Mundane News

[DCLane]

SWMBO has tested negative from her PCR test yesterday, which is good news although she missed a small family Christmas gathering.

Son no. 2's riding back to West Yorkshire from near Grantham on an 80-mile training ride*, in light rain, whilst I drop his brother back to university in Lincoln.

*I'm not suggesting he might have upset his team boss recently but ... he had a 2 hour training session set yesterday and a 6 1/2 hour training ride set for today

 

[raleighnut]

SWMBO has tested negative from her PCR test yesterday, which is good news although she missed a small family Christmas gathering.

Son no. 2's riding back to West Yorkshire from near Grantham on an 80-mile training ride*, in light rain, whilst I drop his brother back to university in Lincoln.

*I'm not suggesting he might have upset his team boss recently but ... he had a 2 hour training session set yesterday and a 6 1/2 hour training ride set for today

80 miles in 6 and a half hours, what's he doing................................stopping in every Pub he passes (or is that just me)

 

[oldwheels]

Underwater cycling, now there's a hobby!

Some of our club members did that once or twice but not on purpose. Some of our club mountain bike rides were "adventurous" and well off the beaten track.

 

[oldwheels]

Dry day so far but still a strong and very cold wind.
DIL was negative on her PCR test so to my surprise I got booked on the boats I wanted for later this week with no bother.
Slight annoyance with Calmac is that they assume I am coming on to Mull and not the other way round and when I tell them I want booked off they then assume I only want a single.
Public pressure I think got to them on Christmas eve as they initially brought the last sailing forward by one and a half hours and then cancelled it completely. Outrage from so many people their phone lines must have been getting red hot so they reinstated the original sailing.
Joys of island life and why so many white settlers do not stay more than one winter.

 

[DCLane]

80 miles in 6 and a half hours, what's he doing................................stopping in every Pub he passes (or is that just me)

Hills. And a lunch stop. We're guessing it'll be around 5 hours plus stops.

 

[Illaveago]

I don't like the sound of the name Gap insurance . It doesn't fill me with much confidence !

 

[biggs682]

Morning, make the most of it , it's chucking it down here . Even my dogs weren't keen to go outside !

Well I went for it .
So glad I did managed 33 miles no rain fell although it was dark and damp underfoot well worth the effort.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Cupful of Spotted Dick?

Yes, being on the verge of diabetes, I do not think I should have more. Sultanas and brown bread are probably not on the diet, but it is a holiday and all.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If you are hearing strange noises, it might be my stomach gurgling.

 

[Jenkins]

The excitement of the Ch****mas break continues - the vacuuming has been done, the kitchen floor mopped & I've drunk more coffee than usual. It's a thoroughly miserable grey & wet day out there and looks to be continuing for a while, so I'm not going anywhere until much later this afternoon for another meet up round mum's with my sister & her family turning up.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

No eye deer what it's like outside.

I do have a though.

That was one of the Christmas cracker jokes at the family table this year. And as the crackers also had bits of trivia I learned that Rudolph was not one of the original reindeer. Or is that reindeers?

 

[derrick]

ANY GOOD JOKES thread has hit rock bottom.

 

[PeteXXX]

'My' Goldfinches have got through nearly 2 litres of sunflower hearts since yesterday!!

🐦

 

[biggs682]

Granddaughter duties for next 24 hours

 

[PeteXXX]

I walked 10% of the distance that @biggs682 rode this morning.