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I’ve been keeping the garden centre in business and the co-op. Garden needed waking up from wintery slumber.
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Spendy
Obligatory Skoda photo
Happy sunny days 🙂
Mini cycle tour with my family. My six year old daughter cycled from Bristol to Bradford on Avon yesterday, a distance of 28 miles. Proud dad moment!
Stuck indoors doing an assignment
Yesterday had bbq and much strong German beer. Today went for breakfast and bike meet now about to have much rum. Will get out on the mtb tomorrow, probably followed by a drink..
Yesterday was my youngest's birthday so we had a party for his friends. The weather was perfect and we had a little reptile show which the kids seemed to really enjoy.
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The neighbours came round later and I had FAR too much to drink which scuppered my plans for a big ride this morning. Still I managed a fairly chilled out 40 miler around Cheshire lanes on the road bike. Glorious.
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and this afternoon I've been messing about with the bikepacking set up...
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Tomorrow is apparently my birthday (it isn't but for various reasons I have to "celebrate" it a day early) so I'll be out at sparrows fart on the mountain bike hopefully....
Local ride yesterday, llandegla today, whinlatter tomorrow.
cycled alongside the mrs yesterday on her run, 8 miles. chill out in the garden with a bit of bike faffing. bbq and a few beers for tea. today we all went for a walk on the moors with the dogs, now off to a bbq round a friends. tomorrow, bike while the mrs goes running, then into town for some lunch and a beer or two
I am knackered..
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Antur Stiniog yesterday, Wales in the Sun, it was bloody glorious.
25 miler round Hebden today, and there seemed to be a great deal of excitement when I got back into town about 12.30, which was nice, but I was a little embarrassed by all the fuss. Some roadies went passed chased by cars, which closed the normal home home, so had to the long way round.
Walked dogs on beach, then washed, clayed, polished and waxed the car yesterday.
Today, washed both wetsuits, bike gear and cleaned the wardrobe they live in. Walked dogs on beach. Washed road bike, discovered NDS BB92 bearing was now a “squaring” (off to shop Tuesday....)
Tomorrow, walk dogs (maybe on beach again)
Riding plans 0 due to having a backside that resembles a Sarlaac Pit.
I’m taking L’il J to the “forest” (Trent park)for a bike ride tomorrow plus a little bit of local trail clearing and a picnic.
Loads of Haribo will be consumed. 🙂
Yesterday 30miler off with gf.
Uuni pizza last night. G&T.
Today 54miler off with GF, stop for bacon + coffee.
Tonight BBQ.
Outside all day both days.
Chores: get loads of stuff washed, car cleaned etc.
I have just eaten an Arctic Roll.
#keepingitoldskool
Like Bregante, far too much sauce at a beer festival yesterday yesterday put paid to my planned morning ride, so I cleaned and serviced the hardtail this morning instead, ready for a ride with binnerette number 2 tomorrow. It needed it after another dark filthy winters duty
then the day degenerated into http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/lifestyle/dad-takes-everything-out-of-shed-and-puts-it-back-in-again-20180504148655
and now it’s barby and beer o clock 🙂
Also Antur Stiniog yesterday - beach with the kids today - could barely move this morning!
70 hot miles on the roadbike today it was bloody glorious.
Screwing myself up like I normally do as soon as the weather improves...
plenty of sweaty middle aged men waddling to the Co-op before it shuts to get more ale.
Sitting at the airport about to fly to Oslo and working bank holiday 😟
Fr*g*<~ N*^%] +*$€<|\]{} >%#}{|~¥ )6=[|.!?
Deep cleaning cooker and gloss painting a whole 3-bed flat, with at least two more full days to go, having done yesterday also.
And my bloody headphones packed in today, so now in silence.
I hate being a landlord.
Fu?)£6 (&@"!?|}# ?&;/{^+'
ARSE
Sutton Bank mtb ride yesterday, to catch the TdY as it came through and then Lady Cannings and Stanage Edge today on the mtb. Going to mix it up with a road ride tomorrow, can't quite believe how good the weather is!
Vets this morning with a poorly dog (nothing too serious, thank goodness)
Keswick minor injuries this afternoon after Miss Feet sliced her ear in work.
In need a beer!!!
Nice trundle with my mate along the Oxford Canal yesterday. Fine English countryside.
Oh but today... volunteered to ref in the end of season Pub Sevens tournament. Thought I was going to get sunstroke! Too damn hot for that kind of behavior.
Now plan to do absolutely nothing!
60 miles on the road bike this morning , some house work and garden tidying this afternoon and now sat about to light the bbq for the first time this year.
And still have a day left
Not the day I hoped, fish chores; snooker final first session; bit of Rocket League; headache from mid afternoon.
Even though I've done ~150 miles this week (above average for me) with some good intensive power sessions in them, I still feel I should have gone out today for a decent ride (even if a gentle pootle). Stupidly stayed up until midnight watching Mark Williams reach the snooker final, then woke naturally at ~0600... Fighting tiredness and indecision all day, then it got silly hot and humid which put me off heading out before the headache knocked the idea on the head.
I'm my own worst enemy, sometimes. :/
Walking
Watching cricket
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And walking to see a train.
