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I don’t particularly enjoy the outward patriotism, flag waving, street party kinda stuff associated with this weekend, so have some alternatives planned;
Thursday - lie in + Self Assessment day
Friday - drive chain refresh, render repair, mow lawn and cups of tea day.
Saturday - bugger all planned
Sunday - our bike clubs annual London - Southend - London with chips on the beach.
Anyone else?
nothing - normal week for us.
Today... complete on new house. Clean and sort.. and unpack
Tomorrow..am work..pm pick up kids. Clean and sort and unpack.
Thurs.. Clean and sort and etc etc . Plus the OH has NINE family members coming over 😃😃😆😆🤨
Fri/sat/Sun.. Clean and sort and unpack 😃😃🤣
DrP
Thursday, drive to Scotland via Wharncliffe.
Friday, EWS practice,
Saturday. EWS 100 Race.
Sunday, ride in the Lakes on the way home.
Monday and Tuesday off work recovering and rest of the week to pack and prep to go back to Italy end of the week.
Thurs i'm taking the new KTM for a trackday at Donington
Fri i'm at Rogate
Sat i'm riding from Chippenham to Streatley
Sun i'm recovering
I'm still recovering from 3 days at FoD currnetly... we're back there Weds evening too lol.
Actual plans? Nothing at all. I'm hoping to avoid as much of the jubilee as possible so I'll probably ride my bike and go out on my paddle board.
I bought a replica of a 17th Century Spanish 6 sail galleon.
I've staffed it with naked blonde ladies and intend to set sail on Jubbly day. We'll sail around the world and every 12 months I'll replace the staff, Hugh-Heffner style.
Thursday: campervan building
Friday-Sunday: I'm the one following the laden DofE groups around the Trossachs. See you in the secret campsite at Loch Ard.
Thurs - Nan’s birthday. She’s 102. Posh afternoon tea.
Fri - ride. Dunno where yet.
Sat - bugger all, potentially lego building
Sun - Ride. Dunno where, poss grenoside
I don't like 'forced fun' events - find them hard work
I don't like large groups of people - find them hard work
I don't like family gatherings - find them hard work
So MrsP has got relatives heading to her mum's, they're having a BBQ and big get together, they're planning other stuff to do with relatives, days out etc while they're visiting. I'm working on plans to avoid all of this, mostly riding bikes, fettling bikes, pottering in the garden or sitting in the garden drinking coffee after riding, fettling or pottering.
Travelling to Queens NY,Listening to Queen and Queen Latifah, watching Steve McQueen films both actor and director, wearing Alexander McQueen trousers.
Then home.
I don’t like ‘forced fun’ events – find them hard work
I don’t like large groups of people – find them hard work
I don’t like family gatherings – find them hard work
+1
All of my biking mates are otherwise engaged all bloody weekend so I suspect I'll be doing DIY...
I am hoping to get the brakes swapped on my KSL at some point.
Thursday - ride bikes
Friday - ride bikes
Saturday - ride bikes
Sunday - ride bikes
Will also be attempting to make a suit.
Riding bikes and stuff the jubilee party down the local on Sunday.
Apart from the local desecration of the iconic design of the postbox with some god awful mass infestation of 'celebration' knitted toppers I'm sensing the whole thing is going to completely pass me by. I was off work this week anyway and don't live on a street. I suppose a couple of things I've ordered will probably be delayed arriving which is annoying, otherwise business as usual.
Apart from the aforementioned serial postbox desecrator, I'm sensing mass queenie flag shagging apathy in these parts. Which is reassuring.
Wednesday - go to Ireland
Thurs – Go for a walk then in to town for tea and cake. Maybe ride the bike.
Fri – Go for a walk then in to town for tea and cake. Maybe ride the bike.
Sat – Go for a walk then in to town for tea and cake. Maybe ride the bike.
Sun – Go for a walk then tea and cake at home. Maybe ride the bike. Travel back to London
Add much barmbrack, Guinness and probably some whiskey to season.
Wednesday. Marshaling for EWS E practice
Thursday. Marshaling for the EWS E race
Friday. Ride then a trip to Tempest with some friends that are up for for a few days.
Saturday. Ride with another group of friends that are up then all out for a curry.
Sunday. Watch EWS main race.
