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by braz
1 Aug 2009, 12:04pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour
Replies: 58
Views: 6017

Re: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour

All you need at the moment is

Ass yw euthek an gewer!
(what awful weather!)

'appen as like, lad! 'm off fer t'brew. (yes, we have also lived in Lancashire - Trough of Bowland - but sort of more Latte than Black Puddin'. We were always known as the 'offcummuns' - which I think is colloquial for those residents from a different part of the United Kingdom.

jolly kind regards, Braz.
by braz
1 Aug 2009, 11:51am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Pursuing pothole procedures ( Mick F has a bad fall )
Replies: 123
Views: 298107

Re: Off the Bike

Sorry - clouded over - starting to rain.

That must have been summer.

Braz.
by braz
1 Aug 2009, 11:49am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Pursuing pothole procedures ( Mick F has a bad fall )
Replies: 123
Views: 298107

Re: Off the Bike

Mick, I wonder if you 'just think' every time you descend the hill towards the bridge - it's bad enough trying to stop in a car sometimes when it's wet (and motorists coming the other way ignore the 'single lane priority' signs) - and as you say the weather recently has been less than good.

Howver - I though I might cheer you up becasue from where I'm sitting (still in front of a pile of tissues) and somewhat to the west of you, the wind has taken a very starnge direction this morning - it's coming from the North West, which is almost unheard of! It means that the rain has stopped, even a touch of ''blue' in the sky - so go get the M out quickly!

The Lawyers - will do little, or attach little priority, unless you harass them - politely, but regularly! Be proactive!

kind regards, Braz.

(why does this machine take some pictures and not others - I don't do nowt different!)
by braz
31 Jul 2009, 11:09pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour
Replies: 58
Views: 6017

Re: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour

France! http://www.randobreizh.org.

You can understand the language there much better than in the Peak District ..........

(that ought to get me a few comments!)
by braz
31 Jul 2009, 6:02pm
Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
Topic: Depart from LE on Sunday 2nd August...
Replies: 18
Views: 1705

Re: Depart from LE on Sunday 2nd August...

Being the technological wizzard that I am, I can't get the route thingy to work - perhaps the batteries are flat already?

Is there a new Masochistic Cycling Society that I've not heard of? - poor old Mick and poor old me, we say this to people so often - it's along way from LE to JOG, it can be quite hard getting out of Cornwall, so why make it a trial rather than a ride that you will remember for the rest of your life?.

The North Corwall coast and Dartmoor are very pretty, especially in sunny June when viewed from the back of a bus - but trying to cycle either of them when the weather is so bad, windy, rainy, cold and foggy - and the terrain is v. hilly - ain't fun! (to coin a technical expression!).

Seriously, it's been really rotton on the Moor lately - survival weather at times - and today's weather forecast suggests that the rain over the coming weekend will be pretty bad - so please all, less of the bravado and more of the common sense - we don't want to see any more 'plucked off of the Moor' headlines in the local Press!

Topsham? - I'd ride to Yeoford and get the train!

regards to all sensible cyclists, Braz.
by braz
31 Jul 2009, 1:32pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Pictures of your bike(s)
Replies: 1915
Views: 582223

Re: Pictures of your bike(s)

Now - if we could rig that mower motor on to the Mercian.......

kind regards, Braz.
by braz
30 Jul 2009, 6:22pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour
Replies: 58
Views: 6017

Re: The 2009 Two Daughters Tour

Ledbury B & B - there are some people called Brazier who advertise in the CTC magazine - haven't got one with me so can't help with a phone number - regular ad, so I'm sure that you can find it!

Why not go to Brittany for a change? http://www.af3v.org

regards, Braz. (and no! - just a happy coincidence!)
by braz
29 Jul 2009, 11:33am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Pictures of your bike(s)
Replies: 1915
Views: 582223

Re: Pictures of your bike(s)

Not exactly my bike, but I remember that Mick F had both a lot of grass and a sloping lawn, so I hope that a pic of this bicycle powered lawnmower might be useful.

regards to all, Braz.
by braz
29 Jul 2009, 11:24am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycling doesn't get better-Avenue Verte Update & Trip Report
Replies: 7
Views: 5808

Re: Cycling doesn't get better-Avenue Verte Update & Trip Report

http://www.af3v.org

Might help all of you heading towards France!

regards, Braz.
by braz
29 Jul 2009, 11:19am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Trendy, but Invisible!
Replies: 62
Views: 4224

Re: Trendy, but Invisible!

