Mundane News

[Jenkins]

One final stroll of the short break this morning - 6.5 miles the long way from Harrogate to Knaresborough to get the train back to York and from there homewards - https://www.strava.com/activities/9324575023

As I got to the station nice & early, I decided to treat myself to a pint from the Track & Sleeper bar there - big mistake as I should have hopped on an earlier train instead as the booked one was delayed so I missed the connection at York and therefore ended up getting home 2 hours later than intended. At least it was warm and sunny and I wasn't in any real hurry.

I'm not looking forward to going back to work next week, although my calf muscles should have eased off a bit by then.

 

[classic33]

One final stroll of the short break this morning - 6.5 miles the long way from Harrogate to Knaresborough to get the train back to York and from there homewards - https://www.strava.com/activities/9324575023
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As I got to the station nice & early, I decided to treat myself to a pint from the Track & Sleeper bar* there - big mistake as I should have hopped on an earlier train instead as the booked one was delayed so I missed the connection at York and therefore ended up getting home 2 hours later than intended. At least it was warm and sunny and I wasn't in any real hurry.

I'm not looking forward to going back to work next week, although my calf muscles should have eased off a bit by then.

*Where better to plant a group of students, who may be intent on mischief?

 

[Gravity Aided]

I am soon going out to grill hamburgers. We have had a bit of a drought here, but rain may come tonight. We have had a lot of heat this week, being near 33C presently, and much of this week has had high temperatures around that. I was out taking video of high speed rail for my YouTube channel earlier, and it was hot even then.

 

[Reynard]

A bay of e lot that I had my eye on for a potential bid has somehow jumped from £26 to £102 since this morning.

That's a heck of a lot of moolah for a modern (1992) albeit somewhat interesting watch that's fitted with a fairly common hand wind movement. So, as they say on "Dragon's Den", I'm out.

Will be interested to see where it ends up at though, as there's still five days to run.

 

[classic33]

I've been caught by the Google Streetview car again. This time near St. Michaels church? in Leeds.

They were quicker at putting it up this time.

 

[Reynard]

Time to slope off and watch the Portland E-Prix

 

[biggs682]

Time to go out for a ride

 

[biggs682]

Back now 43 warm miles completed
First cuppa going down well
Garden birds have been fed

 

[PeteXXX]

Toasted sourdough chiabata streaky u smoked bacon sandwich (took longer to write that than actually eat it!) & a cappuccino for breakfast.
House hoovered (No Freddie Mercury impressions today).
Dog bed out in the sun, airing, while I take her for walkies before it gets too hot 🔥

 

[pawl]

Good idea. Thanks for that I must consult my friend Mr G for suppliers.

I got mine from Amazon

 

[PeteXXX]

I was talking to the lady next door this morning and she asked if we'd sorted our back door as the lock was jamming. I told her that I'd got it working properly.
She suggested that I squirt some UB40 in it. Not sure Ali Campbell will be happy with that

 

[biggs682]

I was talking to the lady next door this morning and she asked if we'd sorted our back door as the lock was jamming. I told her that I'd got it working properly.
She suggested that I squirt some UB40 in it. Not sure Ali Campbell will be happy with that

It will work better than red red wine


View: https://youtu.be/zXt56MB-3vc

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
A presenter just said on the TV just now that if you thought it was hot in bed last night you are not alone!
How do they know who I was in bed with ? Is there a spy camera in my room ?

 

[Illaveago]

Is Rick Astley starting to look like Max Bygraves?

 

[Mike_P]

One final stroll of the short break this morning - 6.5 miles the long way from Harrogate to Knaresborough to get the train back to York and from there homewards - https://www.strava.com/activities/9324575023
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As I got to the station nice & early, I decided to treat myself to a pint from the Track & Sleeper bar there - big mistake as I should have hopped on an earlier train instead as the booked one was delayed so I missed the connection at York and therefore ended up getting home 2 hours later than intended. At least it was warm and sunny and I wasn't in any real hurry.

I'm not looking forward to going back to work next week, although my calf muscles should have eased off a bit by then.

A brave walk for a cyclist, right across the part of The Stray that got rather muddy from the 2019 UCI fan zone, which would apparently take ages to recover, really? Still think a couple of tweeks to that course would have prevented a lot of the issues by using the road that goes off down the west of the Stray so that the fan zone tents could have been sited on or directly accessed from the bit of A61 that would as a result not be used. The natural slope of the facing road down to the junction of that westerly road diverging would have formed a start ramp and there would have been no need to build the footbridge over the A61.