Mundane News

[Reynard]

i was right about it having gone rather dark.

It is raining here.

 

[Hebe]

Lexi has just stolen my sweaty cycling base layer from the laundry bag, and it's having the same effect on her as catnip.

One of ours does exactly this with Mr Hebe's running gear to the extent that we have one of his old tshirts in her cat carrier...

 

[Reynard]

Not just raining, absolutely BELTING it down...

 

[Reynard]

One of ours does exactly this with Mr Hebe's running gear to the extent that we have one of his old tshirts in her cat carrier...

OTOH Poppy prefers *clean* laundry...

 

[Reynard]

It has stopped raining, so I've gone and gotten some potatoes for tonight's supper from the utility room behind the garage. I don't think I need to water the tomatoes since Mother Nature has done it for me.

Just made myself a nice

 

[MontyVeda]

Three nights of camping planned, thunderstorms forecast... if you don't hear from me after Wednesday, I was either struck by lightning or a nearby tree was and i got taken out by a falling limb. Wish me luck!

 

[PeteXXX]

No rain here in Hamtun but there is a warm wind blowing, and not just because we had a juicily melting Camembert on hot crusty bread for lunch.

 

[Reynard]

Time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[PeteXXX]

Nearly time to walk the 🐶

 

[tyred]

Very wet here today. Got a bit wet on this morning's ride. I did also venture for a very short ride on my fixed wheel Raleigh which was the bike I was riding when I got T-boned and had been repaired by a local bike shop at the driver's expense. I hadn't really looked at it until today. I just didn't feel comfortable on fixed wheel for now so I fitted a freewheel. I realised that the bike shop had put a new wheel in to replace the one that got run over but they had cross-threaded the track sprocket and put it on without grease which all explains why it was so difficult to unscrew the track sprocket despite it only ever having been ridden a short distance. Threads on the hub aren't great after that but the freewheel seems to have taken. It should stay on okay I think but I worry about what might happen when I remove it at some point in the future. Sad to see a brand new hub being damaged by incompetent workmanship, especially when it was done by a professional bike shop. Who would be so ham-fisted that they can't manage to screw on a track sprocket properly?

I did go for a 3.5 mile ride then on it and it rides fine, I could ride it up a modest hill okay so my strength is definitely coming back post-accident. Still toying with the idea of shoving a Sturmey in though to make it easier in the hills.

The paintwork really is a mess now but I suppose that's the result of being pushed along the road. I might mention to my solicitor who is dealing with the insurance company that the bike repair isn't particularly up to my standard.

 

[biggs682]

It's official i don't enjoy London ..... sorry

 

[oldwheels]

Looking out my front windows it has got pretty dark but I can see a square rig ship creeping slowly up the Sound under full sail. There is practically no wind just now which explains the slow speed and probably a bit of tide helping them along as well.
Don’t know how they handle the sails but furling manually in the dark would not be fun as they are probably heading into the bay soon.
We seem to be getting a lot of the square riggers in here now with a mix of training ships and ones carrying paying passengers.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of chicken in a mushroom tarragon and cream sauce, mashed potatoes and a tomato salad.

The girls shared a pork loin steak.

 

[Reynard]

It's official i don't enjoy London ..... sorry

Depends what bits you "do" I find.

London is a great city if you stay away from all the touristy stuff. There are lovely parks, great walks, interesting street markets...

 

[classic33]

Police helicopter overhead has suddenly developed a fault. There's open ground if it can gain the height to auto rotate, but it's in the "Deadmans Curvre" at present.