The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Morning all

Bit wet and windy last night - we're on the slopes of Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor. Bright and breezy this morning, but a bit nippy - had to put the fire on in the van.
Off to Porlock this morning to have a look around the back end of the village, with a view to possibly moving there in the next couple of years.
Lunch beckons at the the Bottom Ship.......

That's an excuse to post my photo again!

That is looking back towards Porlock. I have not been fit enough this year to do the loop from Crediton to Minehead then back over that climb but hope to do it in 2022 to celebrate becoming a pensioner.

Oops, I get up hours early for a blood test then almost forget to go for it. Byeeee!

 

[Mo1959]

The moon was sooo bright early this morning.
I took a phone photo but as the moon was high (and therefor small) its not great.
0730 it was much lower/bigger so I went for my phone. By the time I got it the moon was covered in cloud .
So this is the best I have.
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I could still see it on my wander. It's been quite bright the last few nights.

 

[Mo1959]

I didn't think I slept very well. Garmin agrees.

 

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks very still outside when its forecast strong winds...maybe its the calm before...
My neighbour had her collies out yesterday and i enjoyed watching them interact and play with the horses. A collie would playfully tease one of the horses who would then get all frisky and run around the field!

 

[Drago]

Mrs D reports the anti vax lot are outside her school demonstrating. Quite what they have against that brand of vacuum cleaners is anyones guess.

Im thinking of riding over to wind them up a bit.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I have a fire going in the Woodburner. It's lovely.

That sounds like a bit of a euphemism…

 

[classic33]

Mrs D reports the anti vax lot are outside her school demonstrating. Quite what they have against that brand of vacuum cleaners is anyones guess.

Im thinking of riding over to wind them up a bit.

Dyson with death there!

 

[Paulus]

That's the dog walk done, the fields are very soggy today.
I am now catching up with yesterday's world championship track cycling from Roubaix on the iplayer.
More domestics later, I am going to give the bedroom really good Hoover, moving out all the cupboards and chest of drawers. It wont be pretty when I move the bed out of the way.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Morning

Apparently we had a tornado yesterday
there is a video on something somewhere - looks like a sudden strong wind to me but it does seem to have done some damage - roof stuff, walls knocked down even
So bad the local MP has woken up and made a statement saying how glad he is that no-one was hurt
which is nice of him
anyway - it was a mile or so from here and it was all OK here

looking at the weather forecast it looks like it is clear enough for a ride - so I am going to finish this coffee and get the bike out
dunno where I'll go - I see which way the wind is blowing (hopefully not round and round in small circles!!!) and head out into the wind so I have a nice ride home

 

[Dirk]

My neighbour had her collies out yesterday and i enjoyed watching them .....

Never heard them called that before!

 

[GM]

Morning all... Like Kev I'm having my booster jab this morning but seeing as its dry I'm taking the Brommie. Must give the car a good clean later, we've got a wedding to go to this weekend in the west country and have to ferry around a couple of relatives.

Today is 4 years since I retired, might celebrate with a bottle of something later!

Enjoy your day folks!

 

[welsh dragon]

It's that time of year again. The local estates have released hundreds of thousands of pheasants once again. They are a hazard on the roads. I hit one once.i ended up with a hole in my bumper. They are heavy old lumps and do a lot of damage to a car.

I now have 10 or 12 running around in the field.

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour. It rained most of the night but we have blue sky and a few clouds at the moment. After walking Molly, I shall go for a ride but not sure what to wear as the temperature says 9 degrees but it doesn't feel cold. Definitively long bib trousers but concerned about being too warm or cold on top if I make the wrong decision.
See you all later.

 

[BoldonLad]

Morning all... Like Kev I'm having my booster jab this morning but seeing as its dry I'm taking the Brommie. Must give the car a good clean later, we've got a wedding to go to this weekend in the west country and have to ferry around a couple of relatives.

Today is 4 years since I retired, might celebrate with a bottle of something later!

Enjoy your day folks!

We (myself and Mrs @BoldonLad) have been waiting patiently for our "call" for the booster. Yesterday evening, we had telephone call from Daughter No1 (who has been working in a vaccination centre since the start of vaccine roll out), "get yourselves to the vaccine centre pronto, and you can have your booster jab". They had a few "left overs" from "no shows" and, something to do with the way the shots are packaged. They would go to waste, if not used. Anyway, we had our booster. Our original jabs were Astrazeneca, but, this time we were given Pfizer.

 

[welsh dragon]

We (myself and Mrs @BoldonLad) have been waiting patiently for our "call" for the booster. Yesterday evening, we had telephone call from Daughter No1 (who has been working in a vaccination centre since the start of vaccine roll out), "get yourselves to the vaccine centre pronto, and you can have your booster jab". They had a few "left overs" from "no shows" and, something to do with the way the shots are packaged. They would go to waste, if not used. Anyway, we had our booster. Our original jabs were Astrazeneca, but, this time we were given Pfizer.

Mr WD is booked in to have his next Friday afternoon