The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Phew... 168 singlespeed kms (104 miles) completed. Some wind assistance on way to bridge, windy slog back to York. My train is halfway back to Leeds now.

Tired but satisfied.

Hopefully the train you were on from Leeds stayed intact.

 

[Paulus]

I've just applied for track cycling tickets in the ballot for next years Commonwealth games.
All the games are in and around Birmingham and the West Midlands , but the track cycling is at the Lea Valley velodrome in London.
Should I get all the tickets I have applied for it going to cost me nearly £600.
If the london Olympics are my benchmark, I didn't get anything.

 

[classic33]

I've just applied for track cycling tickets in the ballot for next years Commonwealth games.
All the games are in and around Birmingham and the West Midlands , but the track cycling is at the Lea Valley velodrome in London.
Should I get all the tickets I have applied for it going to cost me nearly £600.
If the london Olympics are my benchmark, I didn't get anything.

You don't try, you'd never know.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Currently watching the tennis

apparently it is compulsory!!

It was the Granddaughter's birthday party - 9 year's old and they ordered a surprise hot tub for her and her friends

so her Dad brought the 5 year old brother and 10 months old round here to keep them out of the way
(i.e. his partner sent him round here to keep all 3 of them out of the way!!!!!)

baby got lots of attention
5 year old was grumpy at first then became his normal cute huggy self once playgrounds were mentioned - so his Dad and I took him to Spike Island and he spent ages on the slides and zip line
Weirdly he refused to go through the forest to look for sticks (ASD - he has his little ways!)
in the meantime Gran had had an hour with the baby on her own and claims she didn;t feed him anything his Dad to not approve of
(I am pretending to believe her!!!)

 

[Mo1959]

Well done Emma. I can go to bed now.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

So, fairy tales can come true, well done EMMA RADUCANU.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well done Emma. I can go to bed now.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, an enjoyable day yesterday watching the ToB in Midlothian. Parked at Vogrie House, built for the Dewar whisky tycoons but now a council owned country park. Walked over to the grand ruins of Crichton Castle then double backed east to the presumably eponymous hamlet of Dewartown and on to the climb of Edgehead to see the race with 20k to go. There was quite a gathering there, it was fun feeling the anticipation build then watching the riders and the convoy pass through. A short walk back to Vogrie and then an evening watching the full stage recorded on telly, the whole stage took place within a 50 mile radius of Edinburgh so we knew almost every road, every rise and every fall. A cracking finish in Holyrood Park, by which time it was time for bed. Only knew about the tennis this morning

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, family round this morning, our lad is coming down from Warrington for a few days, He'll hop on the train after he finishes work and text me when his train leaves Birmingham and I'll nip down the station and pick him up.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Dull, overcast again. Vera and Vigil are on tonight. Wooooohooo.

Talking of gardens, does anyone want mine? Only nearly 6 acres.

I see Shaun is giving the NACA one more chance. Only open to members and you need to sign Into it to access it. He sounds a tad fed up of the whole thing. I will not be signing up for it. Nope. No way thank you.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning all, an enjoyable day yesterday watching the ToB in Midlothian. Parked at Vogrie House, built for the Dewar whisky tycoons but now a council owned country park. Walked over to the grand ruins of Crichton Castle then double backed east to the presumably eponymous hamlet of Dewartown and on to the climb of Edgehead to see the race with 20k to go. There was quite a gathering there, it was fun feeling the anticipation build then watching the riders and the convoy pass through. A short walk back to Vogrie and then an evening watching the full stage recorded on telly, the whole stage took place within a 50 mile radius of Edinburgh so we knew almost every road, every rise and every fall. A cracking finish in Holyrood Park, by which time it was time for bed. Only knew about the tennis this morning

I was checking up on daughter in Edinburgh via the Garmin Connect app and wondered why she and her partner had walked to St Margarets Loch. Took a while for the penny to drop. I see they walked home after the cycling via Bellfield Brewery taproom and the Porty Tap 🍺
I did Vogrie parkrun a few years ago, wonderful course in great surroundings.

 

[welsh dragon]

Oops. Vera isn't on tonight

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I was checking up on daughter in Edinburgh via the Garmin Connect app and wondered why she and her partner had walked to St Margarets Loch. Took a while for the penny to drop. I see they walked home after the cycling via Bellfield Brewery taproom and the Porty Tap 🍺
I did Vogrie parkrun a few years ago, wonderful course in great surroundings.

The parkrun was just finishing as we were setting off in fact.
Not sure if our more local one at Heriot-Watt has been able to resume just yet.