Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

Pleasant ride into town, this morning, with a hot chocolate at The Outpost (usually frequented by the Sk8ter Crew from the skate park next to it,) but it was quite empty today.
Back home to charge all my lights up from several night rides recently.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Are you sure it's rock? Depending where you are in France it may be molten metal made hard in cooling. Lots of ex battle fields all over France.

Im pretty sure it is not natural rock , as you say it could be molten metal , l had a good look at the point where l tried to grind it and it is quite shiny.

 

[Oldhippy]

I had a nice random ride by the sea then inland and really enjoy looking for the best photo I can take. Think I've got a new hobby.

 

[Reynard]

Can any "rockologists" tell me what this is. lt surfaced when l was digging in our veg plot .Its quite heavy considering that it seems porous . I tried to cut into it with my bench grinder but it just bounced off with a high pitched "ping" . My first thought was that it was volcanic but l am not aware that there has ever been volcanic activity in SW France.
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It is 9cm long and weighs 110gr.

That's slag from ferrous metal. Should be attractive to a magnet.

Maybe there was a forge somewhere nearby at some point?

 

[Reynard]

Lovely lunch of a bagel with the last of the salt beef and a dab of mustard, a pear, a persimmon and two

And a little Sunday treat of a nice piece of extremely mature Gruyere to nibble on.

 

[oldwheels]

Got another nice run on the trike before the rain started.
Got to a T junction and the wind was blowing down Loch Etive so went down that way and then wind behind me on the way back. Particularly helpful up Queen's Brae where I was doing 2.2mph uphill so any push is welcome.
Did turn on my bike camera so got some nice pics.
Not much traffic on a Sunday at this time of year and they all gave me plenty of space but not one acknowledged that I stopped to let them pass. On Mull the locals all give me a flash of the hazards.
One of the annoying things about the Akaso Brave 4 camera I have is that it resets the date and time to 2000 and some random time which is a nuisance having to reset before every use.

 

[classic33]

Can any "rockologists" tell me what this is. lt surfaced when l was digging in our veg plot .Its quite heavy considering that it seems porous . I tried to cut into it with my bench grinder but it just bounced off with a high pitched "ping" . My first thought was that it was volcanic but l am not aware that there has ever been volcanic activity in SW France.
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It is 9cm long and weighs 110gr.

Bomb casing that's had time to rust, after burning.

As for volcanic activity in SW France
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/chainedespuys.html

 

[Moon bunny]

I sent Hover Fly out for a loaf. He came back with a loaf and a bike frame.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've been to Suffolk, where I got exceedingly muddy. I'm now home again and about to taste my first coffee of the day.

 

[Salty seadog]

Lovely lunch of a bagel with the last of the salt beef and a dab of mustard, a pear, a persimmon and two

And a little Sunday treat of a nice piece of extremely mature Gruyere to nibble on.

persimmon, not had one for years. So sugary.

 

[classic33]

I sent Hover Fly out for a loaf. He came back with a loaf and a bike frame.

What'll you be having with the bike frame, chips or roasts?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When England hammered the Aussies in the T20 qualifiers, I thought that the Aussies would be so hurt that they might go on to win the final. In fact I thought I'd posted it somewhere but I can't find it anywhere so I must have got distracted. Well, they got to the final against NZ and they're going pretty well.

 

[carpiste]

Well, England ladies showed why they`re favorites to win the World cup again after a thorough whooping of 3rd seeded Canada. A great game to watch. New Top Gear on at 8pm, that`s 9 here so I think I`ll watch that.

 

[Illaveago]

What is up with Channel 4? They just announced the result of the GP without any warning . I don't mind but some people would be livid ! The rest of this evening's programmes on that channel are either repeats or Carp ! The amount of advertising they would sell during the GP surely would be a lot more if they put it on earlier . .

 

[classic33]

What is up with Channel 4? They just announced the result of the GP without any warning . I don't mind but some people would be livid ! The rest of this evening's programmes on that channel are either repeats or Carp ! The amount of advertising they would sell during the GP surely would be a lot more if they put it on earlier . .

It's not long over.