Competed in the OMM doing the long course for mountain bikes. 7 hours yesterday (126km and 2100m of climbing) and 5 hours today (86km and 1600m of climbing). I am a wreck now. I don't do sun at the best of times. Missed out on 3rd place by 6 points 🙁
Was a great weekend in the sun and very competitive.
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I like peas and I like lakes so I went to Peaslake for a ride
Went to Powis Castle with Mrs, Mini and Micro Sims. Very nice place on a sunny day. Ride tomorrow morning followed by BBQ.
FoD yesterday for a dad's ride during the FoDs (awesome) kids club then a ride on the trails with junior before a BBQ. Road ride with junior this morning the a solo road ride this afternoon. Another BBQ and now ready for a long sleep. Tomorrow is an early run then a walk in the hills. Brilliant!
I bloody love the sun, so much more gets done and my general feeling of well-being is off the scale.
Not the weekend I'd planned.Best laid plans & all that...
Should have been meeting my mates at Oulton Park today but I've been full of a head cold for the last 3 days.Lord knows what state the inside of my crash helmet would have been in with all the snot & coughing fits I've been having.
Plan B involved lots of DIY tasks & gardening,at least that all got done.
Tomorrow should involve some fun on both of these,obviously not at the same time.
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20 hard but fun Dartmoor miles. 25 degrees and breezy on Hameldown and it was still wet!
The WI selling tea and cake in Manaton was a bonus.
What have I been doing? Working 7 am till 8 pm sat / sun / mon. the life of a public servant.
Drinking and riding, riding and drinking. Issued approval on final mix of new record. Drinking some more. Good weekend so far.
Went sailing, got a new boat I'm trying to learn how to sail it's a trapeze single hander, but needs more wind than there has been this weekend, but was pleasant enough out on the water.
Marking and moderating GCSE coursework 🙁
30 projects at about 30 mins minimum per piece. You do the maths....this weekend hasn't been fun filled!
Only another 10 to go. Yay!
Dog walk in bluebell woods with family, Sunday lunch with inlaws (oxtail stew - weird but nice), G&Ts overlooking Lyme Bay sunset with a bunch of mates, fire lit and about to continue watching The Rain on Netflix with Mrs B.
It’s been a good day.
Pics from the Wife at the TdY today (coming up that nasty steep climb from Fewston Res past the church on the Otley Rd.
And the nephews getting involved ..
Just finished my 200th out of 300 mile ride for charity!
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bigbikechallenge2018
Camping in N Wales. Most of the last 2 days have been spent with hoppy jr in the sea. Tomorrow we're off to CyB for some riding. Pretty ace really.
Blackpool... On Young Farmers weekend... What do I win?
A twelve hour shift, looking after the people that look after the people of my city. Got home just after sundown. Still, lie in tomorrow before nights. Small mercies
200km permanent audax around Glos and Worcs. 7th leg of my Randonnée-Round-the-Year attempt - no calendar events near me this month.
Was quite interesting - got overtaken by a genuine race peloton - they were really moving! - overtook a traction engine, saw a steam engine - nice day out but will ache tomorrow.
Kids basketball, gardening, more gardeninfg, even more gardening, interspersed with lots of beer, gin & mojitos, bbq, late night double header NBA playoffs.... more gardening... buying a new bike... shooting hoops with the kids. Exhausting.
cant wait for tomorrow.
Still nursing bruised ribbs and a bananna'd back after my massive crash a couple of weeks ago, and have a metric c**pload of work to do (the 'benefits' of being self employed....) so sat indoors most of today at the computer doh!
Managed to find an hour to clean my bike (now that i can lift it again....) and do a bit of gentle gardening, so not all lost mind 😉
Went paddling in the north Norfolk Broads. Here's Mr TW enjoying a rare quiet moment.
Helping with this, interesting, pretty hard 28 hours..
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/plane-made-incredible-emergency-landing-1539390
RAF's 100th anniversary; Guy Martin's replica WW1 tank, Lincoln Castle for static displays and reconstructions and Dakota flypast with No 1 son - very enjoyable.
Then 2 hours on road bike around rural lincolnshire; pleasantly warmed so drank Vedett and Pinot Noir.
Bike kit washed and on line for overnight drying.
'Night all.
Been the best weekend for cycling that I can remember in a long time. Hence I have put in a fair number of kms. It’s been fantastic!
Nice one, Lionheart.
Tour de Yorkshire sportive - pleased Chris boardman described it as a tough day out - because it was (for me anyway). Great day though and fabulous weather and back in time to watch the pros on telly.
Working and meeting happy people who think my home county is a great place to cycle. A bit galling that I'm also on call so a bike ride is not possible until later this afternoon. Ups and downs of the job.
In some Welsh hospital after spacking myself at blackmountain on Friday. Weather looks nice out the window..
Decided to not bother going back to Weymouth as travelling by train with a bike is bad enough on a normal weekend. Did a 40mile route around Oxfordshire on Saturday and 80 miles yesterday. Not massive distances but on the singlespeed it felt a bit tiring. Best part of yesterday was ending up at a mates pu about 10 miles from home. It is basically a country pub from the 60s that has been put in a time capsule. I sat in the garden drank cider and watched flypasts of assorted things heading to and from Abingdon airshow.
