Mundane News

[Reynard]

Sunny and scorchio here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not sleep well. Left shoulder and right knee rather achey, so didn't know which way to turn. Spent the morning puttering around in the garden and doing those minor little things that always seem to want doing. This afternoon, I am going to round up all the tired-looking vegetables and cook them (cauliflower, green beans, asparagus, fennel). They'll be all nice enough cold with some salad dressing or other.

The postie (a lady today, not our usual chap) brought some Tesco vouchers and the annual maintenance bill from the local drainage board.

It is almost time for luncheon.

 

[DCLane]

I've got a time trial this evening over towards Hull. Knowing that I'm the 'minute man' for a very quick rider do I:

a) Just accept I'll get passed very quickly and, as last-but-one rider off, am simply a slow hare to be passed whilst they chase someone quicker..
OR
b) Deploy my new drawing-pin dropping machine (hypothetical, but maybe not later) attached to the back of my TT bike.

Decisions, decisions ....

 

[Jenkins]

I've got a time trial this evening over towards Hull. Knowing that I'm the 'minute man' for a very quick rider do I:

a) Just accept I'll get passed very quickly and, as last-but-one rider off, am simply a slow hare to be passed whilst they chase someone quicker..
OR
b) Deploy my new drawing-pin dropping machine (hypothetical, but maybe not later) attached to the back of my TT bike.

Decisions, decisions ....

Is letting him get past and then tucking in and drafting to improve your own speed allowable?

 

[DCLane]

@Jenkins - unfortunately drafting isn't allowed. And, being honest, I'm not sure I'd be able to hang on anyway.

 

[rockyroller]

got some sleep last night

doesn't help sort the disjointed, ongoing, confusion of upper management & delinquent sales reps

well, maybe sleep does helps me w/ everything

 

[pawl]

I make key fobs with odd bits of chain....

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Here's one I prepared earlier.

My daughter daughter gave me this some years ago At the same time she also gave me a clock made from a chain wheel

 

[tom73]

Just finished cleaning up and re-oiling the clippers after giving Charlie his fur cut.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I think I've found a replacement for WD40 in the workshop.

As you can imagine, it took everyone a while to calm down again after that announcement.

 

[Illaveago]

The ba****ds!
I cycled down to Thingley to cover off what direction that the flypast would take and they chose a different one ! I thought I could scan the horizon to the South from the railway bridge giving me a height advantage . From previous experience I thought that they would either sneak up from Keevil and hug the hills into Lyneham. They used to practice parachute drops at Keevil. That was to the East . I had the route to the South directly overhead and to the West covered . I didn't expect them to be 2 miles over to the West so that they were small dots on the horizon! I reckon some Knob high up in MOD Rudloe got them to do a flypast.
I felt sorry for a young family who had parked on the level ground by the road leading up to the railway bridge as they wouldn't have seen much from there.

 

[biggs682]

We did a visit to Duxford air museum today and had a fantastic time and comes highly recommended apart from the entry price.
Some great exhibits and some were a lot bigger than I expected.

 

[oldwheels]

Once I got my puncture fixed ( I hope ) went for a short but steep birl around and up to the golf course where I had to turn back as the route I had expected to take was closed off by an earth bank.
This pic is on a bit where the road goes down steeply to a dead end or a narrow path but was not keen on climbing back up so turned just past here. Things have changed and bits I used are now closed off.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Phew! That was hot in London, and now i'm back oop north, its just as hot. Time to have a cold drink outside in my castelli budgie smugglers.

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with polish sausage, the other with the last of the herby cream cheese, plus an apple, a tangerine, some raspberries and two

My veggie cook-a-thon went off well. Started with the asparagus in the steamer, then the green beans followed by the cauliflower. The fennel got braised in the vegetable water.

Watered all the planters and managed to squeeze half an hour outside in a camping chair relaxing with a good book.

Now having another

 

[Bobario]

The ba****ds!
I cycled down to Thingley to cover off what direction that the flypast would take and they chose a different one ! I thought I could scan the horizon to the South from the railway bridge giving me a height advantage . From previous experience I thought that they would either sneak up from Keevil and hug the hills into Lyneham. They used to practice parachute drops at Keevil. That was to the East . I had the route to the South directly overhead and to the East covered . I didn't expect them to be 2 miles over to the East so that they were small dots on the horizon! I reckon some Knob high up in MOD Rudloe got them to do a flypast.
I felt sorry for a young family who had parked on the level ground by the road leading up to the railway bridge as they wouldn't have seen much from there.

Do you mean the three C130's?
I didn't even know they were doing a flypast but spotted them as I was driving south down the M6 from Penrith. They were heading East at low altitude. I also happened to be up near the top of the bridleway leading up to Skiddaw as a flight of black F15's flew down the valley and over the lake in Keswick.

 

[Reynard]

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