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...(not a euphanism!!)
So, the small things in life that are ace...
1. Dunking biscuits in a brew
2. Clean,fresh bed linen
3. Kit that smells lemony fresh,
what are yours?
Most recently sitting in the sunshine watching a rather lovely blackbird hunting worms on my lawn. I was quite lost in time watching him.
A good cup of coffee. 😛
The anticipation of the regular Friday farmyard in a bun at my work.
The food is great but the anticipation is better.
sight and smell of bluebells
Today.. pruning a cherry tree without falling off the ladder then changing the oil and filters on the T5. Took longer to find my socket set than do the job 😆
This Saturday off to mid wales on holiday for a week.
Fresh, unworn socks.
A sunny spring day and a tail wind.
Clipping in perfectly, first time when you pull away from traffic lights.
Talking rubbish with my mates in the pub.
Toilet paper that doesn't break when wiping.
My dog falling asleep with his head on my lap and snoring.
My wife hugging me after I've hit snooze on the alarm clock in the morning.
A little bit of peace and quiet.
The slow and painful demise of my enemies.
Puppies.
Beer o'clock on a Friday
damp wet feet and warm dry socks
First kom of the year.
Sound of carbon wheels on smooth tarmac
Hot bath after a really hard session
Long showers when its a hotels water
Little shetland pony near work begging for apples from the guys getting off the bus
My penis.
Chopped egg with salad cream on toast..............having that now!...........and what lunge said.
Watching our 'local' pair of Buzzards circling over the house.
My cat rolling in the spring sunshine on the warm decking boards in the garden.
A nice hot bath after a long , cold, wet ride on the bike.
A pint of truly good ale. *
The almost imperceptible green hue , as the buds on the trees in the forest begin to sprout in spring.
* may occasionally be in the plural.
EDIT..Oh ....and just one Avid JuicyThree brake, which has thrown convention to the wind and performed faultlessly for 7 years.
Letting rip an absolutely enormous rasping fart that sounds like someone slowly tearing a heavy velvet curtain. I've just done this now*. You won't believe how pleased with myself I am 😀
* yes... everyone else is out for the night
Old people falling over
Roadkill
The sense of superiority looking at other peoples shopping at the checkout in ASDA.
first slurp of an ale after a filthy cold night ride!
awake for sunrise on a bivvy night out!
cold rice pudding!
Beer
The tingle of a hot power shower first thing in the morning.
Warm wool socks after a ride.
Marmite Sanie.
The sense of superiority driving past ASDA in the A4 Avant, on my way to Waitrose?
Waking my 4 year old daughter up in the morning ,with her bedhead hair and confused look on her face always brings a smile ,
The other is the sound of nothing when your sat ontop of a moor in the middle of know where before the giddiness
Ian Dury already wrote the list:
MrsMC is only 4'10". Does she count?
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The anticipation of the regular Friday farmyard in a bun at my work.
The food is great but the anticipation is better.
'"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.'
poached eggs on toast
Waking up and realising that it's OK to go back to sleep.
Being outside in foul weather but warm and dry.
Hearing a song I like but had forgotten about.
Spending time with my little boy. It happens every day but I could never tire of it.
Having a proper laugh with (& at, at the same time) my mates.
A genuine smile on Mrs. P's face - its been a pretty crap few months and seeing her smile always does it for me.
Pulli into the drive on a Friday evening after another nightmare week in the office.
Dust thrown up off the trails by the bike in front.
The Gruffalo.
My baby girl.
Waggy dog tails and affection when I come through the door
Fixing things
Cuppa tea and dunking biccies
When everything on your bike works
New Good Quality Socks
A Bacon sandwich.
Ale in a pub with nothing to do and nowhere to be.
above but with mates.
A smile and kind word from someone.
That increasingly small bit of a ride after warming up and before feeling shagged
The feeling after a long ride when you've got changed into fresh cotton clothes.
Cycling through pools of warm and cool air.
Sitting on the bottom of a shallow still sea looking at the surface above.
70% choc
A nice piece of Wensleydale
An unsolicited smile from a pretty girl in the street
Listening to the The World Tonight Radio 4 news in bed on radio iplayer.
Going for a walk at lunchtime, and watching a Spitfire from Duxford give me a personal aerobatic display.
Realising that at first bite your kit Kat is all chocolate bliss
Getting into bed with clean sheets after having a shower
The clump of snowdrops that popped up by our front door
Having a chilled out fluffy cat purring on my knee
Being able to ride my bike again after major surgery to my spine (maybe that's a big thing actually)
1. Riding bikes
2. Sitting in the cafe stop last Sunday on our club run and realising there were more cyclists in there than 'normal' people - by some margin
3. Spring weather - sunshine, blossom and birds singing
4. Living in the first world and having enough of the basics sorted to be able to appreciate these things
5. STW, for giving me a sense of perspective on all sorts of things 🙂
Ignoring all the family and bike stuff, at the moment the small thing is probably coming up with an amusing mnemonic or roman room type of thing for the exams I am studying for.
Angel's kiss
The smell of a mown lawn, a glass of beer by the log fire after a winter ride, standing on one of the local hills in wild weather but the best of all is any time spent with my two boys.
Putting my 8 year old to bed earlier, and leaving the curtains open whilst I lay next to him with his head on my chest, talking about the moon that we where watching together... until he fell asleep. Relaxing bliss and it won't be like that forever, he'll grow up one day.
Baking bread.
The satisfaction of having learned how to do something new.
A perfectly true wheel and knowing that you made it that way (though this hasn't happened for a while)
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Er, nope
Bright copper kettles. Still nope.
Warm woollen mittens. Yes, now we're getting somewhere.
Brown paper packages tied up with strings. Yes, especially if they come from CRC. ??
Sliding into an empty pool lane after a hard day. Or any kind of day for that matter.
Spooning in warm bed on cold morning
Hearing our little dog snoring
Hearing children's laughter
Seeing my wife's smile
Blackbird evensong
Sound of rain on a tent
That high-up sound a buzzard makes
Making that one rare, almost accidental brush-stroke that lights up a painting
4. Living in the first world and having enough of the basics sorted to be able to appreciate these things
Just reminded me of a documentary I saw recently on Netflix about happiness/appreciation. Now known to me as 'The Day I was Humbled Beyond Words By A Rickshaw Driver.'
Seasick Steve on the Chris Evans show.
eating around the table with my family
a silent road bike
washing my car
saturdays off work
beaches (except rhyl)
a cider in the sun.
it's the little things....