Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Big day in Goujounac today. The village will be closed to all traffic and the annual bicycle race will take place. It will be a bit of a challenge for the competitors because the temperature will be in the upper 30's .

Not in France but Belgium when wife and self accidentally got in the wrong place when bike touring and only realised when the peleton came past us. Fortunately the local spectators thought it was funny and made way for us to scuttle to safety.

 

[oldwheels]

Cloudy but dry so far and 11C outside still.
If it looks like staying dry I may get out for a trike run later.

 

[PeteXXX]

A business has to pay the local council to dump anything so you are indirectly paying the council. If you take the tyres or battery away and dispose of them yourself you do not have to pay. At least around here you don't and no argument with a car but a pickup or van tends to be challenged.

Yes, the businesses have to pay to have old tyres disposed of properly but I don't have the option of anywhere to take them to get rid of them. Batteries, yes, at the recycling centre.
Cars are OK and an occasional free visit by a van but if the Guardian of the Gate suspects a van is 'Trade' then the hand pops out for some money..

 

[tyred]

They've now put cones and a road closed sign at the end of my road but people seem to be just driving around it. No idea what it's all about.

 

[PeteXXX]

Right... Car's loaded. Must get down to the tip before the buglife decides the upholstery is a better home than a skip full of rotting timber!

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Not in France but Belgium when wife and self accidentally got in the wrong place when bike touring and only realised when the peleton came past us. Fortunately the local spectators thought it was funny and made way for us to scuttle to safety.

Oops , well done ! Not comfortable to be in the sights of the peloton ,the sound of all those bikes is enough to scare me

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not in France but Belgium when wife and self accidentally got in the wrong place when bike touring and only realised when the peleton came past us. Fortunately the local spectators thought it was funny and made way for us to scuttle to safety.

We had a similar experience when bringing the Bakfiets from Amsterdam. A triathlon was taking place in Köln: in the centre there were barriers everywhere but at the extreme of the running course we ended up riding between the runners. This wasn't a problem until they turned around: the turn was a cone with a mat and a bloke in an orange vest.

My co-rider was on the Bakfiets at the time and was faced with the choice of blocking a returning runner or riding over the mat, which it turned out had a counter in it, so we were officially in the triathlon for a few seconds. Fortunately we could then make a quick exit.

That was in 2009, so hopefully they've stopped looking for us by now.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Morning all. It's my mother's 90th birthday today so there'll be a lot of food and fuss. Now, can I go to a lunch party in a fairly posh hotel in shorts and sandals or would being uncomfortable in long trousers be the done thing?

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well

 

[Andy in Germany]

Morning all. It's my mother's 90th birthday today so there'll be a lot of food and fuss. Now, can I go to a lunch party in a fairly posh hotel in shorts and sandals or would being uncomfortable in long trousers be the done thing?

Congratulations to your mum. I'm sure your presence is more important to her than sartorial elegance.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Congratulations to your mum. I'm sure your presence is more important to her than sartorial elegance.

Thanks. She won't care, principally because she's virtually blind - we're all just a blur to her. It's the others I was concerned about.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning all. It's my mother's 90th birthday today so there'll be a lot of food and fuss. Now, can I go to a lunch party in a fairly posh hotel in shorts and sandals or would being uncomfortable in long trousers be the done thing?

As long as they're dress shorts rather than denim cut offs or something I can't see anyone objecting. How posh is the hotel though. They won't have a dress code will they?

 

[mybike]

Thanks for that but an academic point anyway so far as I am concerned. Mind you I could drive a 3 wheeler like the Bond I once had on a MB license. There was no reverse gear and you lifted the bonnet to kick start it.

Academic for me too, I really couldn't be bothered.

 

[mybike]

25 miles clocked up in the dry this time!

Unknown to me, the main road is closed due to yet more roadworks and all the traffic is diverted on to the usual road I cycle so the volume of traffic was horrendous on a small road never designed to cope with it.

I must live in the roadworks capital of the world!

A road, along which I walk the dog, has had a water leak for a while, all nicely marked. Now the surface is breaking up. Seems it might end up as a bigger job.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

As long as they're dress shorts rather than denim cut offs or something I can't see anyone objecting. How posh is the hotel though. They won't have a dress code will they?

I reckon they're posh for shorts. I can take getting tutted by hotel staff.