rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
That was my favourite too , it was titled "Have Gun Will Travel "
The Retirement Thread
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Lovely photos Mo.
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Drove her indoors to her second Pfizer jab this morning and my second Astra Z is on Friday morning. Enjoy the longest day , every day above ground is a good day . Made the mistake of riding 73 miles yesterday on a very old Felt FC with an extremely hard saddle , the seat post is stuck in the frame . It was too long ( my old stupid ego) a distance for me really and my butt bones ache like nobodys business. Feel like I was kicked in the arse by King Kong 
classic33
Leg End Member
They've put those in and you can see to type!1s lot of tests done and those 'stinging' eye drops put in.
Now a 30 .minute wait before the next tests. Part of that is where he physically has to put his finger tip on my eye ball....I just love that part
Fabulous photo's again Mo. That second one made me think of the new housing development that they are building on some fields on the outskirts of Wimborne, the fields that the river floods every few years…
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It's going to be an especially long day for me unless I can get back to sleep!
Bed 04:30. Woke up at 07:45 as bubble pal was preparing to leave to catch Morrisons opening. She made me a mug of tea and then I remembered that my new wheels should be delivered today so I needed to be downstairs in case of a sudden knock on the door by Parcelforce delivery person.
Just catching up on latest news and then will stretch out on the sofa and try to snooze for a couple of hours. At the moment I feel more tired than when I turned in a few hours ago...
I worked out a route years ago but have never ridden it. About 234 km, 145 miles.
Not being a driver, the logistics could be very difficult for me unless I stopped over at one end or the other, which I didn't want to do. So, my idea was for the route to be between Blackpool and Scarborough. Both of those towns are served by trains that I could catch from Hebden Bridge or Todmorden. I thought that I would have enough time to complete the ride between the first train arrival at one end and the last departure from the other.
The prevailing wind would make Blackpool to Scarborough the better choice, but I wanted to do it the other way round. Instead of an easy flat start, I would rather have an easy flat finish. Also - a finish at Blackpool would give me the option to abandon the finish and ride directly home from the Dales if it looked like I would miss my train back, or I were running low on energy. If doing Scarborough to Blackpool I would make a last minute decision on when to do it, based on the weather forecast. I had a 40 kph tailwind on one of the forum rides to Scarborough; it would be an absolute nightmare to encounter a headwind that powerful trying to ride in the opposite direction!
When I had my original idea, there was a direct train service to Scarborough. Now, I would have to change at Leeds, which would add some stress early on. I think the original service was on Northern trains which are 'walk-on' with a bike. Now it would be Transpennine, which have a strict 'reservation only' service for bikes and limited space.
To do the route in a day would necessitate me getting back to my fitness of 15 years ago, when lumpy 200+ km rides were not a problem. It is still a theoretical possibility but my illness of 2012/13 took a lot out of me and I have not made a full recovery. Maybe one day...
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Little bit of shopping done. Noticed the strawberries were from Perthshire so got a punnet. They are delicious. Coffee and a browse, and maybe a jigsaw before lunch. 
classic33
Leg End Member
Most folk buy theirs, but not Mo, she makes her own.Little bit of shopping done. Noticed the strawberries were from Perthshire so got a punnet. They are delicious. Coffee and a browse, and maybe a jigsaw before lunch.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I make my own puzzle games too! (Software ones though, NOT physical ones.)
As for strawberries... I really like them but stopped buying them because I was typically only getting to eat 25-50% of them before the rest became a mushy mess.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I don't think they'll last that long!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I know what you mean but I was trying to lose weight so I was exercising restraint!I don't think they'll last that long!
If I like something I can keep on eating way beyond where many people would have had enough. It makes me laugh when people say that they can't finish a 9" pizza - I would happily eat a 12" one and still have room for something else...
I watched a documentary about that kind of thing recently. They did tests on a group of people and found that the overeaters did not have the same hormonal response to food as the people who could better regulate their food intake. Basically, they all ate until they didn't feel hungry any more, but the bodies of the overeaters didn't complain until they physically couldn't cram any more food in.
To illustrate, here is a side salad for 6 ordinary people...
Or... just ME!
I would eat the salad, the tin of tuna and 3 pitta breads in one sitting. In the past, I would have eaten the full pack of 6 pittas! (The jar contains my home-made salad dressing.)
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Colin J , does all that make you put on weight much ?
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
I know what you mean but I was trying to lose weight so I was exercising restraint!
If I like something I can keep on eating way beyond where many people would have had enough. It makes me laugh when people say that they can't finish a 9" pizza - I would happily eat a 12" one and still have room for something else...
I watched a documentary about that kind of thing recently. They did tests on a group of people and found that the overeaters did not have the same hormonal response to food as the people who could better regulate their food intake. Basically, they all ate until they didn't feel hungry any more, but the bodies of the overeaters didn't complain until they physically couldn't cram any more food in.
To illustrate, here is a side salad for 6 ordinary people...
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Or... just ME!
I would eat the salad, the tin of tuna and 3 pitta breads in one sitting. In the past, I would have eaten the full pack of 6 pittas! (The jar contains my home-made salad dressing.)
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