The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

A quick good morning to all.
Paul, imo you do very well. Again imo but enjoying your rides should be the important thing (unless you are competing).
As a teenager, with boundless energy, I enjoyed cycling into north wales, over the Horseshoe pass and back home. Alas a distant memory now

Thank you Dave. Kind of you. I absolutely agree enjoyment is the prime objective. There are truly only two situations when I don't enjoy a ride; someone plans a route with too much urban riding and the other is if the weather turns and we get soaked and cold. Everything else is brilliant.

All the people I ride with regularly have become close friends. We all admit to being competitive but only competing against ourselves - trying to be better. I know in a couple of years I'm going to tire but I'm not ready for it yet. That's the reason I'm chasing my hill climbing.

The best rides we do are the all dayers on gravel at +/- 11-12mph - usually flat!

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooeee. It was blowing a hoolie for most of the night here. Very damp and 4 deg now.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Bit windy out there this morning.
Nothing like the 80 mph winds we had a few weeks ago, though.
Will be having a stroll down to the village in a bit to pick up a paper and some shopping.

 

[Paulus]

I've just had a toasted bacon and tomato sandwich for breakfast, and although I don't normally watch the telly box in the morning, I am catching up with the cyclo cross world championship mens race on the iplayer.

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all. Still in bed , with a cup of tea, at the moment haven’t even looked out the window yet. Tbh not sure I want to as we still have the skip the bedroom fitters used outside the house . After the winds last night I am expecting the stuff that was in it to be all over the street .
Wish me luck later doing my womble impression 😀

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, calm and sunny here after the weekend storms, not going to last though, the forecast for the week looks very blowy.
Square eyes from yesterday’s GCN viewing, the last 60k of the GP La Marseillaise followed by highlights of the day’s stage from the Mallorca Challenge followed by three cross races . No time left for normal tv !

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[classic33]

Morning

That's cheating!
I bet you fell asleep again.

 

[numbnuts]

That's cheating!
I bet you fell asleep again.

Yeah, but I'm up now and had me breakfast, washed up and now baking a loaf

 

[welsh dragon]

It looks like the heavens are going to open up.and hiss down

 

[numbnuts]

My village are planing jubilee street party, with some of the pissheads round here I hope it's the other side of the village

 

[Mo1959]

We have a power cut. I suspect it’s work getting done rather than the weather though. The lights flickered off and on when I was round at the supermarket just now but their power stayed on. Just certain areas.

 

[numbnuts]

We have a power cut. I suspect it’s work getting done rather than the weather though. The lights flickered off and on when I was round at the supermarket just now but their power stayed on. Just certain areas.

Fork handles

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its been a wash day Monday, first machine load done and on the clothes horse in the back bedroom, second load on, beds stripped and sheets changed. I've not been for a bimble this morning, I got up a little weary and unmotivated so I'll ride later in the week. The weather ain't too bad, its dry, cold, bright and chilly, its still blowing a bit though its calmed down a lot. I haven't had a bad January on the bike, I've ridden 105 miles, which isn't bad under the circumstances, its almost as far as I've driven, 112 miles.

 

[Paulus]

The dog has been walked, the washing is on the line, it is a nice sunny, breezy day, just right for drying.
I am going to move a few plants from the front garden into pots in readiness for when the driveway is done in a few weeks time.
I am also going to attempt to cut the grass as it is almost dry.
Just having a mug of coffee before starting.
Busy busy busy.

 

[Chislenko]

Another job rears its ugly head, felt has ripped off the summer house roof in the wind.