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by LollyKat
26 Feb 2024, 10:08am
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Super keen Cyclist age 50: Dementia
Replies: 26
Views: 1872

Re: Super keen Cyclist age 50: Dementia

briansnail wrote: 22 Feb 2024, 11:25am A study, published in Neuroimage: Reports journal, revealed that listening to music or playing an instrument could prevent cognitive decline in old age.
I’m sure it can help but it’s no magic bullet. I have known several professional musicians who succumbed to dementia. Interestingly, their musical ability has remained unimpaired. One was a violinist (in his day well known in Scotland) who used to coach us on string quartet courses. In his last years he was completely doolaly - except that he could still play his violin beautifully AND coach a string quartet, discussing both interpretation and technique perfectly rationally. Then afterwards…..
by LollyKat
24 Feb 2024, 5:16pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Why I need to die before I reach 80
Replies: 30
Views: 2064

Re: Why I need to die before I reach 80

Mike Sales wrote: 21 Feb 2024, 12:16pm I would love to be carried to my final resting place on a bicycle trailer, followed by the funeral party on two wheels, but I hesitate at such an imposition, when I will have lost all interest in this world.
I believe John Taylor’s funeral was done like that. He was the one who years ago organised the KIrkpatrick Macmillan rides at Drumlanrig Castle - we took part with our two children in the mid 1990s.

For an eco-friendly funeral you could try Archbishop Tutu’s method.
by LollyKat
12 Feb 2024, 12:52pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: The staff of life - best served packaged?
Replies: 50
Views: 3333

Re: The staff of life - best served packaged?

My mother used to make bread sometimes, even though there was a very good bakery in the village where we lived. My husband and I make all our own bread and have done so for nearly 50 years - recipes have evolved over time and now he makes the yeasted bread and I make the sourdoughs. We use various combinations of flours - wholewheat, strong white, whole malt, rye, and spelt. If we rent a holiday cottage for a week we’ll take some flour and a couple of tins, as once you are used to home-made nothing else matches up.

About 30 years ago we inherited a large stand mixer which saves a lot of time and effort. It dates back to the 1950s and is still going strong - just don’t try to listen to the radio while it’s going!
by LollyKat
5 Feb 2024, 5:34pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: ScotRail announce more capacity
Replies: 11
Views: 1162

Re: ScotRail announce more capacity

About 15 years ago I was on an Inverness train which was delayed and missed the Thurso train. I had a Brompton and there were two other normal bikes. The staff were very helpful and laid on a bus, though we had to wait a bit for them to find a trailer for the bikes. Eventually we set off, and caught up with the train at Brora. It wasn’t the last train of the day, though. I do remember once being on a very delayed London-Glasgow train, when the staff laid on taxis - I remember one of them was to Oban.
by LollyKat
2 Feb 2024, 12:54pm
Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
Topic: LEJOG 2024
Replies: 26
Views: 9176

Re: LEJOG 2024

Anyone remember Barbara Moore, an eccentric who in 1960 walked JoGLE eating only nuts, honey, raw fruit and vegetables? My primary school was on the route and we were allowed out to wave to her. We were very disappointed that she didn’t even look up, but she must have been pretty tired if that really was all she ate.
by LollyKat
2 Feb 2024, 12:08pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Do flashing rear lights make it easier to judge how far away a cyclist is?
Replies: 32
Views: 1521

Re: Do flashing rear lights make it easier to judge how far away a cyclist is?

Some rear lights are now so big and bright that I think that if the light is steady, there is a risk that drivers will identify the cyclist ahead as a motorcyclist, travelling much faster. Personally I use a solid light together with a medium flasher, together with reflective pedals or ankle bands, to identify me as a cyclist. (Though these days I rarely have to ride in the dark.)
by LollyKat
24 Jan 2024, 5:43pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Who's had the vaccine?
Replies: 1420
Views: 56667

Re: Who's had the vaccine?

Those parties were probably for German measles, though - I remember being spotty but feeling fine, and having a great time off school with some friends. Measles was more serious and unpleasant and I my misery then is one of my earliest memories. Before that my older (by 4 years) brother got mumps and my parents thought I was also going down with it, but nothing came of it. However I never caught it in spite of regular epidemics at school so presumably acquired some immunity.

I imagine the government / medical line is that our older generations will already be mostly immune to all three.
by LollyKat
9 Jan 2024, 11:54am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
Replies: 21
Views: 1290

Re: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair

Yes, the needle method works well but can be a bit fiddly, especially for older eyes. The snag repair tool above does exactly the same thing but is easier and much faster to use.
by LollyKat
8 Jan 2024, 8:14pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
Replies: 21
Views: 1290

Re: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair

Snag Repair Tool: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemline-H248-M ... B002TYE4GQ

Available in decent haberdashery and fabric stores. Very simple to use though you need good eyesight to use it as it’s necessarily tiny.
by LollyKat
2 Jan 2024, 4:48pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: The sun is out
Replies: 13
Views: 1185

Re: The sun is out

Look out for drivers with the “sun in their eyes” - DAHIKT
by LollyKat
30 Aug 2023, 12:22pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: History of Ordnance Survey
Replies: 14
Views: 2270

Re: History of Ordnance Survey

Try “Map of a Nation” by Rachel Hewitt, all about the history of the OS: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Map-Nation-Bio ... 1847082548, published in 2010 and available on Kindle. I found it fascinating - there are lots of illustrations, and descriptions of various personalities and the developing techniques over the years. I couldn’t put it down!
by LollyKat
29 Jun 2023, 12:38pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Boris's Brain is missing
Replies: 3960
Views: 205356

Re: Boris's Brain is missing

Yes! :shock: :shock:
by LollyKat
25 Jun 2023, 9:27am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Btwin vs. Bickerton
Replies: 17
Views: 6952

Re: Btwin vs. Bickerton

My parents bought Bikertons when they first came out to use on caravan holidays. They were happy enough with them but only used them to pootle around the camp sites. I tried them and thought they were utterly dreadful - VERY flexible (and inefficient), creaked all the time, and with a very twitchy ride. Honestly, I wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole if I were you.
by LollyKat
24 Apr 2023, 11:30am
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Percy's lack of discipline (Erectile Dysfunction)
Replies: 9
Views: 5054

Re: Percy's lack of discipline (Erectile Dysfunction)

How about a recumbent if necessary?
by LollyKat
24 Apr 2023, 11:26am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: North Coast 500
Replies: 51
Views: 3531

Re: North Coast 500

Thanks. I used it nine years ago from Lochinver when they had a trailer for the bikes which took about eight, I think, but the bike carriage ceased a year or two later. Good to see that it is up and runnning again.