what have you learnt today !

[ColinJ]

I've learned that no matter how forlorn, lonely and neglected a thread may be, one day some kind soul will come along and offer it the TLC it deserves!

 

[TheDoctor]

I learned that Gregg's will give you a reasonable coffee, a sausage roll, some bread pudding and change from £3.

 

[pplpilot]

I learnt that 6 pints of Abbot ale a king prawn vindaloo followed by half a bottle of red results in me sleeping in the spare room.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Beer festival and cycling are not a good match

 

[arranandy]

I learnt yesterday not to volunteer for a couple of hours OT on a Saturday morning. Turned into a 15 hour shift of which 10.5 hours was driving my works van up to Torridon then across to Tain before heading back home down the A9

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Today I learned that I'm more stubborn that I thought I was: at the same time as I was saying to myself "give up woman, you'll never manage it" I carried on with the task at hand, and I managed it!

 

[snorri]

driving my works van up to Torridon then across to Tain

People pay a lot of money to visit these places you know..

 

[arranandy]

People pay a lot of money to visit these places you know..

I see a lot of Scotland in the course of my work. From Wick in the north to Portpatrick in the south west

 

[snorri]

I see a lot of Scotland in the course of my work. From Wick in the north to Portpatrick in the south west

I was quoting an ex boss of mine.
I used to do a fair bit of travel and time away from home myself, sometimes wonderful, sometimes not so good.

 

[ianrauk]

the classic...

Never judge a book by it's cover..

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

People go all funny if you post a



On page 49 of a thread!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

from a pic of his Brompton that @bikegang posted, that one of the significant Anglo Scots battles that pre-empted the English Civil War was fought a couple of miles from where I spent my teenage years and still have family very close by.

 

[biggs682]

Well today i learnt the during the late 50's and early 60's Northamptonshire had an active nuclear base

http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/

And i have ridden past it many times without knowing it was either

 

[Dayvo]

I've known it for a long time, but don't believe what the media tells you:

This is bollox. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-39325206

 

[snorri]

I've learned today that threads started five years ago on CC can still be revived.