Tea? (Part 1)

[tdr1nka]

Still bored.

Dunnit. Fixed the spoke and the cheese wheel is true-ish.

Should last a few more days of South London Pot Holing adventures.

Just got a PM from Hilldodger who observed my leaving the grounds of The Woolwich Arsenal after a Greenwhich Council 'Get Together', yesterday......

That bus driver following you down Repository Road was well pissed off with you He saw me laughing and made a rude sign

Oh, Brilliant! I'm glad someone saw that!

There was no way I was going to let him try to overtake for the sake of only 400 yards and a set of red lights!

Something makes me tingle with joy when I hold up an impatient motorist with every good reason.
I had a taxi today, breathing down my neck in a bus lane and at the next lights he complained that I was taking the lane in front of him when I was in the ASL. I told him he needs to revise his highway code but he then started swearing abuse, a fare on board too!

What he was too stoooooooooopid to see was that the bus lane ahead of the junction was parked up with cars bringing the road down to one lane.

When the lights changed to green I took off, indicated and pulled into the traffic, the Taxi flying up behind me undertaking the traffic, only to get stuck behind a parked car with everyone beeping and shouting as he tried to force his way back into traffic!

Oh, how I laughed!

 

[HelenD123]

Evening! Would a cup of tea relieve the boredom Tdr1nka?

I've been pouring over maps working out the start of Spandex and I's grand tour of Scotland. I hope we have enough days to fit it all in. I can't wait until we're on the train next Saturday with thoughts of work a distant memory and two weeks of cycling ahead of us.

 

[Speicher]

Have you got an outline plan of your route? Does it include any whiskey distilleries. plenty of cake stops? and good weather.

 

[HelenD123]

Have you got an outline plan of your route? Does it include any whiskey distilleries. plenty of cake stops? and good weather.

Yes, we've got the route sorted. We just need to break it down into days. And, yes, there are loads of distilleries en route. I think Spandex has his eye on a particular one. I prefer the cake stops.

 

[Amanda P]

It's Tea time. Haven't been around for a bit for various reasons....

Is it all cold and stewed?

The trouble with having your holidays in February is that, come June, everyone else is setting off to exciting places, and I'm left working while the sun shines. Shouldn't complain, but still...

How was Amsterdame, Helen? (Apologies if you've been over this, and feel free to link back to any previous accounts...)

 

[HelenD123]

How was Amsterdame, Helen? (Apologies if you've been over this, and feel free to link back to any previous accounts...)

Amsterdame was surprisingly easy (I free-wheeled round half of it), mostly thanks to the miles I'd put in with my lovely CC training buddies. We were blessed with perfect weather which always helps. I can't wait for some hills in Scotland now.

 

[Landslide]

Morning All!

Mr Uncle Phil! How are you? I found your business card this morning whilst doing a tidy up...
I know the feeling on the holidays thing, but I'm not one for sunbathing, and I don't get caught in the stampede to book leave during the school holidays!

Fresh pot on the go...

 

[Landslide]

ps: Helen, point Spandex in the direction of Deanston!

 

[Amanda P]

Mr Uncle Phil! How are you?

I am very well, thankyou, Mr Landslide. And how are you? And the rest of the Landslide clan?

(I quite like this Victorian formality; shall we keep it up?)

 

[Speicher]

May I enquire about partaking of Tea?

* rings bell for Arnold *

 

[Landslide]

Gladly, dear boy!

The Landslides shall spend July the 5th audaxing their way around North Shropshire! My dearest beloved found Miss Arch's excursion to Pocklington most invigorating, and required little in the way of entreaties to increase the mileage and the vertiginousness. Tally-ho!

 

[Speicher]

I proffer my apologies for my departure in haste from the Drawing Room of Tea? My presence was required by a Tradesman at the door, the maid being temporarily indeposed. Furthermore the telephonic communication device gave the impression of an urgent response being required.

 

[Speicher]

Thank you for looking out for me last night Speicher. I had a lovely sleep

Had a MXCT today though

BTW faux pas re. the water of life. 'Whiskey' is the Irish spelling

My spelling of Whiskey is recalled from a holiday in Ireland on carriages hauled by engines with propulsion from Steam.

My recollection of the spelling in Scotland may be hindered by the quantity of said liquid imbibed during visitation to the Distilleries, and their undoubted generosity. Not to mention that I may have imbibed other individual's quotient, if they were not enamoured of the Taste of said Liquid.

I am not sure of the improprieties to which you refer, regarding your sleeping arrangements for the night in question. In the rarefied echelon of Tea? there may be cause for individuals notating the incorrect meaning of your language.

 

[Speicher]

May I venture to suggest that the Renard of this Thread, has need of refreshment by Tea?

Or could he forward an explanation of his need to recite the alphabet electronically?

 

[Speicher]

I f been able to respond suitably to F