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Today I'm waiting for the washing machine to finish and then I'm out of the rigid cannondale for a day on the Ridgeway.
Went paddling in the north Norfolk Broads. Here’s Mr TW enjoying a rare quiet moment.
TW That looks rather relaxing
Enjoyed the sun with Solarider Jnr and Mrs Solarider for the last 2 days with a cheeky early morning ride both days. Now sat in Wagamama Heathrow T5 watching the lovely day outside about to catch a flight to Canada then San Francisco for 2 weeks of work and receiving pictures of the 2 of them at a Teddy Bears Picnic. I know where I would rather be right now.......(clue - it doesn’t involve chopsticks and long haul travel!). Enjoy the Bank Holiday STWers!
Timidwheeler Wins
Great early morning ride around Clent until I ran out of ability and hit a tree
Had a nice afternoon down our local park yesterday. Managed to get Mrs G out of the house too which was nice. G-1on his skateboard, G-2 and G-3 on their bikes and G-4 kicking a ball around. As well as playing on the swings and slides.
Really nice chilled afternoon.
Gazebo is out and sand pit is being filled in a minute so another semi chilled day hopefully.
That looks lovely timidwheeler. Did you paddle up to a pub? Do pubs have jettys? lol
Sold my car that I've owned from new in 2001 😞 It's a sad day . But a change is due
We went swimming today, and I am now going to sleep.
Working.
Offshore.
No drink.
Was supposed to be home a week ago.
Pissed off.
But home on Wednesday.
No doubt the weather will be shite by then.
Working, first weekend of festival season and miraculously I managed to:-
Not get sunstroke
Not get sunburnt
Not lose any kit.
Eat my body weight in ice cream
All in all a good weekend
I worked all last night busy as heck with little turds burning wheelie bins round the estate got home just as the Mrs went to work and I'm catching up on jobs round the house and looking after kids and back for work tonight I leave as Mrs arrives, ships in the night, deep joy
Did things i was supposed to do saving myself for today and getting out on a ride. Went out this morning and the garage door is jammed and i cant get in. Every bloody thing i need is in there. Man cant come until tomorrow when ill be back in the office. Turbo is the only way i can ride today. No helmet and no outdoor tyre on the back, cant even road ride. Nearly bought a tyre and helmet just to go riding, but seemed silly when i've alrwady got them in the garage.
Glaf i paid extra in feb for the door with the extra latches, guess which latch is stuck, yep.
Swearing at various bits of bike as I finally succumbed to servicing the pivots on my rocket after two years of use, neglect and power washing.
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Should probably go for a quick shakedown ride when it cools down a bit...
Sitting in the garden watching some chicken and pork cook in the Weber, with a beer or two.
The rest of the world can F off for the next couple of hours.
Did a road ride with my mates on Saturday, with a cafe stop - hadn't ridden with some since last year, so good to catch-up.
Yesterday, took the campervan down to Hayling Island with about 50 others for a 'cruise' to West Wittering. After turning-off the A27 joined a solid queue of traffic that they proceeded to crawl for 2 hours without actually getting to the beach! Dogs were getting a bit hot with little airflow so decided to bin the beach, drove back passing 6 miles of solid traffic with little chance of seeing the sea! Enjoyed our picnic lunch beside a little lake in the Meon Valley instead.
Took my freshly-build SS gravel/CX bike down the Shipwright's Way to QECP and back today - 45mm tubeless tyres @ 30psi ideal as I was a bit over-geared for the steeper bits and was scrabbling for grip on the steeper pitches. Only stopped for a water refill @ QECP as it was a bit hot to stand around in the sunshine!
That looks lovely timidwheeler. Did you paddle up to a pub? Do pubs have jettys? lol
Why yes my friend. Yes they do. We stopped here
www.suttonstaithehotel.co.uk
for cold beer and fantastic pastry products.
Today, the very nice
www.wayfordbridge.co.uk
let us park and launch from their car park. In return, we bought cold beer and sausage sandwiches when we got back.
Now stuck in traffic on the A11 trying to get home.
Sigh.
Not a mile was peddled here, but great bluebell walk with the family on Saturday,<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> Stoneleigh kit car show Sunday, DIY today!</span>
Was working on Saturday.
Sunday up early made pancakes with strawberries for the family then got stuck into the garden that has been neglected since last year , trimmed the grass front and rear ant the hedges too. Took my eldest son to see the new Avengers film (liked it , nice twist) .
Today we all went for a steam train ride , had a walk in a wood that was awash with bluebells , did the shopping and just had a barbeque and a few beers feeling a bit tiddly and it's my turn to read the little un stories.
All in all a good weekend but no bikes :-(.
...Bluebells tomorrow morning with the dogs when everyone's gone back to work...the joys of self-employment!
Motorbikin up to Matlock Bath from Warwickshire and dipping into the Peak a bit.
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Cotswolds ride today on the fatty. Just insanely not shit.
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Then a cheeky bit more motor bikin. Blissful.
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