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From my Facebook page this morning, the old ones are the best.
The Retirement Thread
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Back from a 10k walk in the sunshine. Popped in to the Co-Op en route and bagged four packets of our favourite ground coffee as it was on offer. Taking the path less travelled I detoured round a side road and discovered a new footpath onto the heathlands. The local heaths had become overwhelmed with Rhododendrons, but there’s an ongoing initiative to return to it’s original state over several years now and it’s a lot more open and navigable with bridle paths being upgraded and new signage erected.
Time for a spot of lunch☕️
Time for a spot of lunch☕️
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
There was a similar project on Countryfile last night. They drilled holes in the shrubs then poured some sort of poison in to kill them.
Jumped on the rowing machine for 5k before lunch. Not sure what I fancy today. No doubt something on toast.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've been shopping I forgot the corn flour D'oh 
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Currently using:Good day. It's just started to rain and the forecast is not exactly positive! 80-90% chance of rain till 3.00pm. Today's choice is to head out for a solo ride which means hard climbing or a walk with the local U3A group. I'll probably go walking as I can keep dry walking whereas on the bike it's a guaranteed three hours of being wet. I gave my walking boots their bi-monthly deep clean yesterday, hopefully the Nikwax has done its job on the Goretex tongues which had started to let a little water in - when fully submerged in a puddle I found last time out!!!!! I get a lot of pleasure from cleaning my boots, just like my bikes. Mrs P says I'm very sad.......................and then requests I clean hers!
Speaking of walking boots. I need to invest in a pair of quality summer boots. My winter boots, Meindl, are great but too hot in summer plus we're going hiking in California next autumn so I need something much lighter. I have very broad feet and need good ankle support. I already wear Meindl so obviously happy to pay for quality. Any suggestions?
BIG night ahead! The mighty Rovers are at West Brom. #1 son and I are going to The Hawthorns. This is a huge game for Rovers, we badly need to bounce back after two defeats, WBA have the Brucie Bounce factor with their new manager. I am nervous. Long time since we've been away, April 2018 to Doncaster, shows you how we are starting to feel. It peed with rain that day as well and we won..........I'm looking for every positi
Oboz Bridger Mid WP - simply brilliant. Roomy, light, grippy and superb insoles. Had these a few seasons now - not so well known in UK but I think they are knockout - they cover everything from long low level hikes to grade 3S scrambling and a bit of lighter winter usage. I think one of the guys behind Teva was party to developing the brand.
Salomon X Ultra 4 GTX shoes although they do a Mid version. Very light, very tough, grippy and the speedlace system is brilliant. The shoes are very stable and I guess the Mids will be more so.
I have fairly wide feet and they both fit great.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Horrible start to the day re Wordle.
Weather not great again.
Might tackle my Spotify curating backlog.
Or maybe crack on with reading Dune - got both trilogies to plough through.
Weather not great again.
Might tackle my Spotify curating backlog.
Or maybe crack on with reading Dune - got both trilogies to plough through.
Chief Broom
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classic33
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A key
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This song has been rattlin in my brainbox
View: https://youtu.be/QeglgSWKSIY
I've three like that. One flat, the other two with the bend in the blade on either side.
That's not for an external door is it?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Pedant!
The night that was already half finished before I turned in.
I did get a few hours sleep after finishing my first book of Times Quick Cryptic Crossword puzzles. I have books #2 & #3 to tackle now.
I also have a book of the harder cryptics but I am not at the required level yet for them. It took me a week to do about 10% of the first puzzle so I postponed my assault on that book until my technique is up to the job. TBH, that day may never come now. I am nowhere near as bright as I was when I was young so I take much longer to learn new skills and forget them much more quickly if I don't keep practising.
I can't complain - I was nearly found dead on my bathroom floor 9.5 years ago. Being slow-witted trumps being no-witted!
I want these endless dreary wet winter days to stop. I must get the fork replacement done on my CX bike. It is the only bike I own with full mudguards fitted but it is potentially unsafe to ride.
classic33
Leg End Member
Mo would have been up and out around an hour later. Followed by the rest, who just get up and don't go out.Pedant!
The night that was already half finished before I turned in.
I did get a few hours sleep after finishing my first book of Times Quick Cryptic Crossword puzzles. I have books #2 & #3 to tackle now.
I also have a book of the harder cryptics but I am not at the required level yet for them. It took me a week to do about 10% of the first puzzle so I postponed my assault on that book until my technique is up to the job. TBH, that day may never come now. I am nowhere near as bright as I was when I was young so I take much longer to learn new skills and forget them much more quickly if I don't keep practising.
I can't complain - I was nearly found dead on my bathroom floor 9.5 years ago. Being slow-witted trumps being no-witted!
I want these endless dreary wet winter days to stop. I must get the fork replacement done on my CX bike. It is the only bike I own with full mudguards fitted but it is potentially unsafe to ride.
They’ve had volunteering events pre covid. Turn up at a pre announced date and time and get issued with appropriate tools. Small teams led by Heath wardens chop away at the unwanted growth and drag it to a central point for burning. Jacket spuds wrapped in foil cooked on the embers and shared among the volunteers 👍
Speaking of toast, daughter brought us a selection of jam’s from “ Outside In “ in Edinburgh, I’ve just had toast with Pear and Chocolate jam, wonderful 👍👍
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I just watched a silly video about a family in China who took 2 years to realise their little black dog was becoming a big black bear!
The premise was that the bear cub looked like a puppy when they bought him...
NO - he looked like a cute tiny bear!
Before they eventually became scared of him, he grew to several ft long, weighing over 250 pounds, and had developed big claws and teeth!
The only thing that would make sense to me would be that the entire family had terrible eyesight!
The premise was that the bear cub looked like a puppy when they bought him...
NO - he looked like a cute tiny bear!
Before they eventually became scared of him, he grew to several ft long, weighing over 250 pounds, and had developed big claws and teeth!
The only thing that would make sense to me would be that the entire family had terrible eyesight!
Chief Broom
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Hi classic33 it is
it does look like a rather simple key for a front door, i havent got much to nick though
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I just watched a silly video about a family in China who took 2 years to realise their little black dog was becoming a big black bear!
The premise was that the bear cub looked like a puppy when they bought him...
NO - he looked like a cute tiny bear!
Before they eventually became scared of him, he grew to several ft long, weighing over 250 pounds, and had developed big claws and teeth!
The only thing that would make sense to me would be that the entire family had terrible eyesight!
I've seen a few stories on my Facebook page over the years like that and I don't understand how people can get caught like that.
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We hopped on the bus and went out for lunch today, I took my Good Lady down to Jubilee Junction in Jubilee Crescent, with it being valentines day I would normally take her out for a romantic meal but no chance of that this year, though we'll be out tonight for our usual Monday pensioners club bingo session. I've stripped and changed the beds today, and got the washing done, I'm on the third machine load.
