Tea? (Part 1)

[tdr1nka]

Got some luverly sunshine today after 2 days of rain and a caged six year old!
Everything is pretty laid back, I'm otherwise doing all the little jobs that need finishing in the Shedravan.

Waffles has inadvertently brought my attention as to maybe why I've tip toed along an edge of dudgeon for the last week, I simply miss my bike and the independence it gives me.

 

[Plax]

Evenings! Just got in from a most pleasant ride with the local CTC. Wednesday evening rides are specially good - 20-ish miles at a civilised pace, via a country pub.Tonight's pub was a mere mile uphill from DoctorTowers.
And a few peeps complimented the stealth look of the Carbon Uberbike. Which was nice.

Sounds nicer than my little ride. I thought I'd take a spin into Llanberis and up the Pass but the rain got the better of me and I aborted. Couple of minutes out of Nant Peris and I thought I'd stop, finally put my jacket on and, ahem, turn round.
My shoes are like swimming pools. I've got newspaper stuffed in them to try and dry them out a bit.

 

[wafflycat]

How much longer is Mr W. unable to drive?

Middle to end September. The current plaster gets taken off middle next month. Then his foot is moved a bit & another plaster put on for a couple of weeks or so - then that one taken off & a new one put one.. until his foot gets back to 90 degree bend.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind driving him about and don't begrudge him it at all. But I do miss being out on my bike. A lot. And it means my arse is getting bigger and bigger

 

[TheDoctor]

@ Plax,
Shame about the dampness. That video is good though. It was a much nicer day when we went down that road.
Don't talk to me about Llanberis Pass!
*sulks*

Plax > I

 

[TheDoctor]

Middle to end September. The current plaster gets taken off middle next month. Then his foot is moved a bit & another plaster put on for a couple of weeks or so - then that one taken off & a new one put one.. until his foot gets back to 90 degree bend.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind driving him about and don't begrudge him it at all. But I do miss being out on my bike. A lot. And it means my arse is getting bigger and bigger

Aye, sh1t happens. Lets hope the weather is decent well into the Autumn and you can do lots of miles before the clocks change.

 

[tdr1nka]

Aye, sh1t happens. Lets hope the weather is decent well into the Autumn and you can do lots of miles before the clocks change.

You are dangerously close to the 'Seasonal' C-word there Doc'.

Here's to a dry warm Autumn, might I suggest a CC Norfolk meet nearer the time?

 

[TheDoctor]

I'm certainly up for that. We could all meet Chez Waffles and have barbecued shrew...

 

[tdr1nka]

....and an audience with Cathode & Anode!

 

[TheDoctor]

And a chance to 'liberate' a rather nice TT bike. Oh damn, they'll have heard that.

 

[tdr1nka]

Don't joke, I've even thought of temporarily liberating any bicycle just to give my legs a good spin.

TTFN, I'm away to my bed. Mrs. T is on an airport run to collect friends arriving @ 9 so we have a 6 o'clock start.

 

[TheDoctor]

Ulp. I'm off to bed too.
Tdr1nka - you have PM (shortly)

 

[Arch]

Hey Plax, that looks like a nice descent - one for the trike for me, I think (more stable on three wheels...)

Waffles, you deserve a medal. Failing that, I think we should all invite yourselves to your place sometime in autumn, as discussed. We could be a sort of Tea? hit squad - descend on the place, make you tea, take you out for a nice ride, pamper you a bit, make you more tea, cake etc

If you got a really long extension nozzle on the vacuum cleaner, couldn't Mr Waffles sit in his chair and hoover a suitable radius around himself?

Failing that, do what I do for months at a time and sod the hoovering!

Tdr1nka, you really ought to get a bike installed over there! Any bike!

Barbecued shrew Doc? That's going to be a very very tiny spit roast... A cocktail stick for a spit, and a single petit pois to replace the apple in the mouth...

 

[tdr1nka]

I woke up this morning* found a dead pygmy shrew left for me by one of the cats. I'll pop it in the freezer so we can add it to the 'Shrew Bar-B-Que'!

Tea?


*(insert classic blues riff here: 'Da, Dada, da, Dah')

 

[Arch]

I woke up this morning* found a dead pygmy shrew left for me by one of the cats. I'll pop it in the freezer so we can add it to the 'Shrew Bar-B-Que'!

Tea?


*(insert classic blues riff here: 'Da, Dada, da, Dah')

There's a gag along the lines of Shrew-B-Que, or Bar-B-Shrew, but I can't quite make it work...

You might be surprised how many small rodent cat victims end up in freezers, and then defleshed for reference specimens for us bone people. Colleague of mine had a whole drawer in hers devoted to voles of various sorts (mostly the Orkney variety) along with a roadkill stoat for a skinning experiment. The latter was in a tupperware box with "Attention: Stoat!" written on the lid...

 

[tdr1nka]

I rather like Shrew-B-Que!

Brings to mind a tiny BBQ for one person.