A positive thread
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Went to the Literary Society meeting again today, got talking about favourite authors, someone urged me to read W G Sebald, who is *already* one of my favourites, I have read most of his books
Makes a change from being recommended authors I cannae get on with
Makes a change from being recommended authors I cannae get on with
Entertainer, juvenile, curmudgeon, PoB, 30120
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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Another eco-mentalist triumph :
Eight miles over to Blackmoor Apple Farm to collect some new fruit trees.
A nice chat with one of the staff, who I have met before. He cycles everywhere too.
Then eight miles back, loaded with the precious plants.
Fellow road users appeared to be unusually cautious.
Eight miles over to Blackmoor Apple Farm to collect some new fruit trees.
A nice chat with one of the staff, who I have met before. He cycles everywhere too.
Then eight miles back, loaded with the precious plants.
Fellow road users appeared to be unusually cautious.
Re: A positive thread
Graham wrote:Fellow road users appeared to be unusually cautious.
They feared your apple trees!
“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Re: A positive thread
Just got back from an hours ride, its raining, cold, miserable and blinking marvelous, even better all is OK at home ( I am a carer) today I don't need anything else to be content
Pat
Pat
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Patrickpioneer wrote:Just got back from an hours ride, its raining, cold, miserable and blinking marvelous, even better all is OK at home ( I am a carer) today I don't need anything else to be content
Pat
If you can find some sort of contentment in small things you are doing something right.
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Thanks PWA, I will admit if I had a packet of digestive biscuits to eat while I read my book in bed tonight things would be even a little better
Pat
Pat
Re: A positive thread
Patrickpioneer wrote:Thanks PWA, I will admit if I had a packet of digestive biscuits to eat while I read my book in bed tonight things would be even a little better
Pat
Crumbs
You'll never know if you don't try it.
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I managed to get out on the bike this afternoon in spite of a general dampness after the rain. The lanes were strewn with mud and leaves, with the wheels making a swish sound as I went through shallow streams crossing the road. But I had good nylon overshoes tucked under my trousers, so the feet were dry. And it was good to be out. The one slight moment of disharmony was when a few people shooting were firing high above the lane and I could hear the shot (is it still made of lead?) landing in the garden of a thatched cottage close to me, but not a danger really. I'd not want it in my garden though. It can't be good for the soil.
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Just been for a walk in the gloaming, the colours were lovely
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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Re: A positive thread - cash fairy
Walked to the food store, glanced at the cycles parked outside
One of them had a loose front qr, I tightened it
Went to get a trolley, found a 20c coin on the ground, the *cash fairy* must have put it there to reward me
One of them had a loose front qr, I tightened it
Went to get a trolley, found a 20c coin on the ground, the *cash fairy* must have put it there to reward me
Entertainer, juvenile, curmudgeon, PoB, 30120
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Re: A positive thread
Took my friend out for a fish and chips lunch yesterday - a blissful escape from his nagging wife who phoned us at least 3 times... Decided on a bottle of wine for the water bottle cage, which we promptly cycled back to mine and spent the afternoon playing guitar and drinking the lot of it!
Fine day out: 6
Nagging wife: Nil
Fine day out: 6
Nagging wife: Nil
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Oldjohnw wrote:Today my cough is significantly better.
How good is that?
Brilliant. I have a friend who has been suffering with a cough for about 6 weeks.
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Thanks. I sing in various music ensembles and am due to be singing the solo part at a concert this coming Saturday. It was looking increasingly like I'd need to step down but there is some hope. I will book a couple of lessons for later this week.
John
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To ease the interminable interviews outside Parliament I've been counting the cyclists whizzing past. Very impressed by the numbers. Anyone here part of this commuter peloton?