I'm actually writing this as I speed home after a partially aborted few days away. The reason for said departure? Snow. Yep, our old friend is back again (how many agains are we at now I wonder?).
This time it was doubly irritating as not only did I had a really nice route planned on new (!) roads, I was going to ride home, which is something I was really looking forward to. :(
Had this been a normal sunday at home, my routine would have gone something like this:
-get up
-open curtains
-swear and get back into bed muttering about the snow.
However, I had to make do with just swearing this morning. C'est la vie comme les francais disent!
Maybe the snow will have thawed around home by the time I get back...
Sunday 21 February 2010
Thursday 11 February 2010
Sunday 7 February 2010
How many punctures?!
Well well that was an interesting ride today. 70 (ish) miles in 4 hours (ish). Would have been quicker too if we hadn't had 6 separate punctures. Yes, you heard me correctly, 6. Two guys punctured their same respective wheels twice...That adds up to about an hour stood at the side of the road watching people get REALLY cold fingers fiddling with tiny tires.
I appear to have come out of today unscathed (not wishing to jinx myself), which is perhaps thanks to my big-ass 28mm section tyres...yep I ride a proper Winter Bike, it's even got a fetching 20 year old gold mudguard on the back at the moment as the horribly rough pot-holey roads broke my other. Jealous? ;)
Anyway, we went to the rather delightful Cobble Hey cafe (which does excellent chocolate cake btw)....oh and the best thing about that cafe (apart from the food) is that it has a fire :-O...which is very welcome let me tell you on a day like today. Did I mention it was cold? No? Well it was flumpingly cold (I had to invent a word to describe how cold it was).
Another good thing about that cafe is that it's at the top of a hill; and the reason that's good is because some of us climb hills better than others...which basically means that I usually get a seat near the fire ;)
....Now if you'll excuse me I've got some 'recovering' to do.
Just saw this on Dave, quite spectacular and scary crash-but don't worry folks, they were both unhurt!
I appear to have come out of today unscathed (not wishing to jinx myself), which is perhaps thanks to my big-ass 28mm section tyres...yep I ride a proper Winter Bike, it's even got a fetching 20 year old gold mudguard on the back at the moment as the horribly rough pot-holey roads broke my other. Jealous? ;)
Anyway, we went to the rather delightful Cobble Hey cafe (which does excellent chocolate cake btw)....oh and the best thing about that cafe (apart from the food) is that it has a fire :-O...which is very welcome let me tell you on a day like today. Did I mention it was cold? No? Well it was flumpingly cold (I had to invent a word to describe how cold it was).
Another good thing about that cafe is that it's at the top of a hill; and the reason that's good is because some of us climb hills better than others...which basically means that I usually get a seat near the fire ;)
....Now if you'll excuse me I've got some 'recovering' to do.
Just saw this on Dave, quite spectacular and scary crash-but don't worry folks, they were both unhurt!
Thursday 4 February 2010
GPS Fail!!!!
This made me laugh....
On my Twitter profile it lists my location as üt: 53.65514,-2.76836, which when clicked on in Tweetdeck, takes you straight to Yahoo Maps, that says (and I quote, although you can look for yourself)
On my Twitter profile it lists my location as üt: 53.65514,-2.76836, which when clicked on in Tweetdeck, takes you straight to Yahoo Maps, that says (and I quote, although you can look for yourself)
'We could not find the exact location you asked for but here's Doole, TX 76836 instead.'
Texas? Seriously? Wow....
Ok, it's because I use UberTwitter and it's listed as 'UT:' then co-ordinates that Yahoo panicked-but it still makes me laugh that they thought: "hey, we don't now where that is, so lets suggest Doole Texas!!!" Great...anyway here's quite possibly one of THE funniest videos YouTube has, enjoy:
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