Oh good - I love a debate!

It is a systematic failure of the way we look at driving to imagine that giving motorists more information will lead to them using it to increase safety.


Regrettably, you can't know that - it's just a subjective opinion - as is mine. What we have found is that, when riding with a high viz vest on in poor conditions (riding down the A39 towards Wadebridge recently - narrow, twisty, pouring with rain) almost all car drivers gave us some respect, a wide berth, and if we responded with a 'thank you' wave of the hand they replied in kind) we do get less 'moments' than when riding without the vests.

I think that hi viz works, so I'm going to keep on wearing it - I've also ordered some dayglo underpants as well - for those very hot summer days when we ride as minimalsitically as possible.

kind regards, Braz.
by braz
29 Jul 2009, 11:00am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Tandem questions
Replies: 49
Views: 4705

Re: Tandem questions

Make sure who is going to navigate!

regards, Braz.
by braz
28 Jul 2009, 9:41pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Trendy, but Invisible!
Replies: 62
Views: 4224

Re: Trendy, but Invisible!

2 Tubs - I think I know what you mean!

I have an advantage over most drivers in that I'm also a cyclist, of the touring version, and cover many 0000's of miles a year on two wheels - so perhaps I'm more aware of cyclists than most drivers. Having said that, I like to think that I'm more aware of everything thats going on around me when I driving than most drivers!

And really - I can't understand the somewhat spurious argument that a driver, on a road with overhanging trees and in the pouring rain, will spot a cyclist wearing black as easily or quickly as spotting one wearing a hi-viz or rain coat.

It's about balance - if you ride in black in dark areas, don't complain if you get knocked off - or make a very small effort by wearing something bright that might save your life - it's self preservation, that's all.

Someone will come up with a statistic for the level of intelligence and ability of varing driving groups. The absolutely stupid, ignorant, 'get out of my way' driver can't be accounted for, but as you move up the scale one hopes that ability and awareness improve - and if these drivers spot that someone has taken the trouble to try and be more visible surely they will respect that effort and drive accordingly? One hopes so.

It's not a problem in France - in the dark or in poor weather you HAVE to wear a high viz jacket now - or get an 'on the spot' fine from your friendly Gendarmes. Not that this would work in the UK, because you never see a Copper - too busy doing Gordon Brown's paperwork to actively police the roads!

regards to all, Braz.

(I'll try another picture, just to see if it's still working - someone must have listened to us!) And no, it's not Hut Bike!
by braz
28 Jul 2009, 2:16pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: advice on adding pics to ads please
Replies: 18
Views: 1074

Re: advice on adding pics to ads please

It seems to work! Braz.
by braz
28 Jul 2009, 2:14pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: advice on adding pics to ads please
Replies: 18
Views: 1074

Re: advice on adding pics to ads please

Mick, scanners at work and I'm at home with flu (English, not swine - I hope).

Best I can do below. All together now......................

regards, Braz.
by braz
28 Jul 2009, 10:39am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Felicity Kendall
Replies: 226
Views: 59927

Re: Felicity Kendall

Mick, just caught 30 seconds before I turned it off - becasue I get 'turned off' by the media turning out these 'decorative but dim' people who they think will enhance programs.

But then I'm an old codger now, and can remember when blonde came naturally rather than out of a bottle - if you take off the dye, the eyelashes, the mascara, the foundation makeup, turn on the brain for a bit, modulate the voice into correct spoken English, and find a topic that's worth deconstructing - then I would hope to find someone interesting enough to talk to.

Take bikes - some of them look very pretty - but would you want (careful now!) to go very far with one? - more trouble than they are worth, most of them (Asda say that they are selling 20,000 £99 bikes a week at the moment) - guaranteed until you get them home, probably! But if you search hard, do your research, take advice, and find one that fits you - you get a companion that will not let you down, carry part of your life's load, and looks quite pretty as well! And they don't sell them in Hut Bike!

Ladies, this is not any sort of attempt to be sexist - if anything it's the complete opposite - giving credit and praise where it's best due.

I bet Felicity Kendal can read a map....................

regards to all, Braz.