classic33
Leg End Member
Tie two together and you had a bolas.
Didn't go down too well at school though.
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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Didn't go down too well at school though.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
On the exercise front I have noticed that I no longer zip along mountain routes with very occasionally a fellow hiker passing me. Now, quite a few people pass me and tbh I feel more relaxed and 'in the moment'.
This route which I last did in 2005, on a blistering hot day, took 6 hours & 10 minutes with my late, and very lovely, dog - pictured here on Ill Crag at roughly the route's half way point:
I am planning on a repeat trip later this year and will allow around 8.5 hours ie about 2.5 hours more:
The route takes in Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Great End, Scafell Pike & Scafell - a really great mountain day.
This route which I last did in 2005, on a blistering hot day, took 6 hours & 10 minutes with my late, and very lovely, dog - pictured here on Ill Crag at roughly the route's half way point:
I am planning on a repeat trip later this year and will allow around 8.5 hours ie about 2.5 hours more:
The route takes in Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Great End, Scafell Pike & Scafell - a really great mountain day.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Done walking
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Very similar to myself in these areas and I am goal driven. I'm lucky though as most of the time I ride with a tight group of three friends. We know each others goals and adapt rides accordingly. For example when I was training for the Fred we did at least one 75 mile and 5/6000 feet ride every week and it was accepted Paul would smash the climbs. This year only one of us has a challenge and we just drop into his regime. I still do the same riding but without the intensity. My friend this year is riding the Pan Celtic race so everything is about steady even pace for mile after mile.
I have good endurance as well, not exceptional but good, and it's a real asset.
Yes, introduced light weights into my stretches and raises. Only 2-5kg but I hope enough to give a little resistance.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
@SpokeyDokey your post sums up in a way the conclusion I've reached - can still do it but lets just ease up a bit. The thing i don't to do though is enter an event and finish with a slower time so i keep away from those.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've got a ding meal, chicken korma can't be arsed to cook today
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The screens were tiny too. I remember when they eventually got a bit more modern and we got our first 25" screen we thought it was massive. My living room one now is 65" and I sometimes wish I had gone for the 75". Maybe our eyesight has got worse!
Our TV is 43", but I have a 27" monitor on my computer which is physically a lot smaller than the 26" ITT TV that we had despite the small screen size difference.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
The screens were tiny too. I remember when they eventually got a bit more modern and we got our first 25" screen we thought it was massive. My living room one now is 65" and I sometimes wish I had gone for the 75". Maybe our eyesight has got worse!
We got are first TV a few just weeks before King George died .I was thirteen.country went into national morning Only somber music played on the TV
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Its been very quiet in here this morning, I called off todays family gathering last night, we don't want to spread this through the family, We're both missing our little grandson running round the place getting into mischief. I spent most of the morning getting the ironing done.
classic33
Leg End Member
Was Cockley Beck a first choice for start and finish point?
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Yes, easy for me to get to plus doing it from there anti-clockwise means I can get some ok scrambling in on Little Stand and some mild scrambling on Bowfell en-route.
Another option is to start at the Woolpack Inn, do a complete loop taking in Harter Fell and thereby claim a free pint at the pub in return! Too long for me I think. Could've/should've done this when I was younger. Cest la vie.
The above shown route is a fair undertaking for someone approaching 67 and I will be more than happy with that.
Amusingly, during my hospital visits last year I was asked various fitness questions; including can I walk 10 metres in a straight line and climb a flight of stairs without getting out of breathe - what a low bar!
Broad Stand on the way up Scafell would be nice this year but tbh grade 3/3S unroped scrambling no longer appeals to me and I have also promised Mrs SD that I will not be doing it anymore.
TBH my least favourite curry. I prefer what I call 'medium'.
BoldonLad
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- Location
- South Tyneside
You must have been affluent! We did not get TV until 1958 (I was 11), from memory, it was a 12" screen, and cost 22guineas, which was probably about 4-5 weeks pay for my Dad, at the time, so, more like £2,500 now, and, still only one channel.
Edited to correct the year, I chopped 10 years off my age!, wishful thinking
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Had black and white when I was 9 or 10 (65/66) and a colour in '70 when I was nearly 14 - heady stuff!
I remember the 465/625 lines selector too - how technology has moved on!
Mrs SD had some sort of stick-on colour film on their b&w to simulate colour!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Now that Curry Frenzy has sadly disappeared we have started using this company - very authentic:
https://thetwistedcurry.co.uk/product/selection-box-of-6-items/
