Nice and simple - always the best way.
Thanks for sharing
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- 16 Oct 2015, 5:02am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Easy inflation of the Exped Synmat UL (not integrated pump)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1669
- 7 Oct 2015, 7:58pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Julian Mustoe - recreating the voyage of the Beagle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1235
Re: Julian Mustoe - recreating the voyage of the Beagle
Ann Mustoe's step son...sounds a real character!
I love the foreword to his book...
There is one activity so clearly meant for Ancients, so perfectly tailored to their physical capabilities, so cleverly designed to preserve and enhance their vitality that it is bewildering that few, so very few, ever discover it.
It is an activity that has at its prime precondition the slow and unconscious absorption of experience. It is an activity that enlivens the muscles as it oils the joints. It lengthens, preserves and justifies life. It throws the practitioner among the beautiful and adoring young. It confers an inviolable mantle of authority and allows you to wear a cute hat.
It takes you to faraway places, unreachable by jet by your richer and more moribund contemporaries. It tempts your taste buds with exotic offerings and disallows constipation by scaring the [inappropriate word removed] put of you. It fills your ancient eyes with new wonder. It contradicts the cynics and negates the naysayers. It is the way a man, especially and old guy, should live. And perhaps best of all, you may, if you choose (and why not?), use it to wallow luxuriously in the soothing mud hole of the world’s envy.
When the alarms and excursions of your life are over, when your kids are doctors and your wives have found better things to do, when your enemies have had their comeuppances and your friends all bore you, when obituaries prove interesting and when the prospect of earning even one more dollar appals, then the moment has come to look about for a boat in which to sail around the world. There simply ain’t nothing else worth doing.
Author unknown.
I love the foreword to his book...
There is one activity so clearly meant for Ancients, so perfectly tailored to their physical capabilities, so cleverly designed to preserve and enhance their vitality that it is bewildering that few, so very few, ever discover it.
It is an activity that has at its prime precondition the slow and unconscious absorption of experience. It is an activity that enlivens the muscles as it oils the joints. It lengthens, preserves and justifies life. It throws the practitioner among the beautiful and adoring young. It confers an inviolable mantle of authority and allows you to wear a cute hat.
It takes you to faraway places, unreachable by jet by your richer and more moribund contemporaries. It tempts your taste buds with exotic offerings and disallows constipation by scaring the [inappropriate word removed] put of you. It fills your ancient eyes with new wonder. It contradicts the cynics and negates the naysayers. It is the way a man, especially and old guy, should live. And perhaps best of all, you may, if you choose (and why not?), use it to wallow luxuriously in the soothing mud hole of the world’s envy.
When the alarms and excursions of your life are over, when your kids are doctors and your wives have found better things to do, when your enemies have had their comeuppances and your friends all bore you, when obituaries prove interesting and when the prospect of earning even one more dollar appals, then the moment has come to look about for a boat in which to sail around the world. There simply ain’t nothing else worth doing.
Author unknown.
- 7 Oct 2015, 7:56pm
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Measuring Blood Pressure
- Replies: 406
- Views: 30543
Re: Measuring Blood Pressure
I'm becoming quite obsessive about measuring my BP after starting medication a year or so ago.
I'm 53 and somewhat overweight and pretty idle to boot.
Average readings are around the 135/85 mark with highest ever about 150/95. Palpitations after eating are my bugbear now - not serious but enough for me to notice it.
What's classed as a 'high' BP reading anyway?
I'm 53 and somewhat overweight and pretty idle to boot.
Average readings are around the 135/85 mark with highest ever about 150/95. Palpitations after eating are my bugbear now - not serious but enough for me to notice it.
What's classed as a 'high' BP reading anyway?
- 2 Sep 2015, 8:10pm
- Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
- Topic: Halfords Letchworth - poor service
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4505
Re: Halfords Letchworth - poor service
Twitter page for a company is always a good avenue for complaints, and mostly a quick way of doing it.
- 1 Aug 2015, 7:53am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Anyone Use Taptalk?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5402
Re: Anyone Use Taptalk?
I use tapatalk on my iphone and ipad to follow 5 forums and it works well - no issues at all
- 16 Jul 2015, 4:59am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: 10 year old - how far?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1990
Re: 10 year old - how far?
There's a book titled '20 miles per cookie' or something very similar about a family cycling tour which included young children
- 1 Jul 2015, 6:46pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Long tour
- Replies: 4
- Views: 684
Re: Long tour
Not had the opportunity to do such a long tour but the end of my teaching career beckons in possibly 2 years but more likely 7 years time.
Reading such blogs as yours certainly inspires me - must admit I hadn't heard of that particular bike before.
How is 'regular life' suit you?
Reading such blogs as yours certainly inspires me - must admit I hadn't heard of that particular bike before.
How is 'regular life' suit you?
- 30 Jun 2015, 4:49am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: La linea or Gibraltar?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1141
La linea or Gibraltar?
Sometimes the Spanish get a tad irate and have an effect on the border which can really slow down the in/out movement - gib itself gets a bit busy and you may see no delays at all but summer is the favoured time for border hassle to take place.
- 17 May 2015, 5:30am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: My first proper cycling tour
- Replies: 10
- Views: 727
Re: My first proper cycling tour
I'll keep an eye on your blog - best wishes and stay safe
- 25 Apr 2015, 5:13pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: People who have cycled the Pamir Highway...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14015
Re: People who have cycled the Pamir Highway...
Those photos are stunning Kieran!
- 13 Apr 2015, 4:15am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Off touring tomorrow! (well later today)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3232
Re: Off touring tomorrow! (well later today)
Sounds a great trip!
Similar to a route I've been thinking of later this year - please keep us posted of all the details
Similar to a route I've been thinking of later this year - please keep us posted of all the details
- 18 Mar 2015, 5:34am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Aurora Watch Red Alert
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3650
Re: Aurora Watch Red Alert
Heavy mist last night and now thick fog - bugger!
- 20 Feb 2015, 6:23pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Another cyclist death: left-turning lorry
- Replies: 252
- Views: 22335
Re: Another cyclist death: left-turning lorry
Horribly sad story.
But I agree that some sort of training/advice/publicity is needed so that no more needless and tragic incidents such as this occur again.
When I cycle or drive I know that something bigger than me is liable to cause me harm if I come into contact with it so I ride/drive accordingly.
Accidents will always happen but being aware is so important.
A tragic death.
But I agree that some sort of training/advice/publicity is needed so that no more needless and tragic incidents such as this occur again.
When I cycle or drive I know that something bigger than me is liable to cause me harm if I come into contact with it so I ride/drive accordingly.
Accidents will always happen but being aware is so important.
A tragic death.
- 20 Feb 2015, 6:19am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Really good serious travel camera
- Replies: 80
- Views: 9949
Re: Really good serious travel camera
I've got a decent DSLR with a few good lenses and several other pretty good compact cameras but the one I always have with me is my phone camera (iphone 6).
Knowing that 'the best camera is the one you have on you at that moment' most of the the best (and my favourite) photos have come from my phone.
Knowing that 'the best camera is the one you have on you at that moment' most of the the best (and my favourite) photos have come from my phone.
- 16 Feb 2015, 2:18pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: How is the Local Bike Shop going to survive?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 11009
Re: How is the Local Bike Shop going to survive?
Those kids at halfords have to learn their trade somewhere though