Thursday - Working
Friday - Working
Saturday - Working
Sunday - Working
Monday - Working
Just a normal week for me, I might be popping to the pub at some point and getting out on the bike somewhere.
It's a bank holiday weekend.
And half term.
Like any sane person I've arranged to be working every day, then taking my time off when things quiet down.
I think kilo has the winning plan.
Oh, seen some of those knitted post box toppers, and really like them.
I've decided to wish all the royalists well, and I hope they make the most of what could be the current Monarch's last hurrah. Have fun all. I'll be quietly sitting this one out.
Driving down to visit family in N York's. No interest whatsoever in all the Royal shinnanigans, thankfully neither have they.
Wales Wednesday evening for riding
Thursday Cadar Idris
Friday Coed y Brenin
Saturday and Sunday ride where we feel like
Best bit is that the campervan has no TV in it so we can steer well clear of the sycophantic broadcasting
Wednesday Travelling up to Inners
Thursday Riding
Friday Riding
Saturday Riding
Sunday Ride out to watch some of the EWS race
Monday Travel home
Thursday - working but hope to knock off around three then drive to Oban
Friday - Sail down to Collonsay / Oronsay
Sat - Head over to West Loch Tarbert on Jura
Sunday - Sail back to Oban then drive home.
Long range forecast looks favourable so hopefully a good weekend!
What’s a long weekend?
Cycling. Drinking. Guitars.
Repeat.
Flying across the world to accidentally arrive on the downslope of peak patriotism. With jet lag i suspect it will seem somewhat surreal.
Robert Eggers film night at me mates house. Probably cinema to see Men. Beer drinking. Avoiding all Jublee content.
A 4 day orgy of coke and hookers
Business as usual then, Ads?
We've got an invite to a mate's gathering somewhere over near STW Towers on Thursday. Beyond that I don't think I've got much planned.
Diet Coke or the real thing?
Business as usual then, Ads?
If it ain't broke...
😀
Thursday - going fishing
Friday - naff all, but no doubt the wife will have a shit load of stuff planned for me.
Saturday - Bike ride with chums, Wife's 40th Birthday party in the evening
Sunday - Wife's actual 40th Birthday, flag waving and japes at the local public house for the Jubilee
Mondy - drag my carcass to the top of the garden and into the office / man cave for work
Thursday I'll be finishing the subframe swap on the Mini.
Friday I'll either be finishing what I didn't do Thursday or out on the bike.
Saturday so family stuff and take the Mini for it's MOT. If it passes and the weather is fine I'll take the long way home.
Sunday is left blank and will depend on the weather and my energy levels.
Like any sane person I’ve arranged to be working every day, then taking my time off when things quiet down.
In my old job that was always my plan, usually worked as plenty of people would want to swap shifts. Sadly the new job doesn't work weekends or bank holidays so not an option this time.
Just seen the weather for Sunday. I may move all the drinking to that day and have Thursday/Friday a lot more outdoorsy.
Our long weekend was last weekend. We went to Ainsa again, this time using one of the days to walk up Pena Montanesa rather than just MTB and eat too much.
It’s our 20th wedding anniversary on Thursday, so a nice dinner for that. Then a bbq on Friday with friends, followed by 2 weeks away in our caravan.
Climbing!
I work for a Danish company who are not off so I will be working Thursday and will take the day off in the summer holidays
Friday we have the sister in laws wedding.
Saturday and Sunday we will be back home for bike rides and pottering around the garden
Thursday to Sunday we're on a family camping trip with about 40 other families, heading into North Wales for lots of kiddy activities and a jubilee party. Then from Sunday PM until Wednesday, youngest FBJ and I are meandering home on the loaded tandem via as many ice cream farms and play parks are necessary to keep him spinning the cranks, 3 nights wild camping in the hammocks plus the occasional pint for me. Can't wait.
I had planned a long weekend finishing off the patio I started last year, carefully avoiding all the people/celebrations until breaking cover back at work on Monday.
Those plans have been scuppered by Mrs F, apparently we're going to a street party/bbq at the outlaws on Friday evening, meh.
