The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Coooeee. 11 deg and dampish here.

Stay safe peeps

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋

 

[Dave7]

I am told from a good source (all my sources are good) that Chorley Paul was dreaming he was having a passionate night, only to switch the news on and find there had been an earthquake in Lancashire.
3.5 on the R scale apparently.

 

[Dave7]

My single decision has been made. I messaged my cleaner to tell her my situation and give her the choice. Turns out her family have also had colds this week so she was glad of a reason to give it a miss.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Wet

The good news is I have passed the stairs test with flying colours. NO! Not getting up them but coming down. After yesterday's ride a good indication of tiredness in the legs is how much it hurts to walk downstairs. Yesterday I was blitzed. Blew up. First 45 miles at 15.5 average was good, slotted in well with the guys. Last 6/7 I crawled. This is unusual, yes I slow sometimes but this was left for dead - not in an unkind way. Not a great feeling but my buddies and I are a tight group; we know how it works, how to behave - unlike the vast majority in our club - and crucially they know how my life has been the past 18 months. After a lot of thought, checking stats etc (they can be useful) the only conclusion can be I was simply very tired from the week, not the ride.

Onwards. The morning will be spent on admin stuff. This afternoon it's my cards group and then I'm off to Manchester for Granddad duties. #2's parents are in London for their company Christmas bash. I will collect the small one from nursery, do all the evening stuff, sleepover and then drop her at nursery on Friday morning. I then have to dash home and take Mrs P for her treatment.

The plan for this evening is to take a nice can of Rivington ale with me, brewed three miles away, and settle in for a couple of episodes of the the Beast in Me on Netflix. Highly recommended, very good first two episodes.

Next up stretches and weights before I dash out to buy a Christmas tree.

 

[PeteXXX]

Soggy doggy walk has been walked 🐶
I love the smell of wet dog in the morning ☔

 

[PeteXXX]

My alarm is set for 02:00 for the next two days ☹️

 

[Paulus]

It's quite dark and raining.
I was going out on the bike via the shops, but i think I'll get the bus instead.

 

[Mo1959]

Just back another little wander as there’s rain due this afternoon. Pretty chilly out.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning. Wet

The good news is I have passed the stairs test with flying colours. NO! Not getting up them but coming down. After yesterday's ride a good indication of tiredness in the legs is how much it hurts to walk downstairs. Yesterday I was blitzed. Blew up. First 45 miles at 15.5 average was good, slotted in well with the guys. Last 6/7 I crawled. This is unusual, yes I slow sometimes but this was left for dead - not in an unkind way. Not a great feeling but my buddies and I are a tight group; we know how it works, how to behave - unlike the vast majority in our club - and crucially they know how my life has been the past 18 months. After a lot of thought, checking stats etc (they can be useful) the only conclusion can be I was simply very tired from the week, not the ride.

Onwards. The morning will be spent on admin stuff. This afternoon it's my cards group and then I'm off to Manchester for Granddad duties. #2's parents are in London for their company Christmas bash. I will collect the small one from nursery, do all the evening stuff, sleepover and then drop her at nursery on Friday morning. I then have to dash home and take Mrs P for her treatment.

The plan for this evening is to take a nice can of Rivington ale with me, brewed three miles away, and settle in for a couple of episodes of the the Beast in Me on Netflix. Highly recommended, very good first two episodes.

Next up stretches and weights before I dash out to buy a Christmas tree.

Grandaughter insists that I have to have a race down the stairs by sitting on our bottoms and bumping down. She always wins! Your mention of Rivington Ale reminded me that I wore Ron Hill " Rivington Pike " trail shoes when we tackled the Pennine Way back in '88. They had a distinct sole pattern which came in useful in a forested section as we could follow the leading groups tracks in the muddy ground.

 

[PaulSB]

Grandaughter insists that I have to have a race down the stairs by sitting on our bottoms and bumping down. She always wins! Your mention of Rivington Ale reminded me that I wore Ron Hill " Rivington Pike " trail shoes when we tackled the Pennine Way back in '88. They had a distinct sole pattern which came in useful in a forested section as we could follow the leading groups tracks in the muddy ground.

Ah, stair bumps. #1 used to insist on this. Our stairs are narrow cottage width - probably illegal - we can't both fit. She always had one step advantage

The 90⁰ turn at the bottom was tricky 😂😂

Lusso offer a Rivington cycle jersey which I wear with pride in late autumn/early spring

 

[Mo1959]

It’s dismal and drizzly here now. I might be tempted to go for an afternoon siesta.

 

[Baldy]

It’s dismal and drizzly here now. I might be tempted to go for an afternoon siesta.

Same here, I've an old office chair that needs to go to the dump. I was planning to get that done and then visit the Black Devon nature reserve which is next to the council dump. I think now I'll leave it till next week, there's a storm forecast for the weekend.

 

[numbnuts]

I had an email from UPS saying your parcel will be delivered at the end of the day
I hope they don't mean at 23:59.
It rained all night here, but come the day light it's kept dry with a high of 8c.

 

[Binky]

Made the most of a rare break in the utterly crap weather and got out in the actual sunshine. A very enjoyable 32 miles around the local coast roads.