70th Birthday

[derrick]

Another big one, looking for idea's to celebrate, what would you all do?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Another big one, looking for idea's to celebrate, what would you all do?

For my 70th my wife and I took the overnight sleeper from London to Glasgow with our Bromptons. Spent the night in a hotel then set off from Bowling Basin and followed the canal towpaths to Edinburgh. Lunch stop at the Falkirk Wheel and a lovely slow paced way to spend my 70th. Came of the canal towpath in the heart of Edinburgh and continued out to the coast at Portobello where we finished at a pub on the Prom. A tad over 70 miles.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What do you like doing that you don’t get a chance to do very often? Reaching an age milestone doesn’t mean everyone wants to do the same thing.

 

[derrick]

What do you like doing that you don’t get a chance to do very often? Reaching an age milestone doesn’t mean everyone wants to do the same thing.

Just found out , wife has organised a track day, single seater 100 mph +. sounds good to me. Have asked a couple of neighbours to join me, waiting for reply's

 

[Sharky]

For my 60th, we had a Eurostar trip to Paris for a couple of nights.

For my 70th, it was a lockdown party with just the two of us.

 

[TissoT]

If I am still on planet earth I would be following a Grand Tour wining and dining through the evenings.

 

[derrick]

If I am still on planet earth I would be following a Grand Tour wining and dining through the evenings.

Need something exciting, done most bike stuff.

 

[ColinJ]

Go for a 70 mile bike ride somewhere interesting, or even exotic?

 

[TissoT]

Need something exciting, done most bike stuff.

A parachute jump is normally a 70/80s doing

 

[oldwheels]

For my 70th my wife and I took the overnight sleeper from London to Glasgow with our Bromptons. Spent the night in a hotel then set off from Bowling Basin and followed the canal towpaths to Edinburgh. Lunch stop at the Falkirk Wheel and a lovely slow paced way to spend my 70th. Came of the canal towpath in the heart of Edinburgh and continued out to the coast at Portobello where we finished at a pub on the Prom. A tad over 70 miles.

I lived in Bowling for 14 years and the path you followed was the result of persistent action by a pressure group of which I was the press officer. The original plan was to fill in the whole canal and bits of it were built over before we could stop it. They had to dig out new diversions round these bits. That was in the 1960s.

 

[derrick]

Go for a 70 mile bike ride somewhere interesting, or even exotic?

Got the t shirt.

 

[derrick]

A parachute jump is normally a 70/80s doing

Saving that till my 80th. If i am still around.

 

[ColinJ]

Do 70 mile bike rides every day for 70 days, starting on your 70th...?






PS Which might solve the problem of what to do on your 80th?

 

[derrick]

Do 70 mile bike rides every day for 70 days, starting on your 70th...?

What do i do after that warm up, want something exciting.

 

[TissoT]

What do i do after that warm up, want something exciting.

Exiting

Riding round the top of the track at the Manchester/London velo

Should get your toes tingling.

It works for me