Mundane News

[tyred]

A bit of a wet start here.

Breakfast was supposed to be at 8, but the B&B lady seems to be MIA. I'm hungry!

I suppose I might as well pack up while I wait.

The clock in my car will be on the wrong time again. For some reason the button to change it doesn't seem to play ball and I really can't be bothered taking the dashboard apart to find out why.

 

[Illaveago]

Just over eighty miles cycled today, my longest ride of the year so far and I think that is the limit of my current fitness levels. It's flat around here, but the headwinds have been horrible at times.

I had fish and chips and will be having a relaxing evening. Back home tomorrow. It was nice to forget about work for a few days. Pity it's back to work on Monday.

80 miles in a car is quite a distance yet doing it on a bike and having to pedal is even more so. I only did 11 yesterday and that was assisted by a tail wind. I wondered why I was going so well. I found the headwind on the way back but I was lucky to be studied for most of the return journey by hedgerows.

 

[Illaveago]

A photograph would maybe help identify it. 👍

Now you are asking for something beyond my capabilities at the moment. I will have to ask SWMBO.

Peeps don't seem to realise that I seem to learn things by the ROTE method. It's all very well her showing me how to do things, pointing here and there but I seem to get lost. Now which one was it?

Back to the task in hand. I will have to transfer my photos from my phone to here. Hopefully without trying to remember my password.

 

[Katana]

Coke. I'm not Scottish!

I doubt they'd even sell down here in the Midlands.

Too bad, you don’t know what you’re missing 😜

 

[mistyoptic]

If you set off for a ride a bit before 12 tonight you should be able to set a really fast time!

Wouldn’t it be a really slow time? It would take you an hour more to do the distance

 

[biggs682]

Nice ride completed under cloud cover with a gentle breeze but dry.
First cuppa brewing

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from chilly Suffolk where the sun is trying its best to shine through the thin cloud layer. Coffee has been had after a bad night's sleep (my feet were freezing for some reason) and it took a lot of persuasion to leave the warmth of the duvet to go down to the kitchen to put the kettle on to make the coffee.

No idea what I'm going to do today - possibly a quick trip to see mum, bike ride or walk depending on what the weather does.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well

 

[DCLane]

Furniture move-round in the downstairs office complete, with me having to re-organise all my bike-related stuff that's in there as a result. It's all normally hidden from view in work-related meetings, but I can't do that any more.

At least I've found a few things which I'd thought were lost

 

[Gravity Aided]

It is more the idiots who chuck random rubbish into those bins, a load of fag ends ain't gonna go up but crisp/nut packets or 'fast food' bags will burn like a bonfire.

Doritos especially, I use them occasionally for a fire starting aid. Best kindling in the world.

 

[Mike_P]

Rain has arrived.
No outdoor double sided tape to be found so instead of a Toolstation visit ordered what is apparently the best - 3M VHb 5952 tape in 12mm width which should be perfect without any trimming or doubling up.

Lidl shopped including a free bag of spuds. Some cycling items in but nothing tempting. Was hoping there would be some bottled cycling oil but all the lubed/cleaners were either aerosol or trigger gun.
Also a new house plant. An existing has outgrown its location and needs a lower location so gave that a neighbour for there conservatory.

 

[rockyroller]

haven't felt this good in a long time

 

[biggs682]

Rain is falling

 

[Jenkins]

Quick ride to mum's for a catch up only to find out that my stepfather has finally dipped into the savings and is booked in for a hip replacement operation in early April. He's had problems for a long while and wasn't getting anywhere with the NHS, so went to the local Nuffield hospital last week and after the usual tests and consultations was told it could be done within 3 weeks! For him to splash out even one tenth of that sort of money on anything shows how bad things had got. My sister's driving him there on the day and we'll work out getting him home when the release date is confirmed.

No rain here yet, but the wind's really picked up in the past couple of hours. Coffee time.

 

[Milzy]

UK Wind Power has fallen to 13.5GW this morning. With 1.8GW of Solar we are burning 7.8GW of Gas as well as importing 0GW. Hydro is 0.4GW.