Thursday partying at mates... his Mrs has organised a queen based bbq... have to wear red white blue.... so my green Pistols god save the queen T shirts getting an outing😉 Friday meeting up with some more mates and possibly camping in Pwllheli (if I can find a spot...most sites fully booked) Saturday chilling Sunday gravel rally enduro thingy 80 miles 3000m of North Wales fire roads and singletrack... sounds epic😊
@csb I haven't been before, but a couple of friends went to the last one and said it was amazing. I'm really looking forward to it! And taking the weirdest combination of stuff I've ever taken to a festival...!
I will be trying to avoid any Jubilee celebrations, its beyond my comprehension that people support this...so I'll be riding my bike, same as usual really.
Definitely avoiding all celebrations. We're going to sod off somewhere in our converted transit for the first time in a fair few months as it's been used as furniture storage while we moved house. Planning on avoiding the lakes on a long weekend and going to the peaks instead, what can go wrong eh?!
I'm riding the Trans Scotland Trial on my roadbike, I'm sure it'll be fine
riding bikes, going for hikes, drinking beer and talking bollox, probably 🙂
Thursday, I'll be heading to the Isle of Man, then spending 4 days watching the TT. Never been so I'm particularly looking forward to it. Travel back on Tuesday. Going on the motorcycle too.
I had planned a long weekend finishing off the patio I started last year,......
Those plans have been scuppered by Mrs F
Ummm 🤔
The phrase '2 birds, 1 stone' springs to mind... 😉
I’ll be working like a Japanese prisoner of war.
But a happy one.
Going to the Zoo on Thursday and supposed to be painting the outside of the house on Friday/over the weekend. That will probably turn in to riding the bike around Macc Forest and possibly Marple/Mellor
Dunno.. Some work, some beer/BBQ (weather permitting) and some bikes.
I hope it rains!
I'm working 😀
Nothing huge.
Last few days with my folks in Swansea then we're getting the train to London on Tuesday where the in-laws are taking the kids for a few days while me and the misso go to Brighton for a couple of nights, then back to London to fly out to Barcelona for ten days. (we don't go back to Oz until September so there's more Europe to come but I figured you don't wanna hear the rest....)
Out on my bike and avoiding any jubilee nonsense.
Fortunately the jubilee doesn't seem to be a big thing here in Spain. A long weekend would be nice, though. Enjoy!
we don’t go back to Oz until September so there’s more Europe to come but I figured you don’t wanna hear the rest
You should start a separate Aphex 2k tour of Europe thread, your antipodian view of things would be interesting.
Currently on the ferry from Shields to Amsterdam, heading to Spa in Belgium for the 24 hour motorbike race. Lots of beer and bikes!
Normal working days ...
Sleep more.
Riding bikes, visiting colleagues/friends for BBQs, mist coat on the plaster in our kitchen refurb before the units come in on Tuesday, gardening. There is a street party on Sunday on our lane - tbh it is just an excuse for a get together. We are a really close street, so it’s more of a post covid/lane get together that has some bunting. I’m looking forward to it tbh.
me and the misso
You sound like you're 'O' sick already.
Planned? Absolutely nothing. Awaiting a turbo arrival, so need to have someone in at least for today. Got place to myself for ~24 hours while better half and her sis go to a fancy spa near Liphook. Weather is a bit unsettled, but I'll try to my daily cycling fix outdoors, about to hit 7 months daily streak. Sadly, Royal Mail decided we weren't worthy of a non-service day on Saturday, so I'm back in work for that one.
I've got COVID again so will be locked inside for the next 5 days. Might try to get a slow and quiet ride in on one of the evenings but that's it.
SFO - rest and relax.
Aunt n uncle are up tomorrow so I've been tidying and gardening as I've been doing building work house was a shit tip and the garden was feral
Once they've gone biking.
Need to sort the gravel bike out. Putting tubes back in it. ****ed off with it not sealing tubeless.
I also intend maybe to get the BbQ out n have some beer
Im rejigging the workshop.
Had soundproofing put in and new lining paper for the walls prior to putting up strapping for boards. New work benches and now to decide what machinery goes where.
Also buying a new dust extractor and air cleaner. Should have had that sorted long back, but time now to get things right.
Just finished a week of updating local traders' newspaper ads - "Oooh could you just add a Union Jack on there please?" - despite aforementioned ads already being stuffed like a Wallaby's pouch after giving birth to triplets.
From this moment anyone saying Jehovah Jubilee will get stoned a stern look.
Scheduled to fly to Majorca so probably spending the entire weekend in Manchester airport