The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good grey and windy day. Forecast is for 12mph winds, more like 20-25 at present. No riding today.

@Dave7 hang in there pal. Take things easy and keep us updated.

Now raining so I think today will be dashing up and down to the allotment to do jobs between showers.

Much appreciated.....thanks.

 

[Dave7]

Constant heavy rain here now.

 

[PaulSB]

I harvest mine when the leaves turn yellow and sag.

Thanks, that's how I treat my garlic. Pleased to know it's the same with elephant garlic

 

[gavroche]

Morning all. Apparently, we are going to the cinema in Barnstaple in one hour to see Downtown Abbey. We will probably have a pub lunch after the film.
.When we get back, it will be time to put the bike away in the car , ready for the long drive back tomorrow.
We have had a very good stay in Devon and I covered 63 miles on the bike when the weather was nice. The forecast in North Wales doesn't look good for next week though.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all. Apparently, we are going to the cinema in Barnstaple in one hour to see Downtown Abbey. We will probably have a pub lunch after the film.
.When we get back, it will be time to put the bike away in the car , ready for the long drive back tomorrow.
We have had a very good stay in Devon and I covered 63 miles on the bike when the weather was nice. The forecast in North Wales doesn't look good for next week though.

Which pub are you thinking of going to?

 

[Mo1959]

A lovely day here. Sunny but an easterly breeze. I have just been a little wander to stretch the legs before it gets any hotter or busier. I might be tempted to have a little lie down this afternoon as my Garmin isn't happy with my body battery being so low!

 

[numbnuts]

My Garmin hasn't got a body battery thingy, I just look in the mirror to see my state of health

 

[Tenkaykev]

A lovely day here. Sunny but an easterly breeze. I have just been a little wander to stretch the legs before it gets any hotter or busier. I might be tempted to have a little lie down this afternoon as my Garmin isn't happy with my body battery being so low!


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Oh dear Mo, take it easy. I've found the Garmin " Body battery " to be pretty indicative of how my body is. I've never managed to get below 5, I think that must be the baseline.
Rest and a cuppa 👍

 

[welsh dragon]

I have cleaned the patio doors which are all glass and about 12 feet wide. I daresay it's going to hiss down with rain very soon.

 

[Paulus]

I have cleaned the patio doors which are all glass and about 12 feet wide. I daresay it's going to hiss down with rain very soon.

You've done it now.

 

[ColinJ]

I am sorry to hear what happened at the TT.

For the racing... I noticed that there is a highlight show on ITV4 in the evenings, and presumably available on ITV Hub later?

As for me, my legs, sleep... That was an 'interesting' night, and I don't mean in a good way! It took me hours to get to sleep, then I had weird dreams and woke up. I went through that loop several times before finally getting a few hours.

I woke up at 12:45 feeling relatively good considering, but my legs feel like they have done some heavy duty exercise, which they haven't done. Well, unless you count bedding kicking as an exercise? My super king-sized duvet ended up beside the bed and one of my pillows on the floor at the far end!

The weather here is iffy, but I said that I might cycle over to Hebden Bridge between showers with a leek for my friend who is cooking and forgot to buy one. It isn't actually far for her to go back to the shops but I need to get out.

 

[PaulSB]

In the last few weeks Mrs 12's health has declined greatlyas she stopped chemo. The last round was simply too brutal on her GI tract and last Thursday I made her go to the ER whereupon she was hospitalized until Thursday. My sons came up late Thursday afternoon at which time she transferred to Hospice at her request. We spent some good time with her and I learned at 5:40 yesterday morning she had just passed away in her sleep. She fought hard for about 5 1/2 years without complaining oor losing her sweet nature, and when she was ready, left us. As with most of us, she wanted to die quietly in her sleep and that is what happened. Although I obviously will have to learn to live without her, it is very comforting that she is no longer suffering. We would have been married 44 years in July.

I am so sorry to read this, I had completely missed your post. I can't imagine how it feels. It will be 44 years my wife and I have been together come August.

From all you've said your love and support for your wife in the last five years has been enormous and helped her every single day.

Stay safe and well.

 

[PaulSB]

I scrolled back a bit to find @Chief Broom but stumbled on news I had missed.

Do we know how the chief is?

 

[welsh dragon]

You've done it now.

Rain for 40 days and 40 nights

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've come back from doing a little bit of shopping to find that one of the local birds has splattered the kitchen window , from the mess its made it must have been a decent sized bird which probably had a dose of the s***s.