out .
So I cut the loop a bit short and aimed more homeward. Got home feeling totally shot after 18 miles - could hardly keep the pedals turning for the last few miles and even upped the motor assist to get up a gentle hill.
Wife was rather worried about me when I got back - ended up going to bed for an hour or so.
Went outside later to put the ebike away and discovered that the battery was not clipped on properly. Not enough to fall off or anything but I suspect I was riding with no motor assist most of the time. Confirmed by the battery indicator that shows no usage! I suspect it was jumping in and out of connection for the motor but the display was on the other side of the connector so stayed on.
Hence I was trying to maintain a speed with and without assist and wondering why I was having trouble at times but then would be OK.

And - naturally - there was a wind for quite a lot of the ride.

That's the problem with an ebike - without power it is very heavy and the motor takes some energy to turn even without power.