pawl
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- Desford Leicestershire
Bakewell Derbyshire.A few years back a row of houses we’re built beside the river Looked an idyllic position until the first named storm arrived Resulted in the properties being flooded
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Bakewell Derbyshire.A few years back a row of houses we’re built beside the river Looked an idyllic position until the first named storm arrived Resulted in the properties being flooded
pawl
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- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Just looked out of the window Something I have not seen in the thirty years I have lived here.A grey squirrel nosing round the bird feeders
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
I’m puzzled, how can an encounter with two heavy touring bikes give you punctures .Good morning folks, stiff with a sore hip this morning, housework day today, the cause of yesterdays puncture was a pair of thorns.
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I’m puzzled, how can an encounter with two heavy touring bikes give you punctures .
They were hedge cutting yesterday.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
A few years ago I was cycling along a lane strewn with hedge cuttings , round the next bend was the hedge cutting tractor, stationary with a puncture in one of rear wheelsThey were hedge cutting yesterday.
It made my day.
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A few years ago I was cycling along a lane strewn with hedge cuttings , round the next bend was the hedge cutting tractor, stationary with a puncture in one of rear wheels
I'm sorry, I'd been laughing as I rode past. Some of the lanes round here can be a nightmare this time of year with the hedge cutting that goes on.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Treated myself to proper breakfast today. Three scrambled eggs, three slices of toasted sourdough - two hot buttered with homemade marmalade. Piping hot coffee. 😋
Makes a change from gruel with a spoon of yoghurt and honey. 😄
Makes a change from gruel with a spoon of yoghurt and honey. 😄
Headed out earlier in a fine drizzle. We wanted to get a walk in before the forecast deluge. The rain cleared and the sun came out so we had a quite pleasant amble. Although the route of our local walks can be a bit "samey", I make a point of trying to see things that I've not noticed before, It can be a bit of an eye opener, the patterns and manufacturers of cast iron drain covers, the detail on Post Boxes etc. There's a Telecoms conduit cover around the corner that bears the legend " Plymouth University" . How it made it's way to a suburb of Poole is a mystery.
Speaking of Post Boxes, It's a one kilometre walk from our house to the parade of shops in Broadstone. There are two postboxes en route, the compact type that are mounted on a sturdy pole. I noticed a few weeks ago that one of them was no longer there and assumed that it was probably superfluous. A few days later there was a sign on the post reporting that the Post Box had been stolen overnight.
Speaking of Post Boxes, It's a one kilometre walk from our house to the parade of shops in Broadstone. There are two postboxes en route, the compact type that are mounted on a sturdy pole. I noticed a few weeks ago that one of them was no longer there and assumed that it was probably superfluous. A few days later there was a sign on the post reporting that the Post Box had been stolen overnight.
classic33
Leg End Member
£1,000 upwards for one of those small post boxes, if you want one.
Head to
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/t...esting-geographs.215788/page-274#post-6209620
for some other things to spot/keep an eye open for.
Time to put my battery powered angle grinder on charge...😉
classic33
Leg End Member
Just make certain it's empty beforehand,
"If any person receives any mail bag, or any postal packet or any chattel or money or valuable security, the stealing, taking, embezzling or secreting of which amounts to a felony under this Act, knowing it to have been so feloniously stolen, taken, embezzled or secreted, and to have been sent, or to have been intended to be sent, by post, he shall be guilty of felony and be liable to the same punishment as if he had himself stolen, taken, embezzled or secreted it, and may be proceeded against and convicted whether the principal offender has or has not been previously convicted or is or is not amenable to justice."
Post Office Act 1953
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/crossheading/general-offences/enacted
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
A few years ago I was cycling along a lane strewn with hedge cuttings , round the next bend was the hedge cutting tractor, stationary with a puncture in one of rear wheels
I trust you stopped and offered the use of your puncture outfit and pump?
BoldonLad
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- Location
- South Tyneside
Same here today, we managed our daily walk, whilst it was just rain lightly, steady downpour now.
We have a small "repertoire" of walks in our local area, which we have been using during the various restrictions. Some years ago, after a TIA, Mrs @BoldonLad suffered from Anxiety, especially when out of the house. One of the therapies suggested (and which worked), was similar to what you suggest, ie, just notice the little points of interest as you walk, slow down and take notice.
Try living here....we are inundated with the little grey rats.
