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As the weather was indeed glorious and so no chance of me going for a ride, being that we run a democratic house...
Llangollen Aquaduct (which wife and both daughters simply refused to walk over, ****s) followed by Valle Crucis Abbey then a picnic at the top of the Horseshoe Pass.
killhope grimpeur audax. all in all 91 miles of wet foggy grey hilly torture...
Mums day innit, my wife, my mum and mum in law to keep happy, I noticed the minute we finished duties it started raining and is forecast for the next few days, bleeding typical. Grrr.
Llangollen Aquaduct
Always wanted to visit that.
Bloody miserable foggy day.
Went to visit me Ma, fixed Sim 3 for my eldest and installed Minecraft on the PS3 for her. Played a bit on my shiny new toy, PS4, walked the dog and now going to chill as did another 14 hour shift last night got home as the clock were about to jump forward.
Sat feeling confused about what time it was.
Made breakfast with daughter for the wife.
spent the morning taking the cat to the vets whilst the wife and daughter 'spent some quality time together - wife in bed and daughter in room.
took wife and daughter out for lunch
then to a garden center
and then to our allotment.
But did squeeze in enough me time to build this:
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just need to spend some time 'refining' it.
Mothers day, so no chance of a ride. Lovely afternoon, so post lunch, I undertook a couple of post winter jobs on the bike. Replaced shifter cables & outers and then flushed and regreased the BB.
F1 then pressure wash the patio. The stuff onto eBay. But THEN bicycling!
Broke my bike for the third ride on the trot. 😕
Out at 7.30 (the old 6.30) on the roadie for 40 miles, prepared and cooked roast beef dinner for remaining parents. Tired and slightly drunk now, and about to veg out in front of the TV now they've gone home.
I spent what seemed like an age getting the kids ready to go and see my mum, who lives 20 miles away and was expecting us at 2.00pm. Her Alzheimer's must have kicked in though cos the dozy sod turned up 20 miles away at my other brothers at that precise moment!
Coached a rugby session with my U11s, brilliant fun. Took the boy home to give his mother's day presents, dog was dumped on me so went for a nice ride for an hour or so, bit muddy. Cleaned dog, cleaned single speed,
Visit from a nice fella I used to (and will this summer!) go riding with every weekend, then fixed a new plug in my basin.
Busy busy. TV veg out couch potato for the rest of the evening, i think
Me and the Mrs taken my Mum & Dad out to dinner
Then on to a Country park to walk off the Dinner and had Tea & Coffee
then back to my Parents and given my Mum a Bouquet of flowers and card
then installed a new ceiling light and change a dimmer switch in my
parents Second bedroom.
Now home with a Coffee and doing no more
My birthday so got up let the dogs out sat down with the misses and the wee one and opened up a collection of presents.
Got some new bike tools I wanted and a bit of Lego. Wasn't sure if this was for me or my boy... 😀
Headed out to Formby beach for a good long walk with the dogs.
Folks popped round for a brew this afternoon and have now just devoured a mega Chinese takeaway and looking at slipping into a food coma on the sofa.
All in all a reasonably good day.
Watched my 4 year old daughter ride her "big bike" for the first time.
A trip up Snowdon this morning (up and down Llanberis Path). Really warm up top and less windy than down in town. After that much wood chopping and then finishing off a book I've been meaning to get around to. 😀
The weather was horrible today: cold and foggy with a cold wind.
I did manage to get a ride in this morning. First time this year on one of my normal routes.
Then took the wife and children out for lunch up in Perth.
So, a reasonable day overall, but I do hate easterly wind.
Painted the downstairs loo.
Went to the park for a "99".
Acted as a steward at the monthly "PlaySafe" around the corner (road cordoned off, kids run wild, adults eat cake).
Cooked juicy lamb leg steaks.
First cut of the "lawn" (moss/clover/chives/daisies etc).
