The Retirement Thread
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classic33
Leg End Member
New lighthouse?Morning walk around Hartland Point.
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I can see my house from here - across the bay........
Currently lunching in the Old Smithy Inn, Welcombe.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had just looked it up HERE... Radar on the top of the cliff, lighthouse below, with a helipad because the access road is unreliable.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Morning walk around Hartland Point.
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I can see my house from here - across the bay........
Currently lunching in the Old Smithy Inn, Welcombe.
Nice! Can you get up onto those rocks?
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
G'day all.. Went to the garden centre because Mrs GM liked the look of the Frilly Nickers...
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Back from an enjoyable mtb potter with Mrs F, 25 miles, mostly offroad, taking in Penicuik House and back through the Pentlands. Cool and feeling distinctly autumnal, my favourite season 
I daresay, if you were determined enough.
Good evening all.
I have just spent a while checking over my neighbours latest pile of junk bikes he has bought for his kids.
A couple of flat tyres, new tubes and a rear tyre needed. Gears adjusted on one of them and the front V brake on the other.
He has no idea about even the most basic maintenance, he didn't know that there is an inner tube inside the tyre on the last one he bought round, he asked what it was when I took the tyre off.
So a trip to the LBS in the morning for a few bits.
I think I may be being used as a cheaper alternative to the bike shop.
I have just spent a while checking over my neighbours latest pile of junk bikes he has bought for his kids.
A couple of flat tyres, new tubes and a rear tyre needed. Gears adjusted on one of them and the front V brake on the other.
He has no idea about even the most basic maintenance, he didn't know that there is an inner tube inside the tyre on the last one he bought round, he asked what it was when I took the tyre off.
So a trip to the LBS in the morning for a few bits.
I think I may be being used as a cheaper alternative to the bike shop.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Five wheels on my wagon
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Got out for a 23 mile ride this morning
Chickened out on "The Big Hill" as I was feeling quite breathless at the start
still that adds 3-4 miles to the total and I pushed the bike along several unpopulated sections - i.e. keeping up above the ebike cutoff speed for a significant distance
pity Strava didn't record due to a malfunction on the screen/operator interface
(i.e. I forgot to press the record button)
still a good ride
Chickened out on "The Big Hill" as I was feeling quite breathless at the start
still that adds 3-4 miles to the total and I pushed the bike along several unpopulated sections - i.e. keeping up above the ebike cutoff speed for a significant distance
pity Strava didn't record due to a malfunction on the screen/operator interface
(i.e. I forgot to press the record button)
still a good ride
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The pal, formerly known as (Covid-lockdown) 'bubble', invited me over for a meal at her place in Hebden Bridge this evening. It made a nice change to her coming over here to be fed and entertained.
After the meal, I set off on my bike to come home and was proceeding back through Hebden Bridge town centre at speed on the A646. There were cars parked along the opposite side of the road and there was a car coming the other way towards me, at the far end of the row of parked vehicles. At my end of the parked cars was one facing the wrong way for the traffic flow i.e. in the same direction as me. It's engine was running and I saw that the driver was creeping the car out to see if the road was clear for him...
It wasn't, because:
Alternatively, he could floor the throttle and shoot out before the other car got there...
He chose lunacy!
As the front of his car was removing my road space I was swerving left towards the kerb and screaming STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! I will give the driver some credit - having been completely unaware that I was there half a second previously, he did at least react quickly, slamming his brakes on and swerving back towards the parked vehicles...
I left him muttering "SMIDSY!" and suffering the embarrassment of everyone in earshot staring at him, now stationary in the middle of the road.
After the meal, I set off on my bike to come home and was proceeding back through Hebden Bridge town centre at speed on the A646. There were cars parked along the opposite side of the road and there was a car coming the other way towards me, at the far end of the row of parked vehicles. At my end of the parked cars was one facing the wrong way for the traffic flow i.e. in the same direction as me. It's engine was running and I saw that the driver was creeping the car out to see if the road was clear for him...
It wasn't, because:
- There was a car driving towards him on that side of the road.
- I was rapidly approaching the space that he would need to pull out into.
Alternatively, he could floor the throttle and shoot out before the other car got there...
He chose lunacy!
As the front of his car was removing my road space I was swerving left towards the kerb and screaming STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! I will give the driver some credit - having been completely unaware that I was there half a second previously, he did at least react quickly, slamming his brakes on and swerving back towards the parked vehicles...
I left him muttering "SMIDSY!" and suffering the embarrassment of everyone in earshot staring at him, now stationary in the middle of the road.
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
NN, I like your 5 wheeler. A lot. Shabash.
ColinJ, was the bubble part more important than the pal part? And you are lucky to alive, whole and not maimed. I find it hard to trust the intelligence and situational awareness of folks on the road, including myself.
Amazing pics Mr. Dirk.
ColinJ, was the bubble part more important than the pal part? And you are lucky to alive, whole and not maimed. I find it hard to trust the intelligence and situational awareness of folks on the road, including myself.
Amazing pics Mr. Dirk.
classic33
Leg End Member
Unfortunately that standard of driving is normal down there. Folk don't want to walk too far, so they'll park up on both sides of the road.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
We've been pals for decades... We met when she was 17 and she is 60 now! The 'bubble' thing was just 6 months (?) or so.
It did give me a bit of a scare... I had spotted that the driver was getting ready to pull out but I couldn't believe that he went ahead and did it! I probably hesitated a split-second too long before shouting. I should have called out a warning not to start pulling out rather than telling him to stop after he'd started.
I kept thinking about the incident on the rest of my ride home. I was on my singlespeed bike and there are a couple of small rises that I have to go over which normally take a reasonable effort on that bike but I was so distracted that I don't remember going over them this time!
Good day all.
Colin......good to know it turned out (relatively) well for you.
Aldi dash for me at 0750.......I should have gone yesterday but didn't fancy the Sunday rush.
Exciting day today......the window cleaner is coming.......strange phenomena.....window cleaner and its not raining.
Colin......good to know it turned out (relatively) well for you.
Aldi dash for me at 0750.......I should have gone yesterday but didn't fancy the Sunday rush.
Exciting day today......the window cleaner is coming.......strange phenomena.....window cleaner and its not raining
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