The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

good morning people.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
Listening to Tony Blackbum on the radio whilst drinking a mug of tea
MrsP is meeting a group of girls she used to work with, several she trained at at RVC. They are off to the Sky Garden in London, and then an art exhibition on the South Bank of the Thames.
That leaves me free, after dog walking, domestics and catching up on the Womens TDF to attend a meeting of the escape committee this afternoon at The Railway Bell, known locally as the Ding Dong.🍺
Tomorrow, I am off the the Velodrome, I have tickets for the morning session so an early start.
Enjoy your day everyone.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
Listening to Tony Blackbum on the radio whilst drinking a mug of tea
MrsP is meeting a group of girls she used to work with, several she trained at at RVC. They are off to the Sky Garden in London, and then an art exhibition on the South Bank of the Thames.
That leaves me free, after dog walking, domestics and catching up on the Womens TDF to attend a meeting of the escape committee this afternoon at The Railway Bell, known locally as the Ding Dong.🍺
Tomorrow, I am off the the Velodrome, I have tickets for the morning session so an early start.
Enjoy your day everyone.

Until now I couldn't get into Velodrome racing but t'other day I decided to give it another try and found it surprisingly good. It was helped by the commentators explaining the technical stuff ie why tandems can be so difficult.

 

[Dave7]

A wet start to the day here.
Apart from some small jobs it will be a TV day split between C Games, normal football then the Charity Shield (LFC vs City).

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

We has drizzle.
Hopefully clearing later.
Busy planning our next exciting foray on the Bus. Might go to the Rock at Georgeham for lunch in the week. We have the open top bus running and it would be good to go along the coast road on it.

 

[welsh dragon]

I like my steaks well cooked.

So do I.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooee. A damp day for us. Very misty and its so heavy it feels almost like rain. Still we do need some rain.

Stay safe peeps

 

[PaulSB]

Until now I couldn't get into Velodrome racing but t'other day I decided to give it another try and found it surprisingly good. It was helped by the commentators explaining the technical stuff ie why tandems can be so difficult.

Last time I went to watch at the Manchester Velodrome we got very good commentary, it helped a lot.

 

[Dave7]

So do I.

I am with the 'pink in the middlers'.
MrsD likes it cremated.

 

[Mo1959]

Humid 5 mile wander done. I met one of the women that runs the local running club and she was telling me we have 2 people competing at the Games. Rory Stewart in the squash and Charlie Aldridge in under 23 mountain biking. Doubt either will be televised though.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning all.................. the footie starts today. Yeah! You can see my hopes and aspirations in the football thread. What no mass exodus to the Sports section? I'm shocked. It's wet and has rained most of the night. I've a few domestics to do and then sit in front of the telly for a while trimming and cleaning a small mountain of French beans for freezing. A bit later I'll pop up to the allotment, sit in my shed and clean my onions.

 

[PaulSB]

I am with the 'pink in the middlers'.
MrsD likes it cremated.

I'm more of a bloody man!

 

[Mo1959]

sit in my shed

Why did I think that said.......oh, well never mind

 

[Paulus]

Last time I went to watch at the Manchester Velodrome we got very good commentary, it helped a lot.

Until now I couldn't get into Velodrome racing but t'other day I decided to give it another try and found it surprisingly good. It was helped by the commentators explaining the technical stuff ie why tandems can be so difficult.

Plus, the events follow each other closely. No intervals between them. One race finishes, the riders are lining up for the next.
I have been to several 6 day meetings, and they are good fun with excellent racing.

 

[Paulus]

Humid 5 mile wander done. I met one of the women that runs the local running club and she was telling me we have 2 people competing at the Games. Rory Stewart in the squash and Charlie Aldridge in under 23 mountain biking. Doubt either will be televised though.

If not on the main channels, keep an eye on the red button, iplayer. A lot of the so called lesser events are on there.
My son, a keen squash player is travelling up to Brum to watch the squash.