Sat down, opened a bottle of cider 8)
Had a ride up the hill, but the snow was a bit soft below 3,000ft and it was too windy to get much higher. Had a good ride down practicing my water-bars technique though.
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went out with the roadies, out through the FoD and got shelled out the back on the return from the Severn Bridge, went and rode an extra few miles. first 100miler of the year done.
Rode with a few first timers to sherwood pines trail centre they all enjoyed themselves. Couple of tumbles from them but nothing damaged, went away keen to get fitter and go faster.
Cold and foggy day.:(
Morning playing board games and cooking for tea; afternoon with the lads doing some bushcraft/carving/whittling in one of their mates secret camps in the local woods.
Windy cold road ride round south Lanarkshire. Road riding in a strong wind isn't my favourite, but beats not getting out at all.
Went to Kiev and back. It's cold there and everything appears to be on fire.
Up early sorted girls out with breakfast and walked dogs, primed girls with cards and pressies fir when mum wakes, left mutts in garden to sunbathe and shot off for a few laps of BikePark Wales back home popped curry on for dearest, top day.
Lap of Cannock while a lot of people were still asleep followed by an extended motorbike ride to see Mum, back in time to see the In-laws and then go for a pleasant afternoon stroll in the countryside. Have just assassinated a whale-sized portion of hoisin steak and will very shortly be asleep. Night all!
Had a massive Mothers Day lunch with the in-laws and then did an expensive 40k on the road bike with the father-in-law; dodging an oncoming tractor, I snagged the front tyre at the edge of a shitty Fenland road.
EDIT- Balmy and calm here in Cambridgeshire 😀
Cheers,
Jamie
Trailbuilding in Devilla forest, Fife. Two new trails and a load of other obstructions cleared.
A good day :-).
Had to be logged on to work and Facebook til about 1.30pm, answering questions from students. This was after staying up most of the night doing the same, hence wasn't really able to do much but sleep and watch bike races this afternoon.
Some light DIY, and chips for tea (from a new chippie - very, very good chips, not a single dodgy one in there).
Rock'n'roll.
Leith Hill. Dry, very warm, and mostly sunny.
Welllllllll, woke to find F1 on the telly and sunshine blazing in the bedroom window. Now normally I don't watch F1 but the lure of teeny engines and batteries and the sound of what's liken to a blender and well, hey. 😆
Then called Mummsy but she's too busy to answer the phone, gardening Queen she is. So MrsBouy and I did a run around Greenwich Park with some of her new found cross training mates (one of those ex Military courses) and 2 hours later and we're both dead on our feet.. Shattered we both crashed in the Park for an hour whilst half of East London padded the park out with blankets and picnics and dogs and kids playing chase me..
Bloody lovely day 😀
awesome work, just sad that you need stewards for it* 🙁.Acted as a steward at the monthly "PlaySafe" around the corner
*presumably to make sure drivers don't ignore the "no entry today" signs?
Sunny day here but spent most of it driving to Wales and back to see my girlfriend's parents. Got to see the sea though I suppose.
Lazy start to the day, did some rose pruning while father in law planted up the veg patch, my folks joined us all for lunch, not often the kids have both sets of grandparents.
Jnrs swimming club was cancelled at the last minute, so squeezed an hour in on the bike, mowed the bits of grass among the moss, sorted out stuff for all the packed lunches for the morning and having an early night as I was awake for a couple of hours in the night stressing about sod all
Kids up and fed, pottered around slowly preparing breakfast in bed for my wife whilst watching the F1. Did the BIB then lefty wife with the kids so I could rip a shed down. This afternoon we made Easter Bonnets for school then I cooked chicken fried rice for a family dinner.
Given the wife free rein on the TV (so it's rubbish) so wasting time on here.
Rode to work in the sunshine...
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Then had a fairly quiet day so cleaned and fettled with my bike and "tested" a trade in bike riding it outside in the sunshine
Moved into my first house.
