Slayer - reign in Blood
Queen - Queen II

In memory of Her Maj

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on September 09, 2022, 07:39:16 PMTest match starts again tomorrow Or, more likely

Fancy Dress has been banned for the final three days.

Test match starts again tomorrow Or, more likely

Bloody last three stages of the Tour of Britain have been cancelled.
It's like living in North Korea!

Quote from: Slim on September 08, 2022, 10:06:19 PMInteresting that the PM was informed of the Queen's death at 4:30pm, so some of that speculation that she'd already passed was actually true.

I've seen completely anecdotal evidence that she'd gone by 3pm. The fact that Bargain Hunt had been taken off the telly shows that things were very much imminent.

Mrs S was supposed to be going out on a jolly tonight with the school she works at, but the Headmistress has cancelled it as she thinks it would reflect badly on the school. Why? Life goes on. It's a Catholic school and they ought to be celebrating!

Managed to get two rides in today

The Tour of Britain was making its closest approach to me and I like to use that as an excuse to get out for a ride. However, it would mean being out in the afternoon and thundery showers were forecast which was just like what had happened the previous couple of afternoons. So, I decided to nip out for an hour or so in the morning whilst it was dry and then see what happened.

After lunching, the weather still seemed set fair and no troublesome rainfall appeared on the rainfall radar. I then made the 21 mile trip out to the top of an extremely laughable "King of the Mountains" point. Mountains, in Nottinghamshire, pah! It can be a bit rolling but noy mountainous.

Luckily the pro riders were making good time so I didn't have to wait long amongst the sad Castelli wearing, Pinarello riding, fat mid-life crisis males. (I'm 6'2" built like a racing snake, dhb wearing, Bianchi riding, Uncle Mort lookalike) So as soon as the Pelton had whizzed by, I set off home.

Set off home into the rain. Luckily it didn't rain too much on me, but the showers had left the roads extremely wet and I had a constant spray of filthy water up my back. I was also hoping to average 18mph on the ride, but it was school emptying time as I rode back and that slowed me up, especially past my - and Mrs S's - old school. Ho-hum. Still, I got over sixty miles in over the day.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7774059571
https://www.strava.com/activities/7775270802

I think it's time to draw a line under the Monarchy now. What the Queen had going for her was we didn't really know her.

The shower below her we know too much about.

Quote from: David L on September 07, 2022, 08:26:12 AMThis post from Ch4 in conjunction with Barclays came up on my wife's FB feed this morning. Forget heating the house, invest in a pair of t**s instead. I shouldn't be surprised, Barclays are only showing the corporate cowardice that is currently running rife among large business. They feel they can't afford to ignore this nonsense.
Strange days

https://www.facebook.com/Channel4/videos/800574060937395/

OMG Men are like SO shallow!

Even when they're women all they think about is Giant Tits...

Managed to avoid getting too wet today. I only caught the edge of a couple of showers, but they must have been torrential as the roads were really bepuddled and running with water.

The roads were rather busy too, but Mrs S pointed out it was Chatsworth Country Fair this weekend so it will have been all the attendees going back home.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7754849283/

Cripes! I've had four days away from the bike, would I remember how to ride? Would I have the strength to do so? Two days of walking round Edinburgh had taken its toll on my legs, can't believe the subtle difference in muscle usage between walking and cycling.

Well yes, of course I could still cycle, I could still get up hills. Didn't even feel that hard. Didn't do as much as I wanted to though as it looked like it would piss it down at any moment. It didn't, but it never seemed far away.

September is now underway with 45 miles done.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7748981556

Wobbler - Rites at Dawn
Piledriver - Metal Inquisition

Actually, far be it for me to grumpy all the time my day was made this week, when on taking Mrs S to New Reekie for a couple of days we found most of the overflowing litter had been removed from the streets for our arrival, then when we checked into the Hotel, our double room had been upgraded to a luxury apartment. which was nice.

Not quite today's grumpiness, but it's taken me two days to get over travelling on Public Transport.

I'd taken Mrs S up to New Reekie to take her out for her 60th Birthday at semi-celebrity chef Tom Kitchin's restaurant. What new circle of Hell was this? At every stop a vast selection of human detritus alighted to be replaced by a new selection of human filth. It made the Hobbits on the bus seem normal.

We got off two stops early, I just felt filthy and violated. Many showers later I still feel unclean.

Got in the 2 miles to reach 900, then added enough to take it to 940 with 67,700 ft of climbing. That'll do.

Better still I didn't get knocked off by any of the marauding Bank Holiday motorists, would have been just my luck before a couple of nights away.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7720725780

Quote from: Slim on August 28, 2022, 10:30:19 PM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on August 28, 2022, 09:57:01 PMKeep meaning to do Pindale up from Castleton, but it's too sketchy for my good bikes...
Should have gone on through Foolow to Stella's Kitchen, a most incongruous Caribbean Restaurant in the middle of nowhere, never been myself as I don't carry money...

Is that the place near Eyam? Weirdly, 'er indoors was saying only yesterday that her friends had been there recently. I think it was on that last Hairy Bikers series, as well.

That's the one.