The Retirement Thread

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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
My youngest grandsons are 16 and 6' 3". They don't weigh that much though. :laugh:
I would be that tall if my legs were 8 inches longer.
 

PaulSB

Squire
Dark, cold and possibly wet. Still it may clear so I'm going to man up, winter jacket on and head out to meet the guys.

So the heavens opened at 8.15 and I bailed. Back to bed, slept till 10.00, read till 11.00.............and now the sun's out, Lycra on and I'm off to try a new cafe I've heard about.

First job was student gardener at RHS Wisley. No idea what we earned but I started in September '72 and spent the autumn sweeping leaves. There were a lot of trees..........
 

BobP

Active Member
Location
Smyrna, GA USA
I got back about half an hour ago,dropped the car off at Park Motors on the way out and went of to ride a slightly shorter than normal loop to Hatton and back, 53 miles, on the way back I got to Balsall Common and the garage rang to say the cars ready and I picked it up on my way back across Coventry. The ride was a tad chilly but enjoyable, the car passed its MOT and the service found nothing nasty so it's been a good morning.
53 miles?! Wow Dave, how did you build up to riding that far? That is very impressive. Do you ride alone usually or with mates? How long do you take to ride that distance? Thanks.:notworthy::bravo::bravo:
 

BobP

Active Member
Location
Smyrna, GA USA
Good morning all. 47° F and light rain this morning. Taking another day off from riding. Weather permitting, will try and do around 32 miles tomorrow. Lazy kind of day. A lot of couch surfing and tv watching. Sure wish I could join some of you for some jars and F&C! Sounds like a lot of fun! Have a great day all! ^_^^_^^_^:hello::hello::hello:
 
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Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
By george, i do belive Mr @BobP is beginning to get it chaps. Well done Mr Bob. ^_^
He does sound like an awfully nice chap.:okay:

PS. I'm in the pub.

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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
So the heavens opened at 8.15 and I bailed. Back to bed, slept
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I phoned the golf club ay 08.30 to book a tee for next week. It was lashing down ** here so I said to the guy "you wont get many out playing today"......he said "we've got 35 on the course already" :blush:
I mean.....08.30. Just getting light. Freezing cold. Heavy rain and wind. And they are out playing golf. Are they mad??
**@BobP "lashing down" = p*ssing down:rolleyes:
 
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53 miles?! Wow Dave, how did you build up to riding that far? That is very impressive. Do you ride alone usually or with mates? How long do you take to ride that distance? Thanks.:notworthy::bravo::bravo:

I've been cycling for over 50 years, for 25 of those I was a club rider, I've ridden club rides, Audax"s, charity rides and reliability trials. And I commuted by bike for over 30 years. I'm now in my mid sixties with a dodgy ticker so I can still do the distance but I'm slow, yesterdays ride took close to 4 hours.
 

PaulSB

Squire
https://www.merlinsbakerycafe.co.uk/

So I'm in the new cafe and I'm sort of 60/40 - great soup, good coffee but the Tea Bread* could be moister and should come with butter. Good value.

They have a sharing table which was the only place to sit. Now I think people who sit on sharing tables need to understand cyclists sweat, quite a lot.......:hungry:

@BobP *Tea Bread is a fruit cake made with cold tea. Oup norf it's served with butter.

While I'm on the patisserie section the local delicacy in my town is Chorley Cake. This is a pastry filled with currants, it should also be served with butter.

Bread, cake, pastry, biscuit.......love 'em
 
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