Despite no heating at present, minimal lighting/power and a dust/tools/belongings everywhere, it's mine, and nicer than anyone in my position could ever wish for.
Feeling very lucky, and cold.
Marked some ICT coursework, had Sunday dinner, marked some more ICT coursework, quick local ride, marked some physics test papers.
30k/1300m climbing round the Hope Valley in the Peak District. Lovely day and company plus some nice riding.
[quote=bearnecessities ]Moved into my first house.
Despite no heating at present, minimal lighting/power and a dust/tools/belongings everywhere, it's mine, and nicer than anyone in my position could ever wish for.
Feeling very lucky, and cold.
Congrats fella!
I set up a sort of manual cluster solution for two linux boxes.
On a beautiful day. How annoyed am I? (loads)
The project manager (aka "professional naggers") will pay for this one.
😈
Oh Loddrik - Llangollen? Awesome. That's where I come from!
Raving til the early hours.. Woke up on a friends sofa, jumped on my bike and rode over to see my brother, sister and mum.. One happy mum and a good healthy lunch at my sister's..
Bit of a snooze on the sofa, then a leisurely ride the 14 or so miles home on tender rave legs..
Ta Scotroutes; it does feel like an achievement!
Went for a Sunday roadie club ride and it was an absolute mauling. Snot and sweat everywhere. Bloody fantastic.
Nice one bear. 8)
Strath Carron / Torridon circuit on road bike. Final 10 miles along Glen Torridon into a stiff headwind left the legs feeling suitably weary.
Woke up in a very hot hotel room, raced my first National XC as ASN Expert at Codham Parkin Essex, got driven home and about to fasll asleep.
Also - warm and dry, if a touch muggy in Essex, nice in Loughborough too!
Chainsawed some downed trees that were blocking trails in the local park.
Hangover/was driven home by my mate all the way from redcar to northants following a mates engagement party! It really is reet grim up North haha, just grey and dull everywhere. Lovely weather back home so I had a quick 10 miler on the roadie when I got home. One of the few rides I've done recently where I can get away without wearing overshoes or winter gloves, great stuff 😀
Took monkey jnr (and the furry fella) to Holmbury Hill whereupon he ...
... ripped some singletrack ...
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... and indulged in a spot of racing with some "big people"
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😀
Church for Mothering Sunday service with Mrs North, daughter and in-laws. Back home, packed a picnic, then went for a walk up a nearby hill with Mrs and Daughter North. Ate picnic up there and played in the trees. Called in on MIL on the way home. Argued with Mrs North and failed to help make dinner. Made up with Mrs North and hung out with her and Daughter. Now writing CV for a great job I really want….
spent all day retouching/focus stacking images of €250k wris****ches i shot in Geneva last week (with one eye on another monitor watching Gent-Wevelglem) the joys of being a freelancer and deadlines
Spacemonkey, you win!
That 1st picture is 11/10 Awesome 😀
That 1st picture is 11/10 Awesome
He has that look on his face because he has just run over (and tasted) his first dog turd ala trail! 😀
You always remember your first...
Cheers MrOvershoot 🙂 He really loves being out on his bike!
Re trail poo, I do indeed remember my first - hacking through one of the many sheeps fields along the SDW.
30-odd miles testing the dryness of some traditionally sloppy Dales trails. They were indeed quite sloppy.
Blencathra
Frankenstein's Castle (again)
and "[url= http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=368433 ]what tyres for an earthquake?[/url]"
Took the new bird out on an MTB ride she wasn't keen at all but after some encouragment there appeared a wee smile and then when we got back to the town, despite the lure of beer she says "Can we do that again?" Quite successful weekend, I'd say!
Spent 6.5 hours on Saturday walking the Creag Meagaidh circuit in near white out conditions...
So Sunday was well spent on the cinema sofa (Dallas Buyers Club), swimming pool, sauna, walk on the beach and full roast dinner.
Top weekend 😀
Surroundedbyhills with "bird"
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