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- Sat May 18, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
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Re: Todays ride
Currently eagerly awaiting my first taste of the highly recommended vegetarian breakfast at the Walnut Cafe in Llangynidr, which is now run by a former physio colleague of mine Looking forward to an introduction. And to your colleague :smile: Sorry, I digress, the riding: Nah, the riding's a digres...
- Sat May 18, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 714
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Re: What are you drinking now?
Unfortunately the book is rather out of date - it even says Corris Slater's Arms is "unspoilt" .
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 714
- Views: 81392
Re: What are you drinking now?
A perfect evening in. A pint and a book.
- Fri May 17, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Always good to see light at the end of the tunnel Bob. Bit of good news today (apart from missing out on Amyl!!) so decided to take the rash step of the year's first cocktail. And now the sun's clouded over, sigh. Sod it, having it anyway, cheers! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53727720946_4283...
- Fri May 17, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Slightly-Annoying Friday. Been waiting for tickets to open for Amyl and The Sniffers at 10am. Sold out by five past! How does that happen? Must be automated buyers or summat. Oh well, just have to make do with Sham 69 the same week.
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Fair point Sean, we are lucky in that respect. Hence why I don't use bottled water etc. Pity the effluent side of things isn't quite as rigourous. Then again we're pretty lucky with that too compared to many countries aren't we. I think it's the accountability that I'm a bit cynical about sometimes ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209664
Re: What are you listening to now?
Just playing one of my Sex Pistols 78's as we speak
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209664
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209664
Re: What are you listening to now?
Ten seconds? Hardly worth lowering the stylus .
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
You alright down there in Brixham our Dave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrxrryvr24o "A government spokeswoman said: "The prime minister understands the stress and worry this has caused residents. "Any water company that's found to be in breach of rules on drinking water shoul...
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209664
Re: What are you listening to now?
Bit of a fan of Western themes meself - think Morricone's "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and so on. This surfed-up punked-up example fairly gallops and soars along: (Warning For Young Persons: don't be alarmed, but it's got a tune) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjLhWg9PaJA Western them...
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
We certainly did didn't we . If only I could remember her name....Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 8:04 am plenty of young kids happily have an adventure beneath the dining room table shrouded by an old sheet, yet as adults we probably wouldn't view it the same.
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
Which implies the only way to have an adventure is to be lost and clueless about your whereabouts I don't think that implication follows really Laz - bit hyperbolic :smile: . Solo around the world, with a gpx, is now not an adventure but lost in your local woods is. Again a bit of fun hyperbole, bu...
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
Upthread I raised an eyebrow at the idea of “waymarked adventure” as a contradiction in terms. On reflection, is any ride that comes with a GPX just as waymarked, albeit digitally? Which begs the question, if you’re following a GPX, especially if a GPX someone else has made for you, is it an advent...
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
I think we might have gone cross-porpoises there Legs. I wasn't quoting your quote, more riffing further on the pitfalls of mis-labelling something an adventure .
As ever, I've now confused myself too, so I'll get my coat .
As ever, I've now confused myself too, so I'll get my coat .
- Mon May 13, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
"focus group" meeting before you know it if you're not careful! :grin: Or a "workshop" :smile: .. Shades of HHGTTG: 'We've got to find out what people want from fire[/adventure], how they relate to it, what sort of image it has for them.' The crowd were tense. They were expectin...
- Mon May 13, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
just a pacamac and a banana Fairly sure there's more than a few BB200 entrants who'd take this approach if Stu didn't mandate minimum equipment. Rather like a banana can be dangerous in certain circumstances (" go on, come at me with that banana then" - M Python), so can downgrading impor...
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
'an adventure trail' or 'adventure/gravel' means more people understand what it is. Nah, just the opposite, it's just left a trail (ho ho) of confusion in its wake. Up is down and down is up. Or possibly sideways. Goodness knows what yer visitor centre punter makes of it. Maybe we should stand at t...
- Mon May 13, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
Awooga. Digression Alert: I note that Mounty has sold an AK Tarpstar shelter round in Classifieds. Looks like a perfectly reasonable bit of gear, no problems with it at all, all fair and square. However I would offer that it is also as misnamed as an 'Adventure' bimbly gravel path round a visitor ce...
- Sun May 12, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: WRT 2024: Tall Tales and Dirty Deeds
- Replies: 12
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- Sat May 11, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536367
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Mrs P vaguely watching EuroV in the background. I've not been able to ascertain why. But I'm stuck with it too. It's all rubbish! No tunes to any of them, lot of shouting, lot of tedious repetitive beats, each set sounds exactly the same to poor old Reg. Where's the Macc Lads when you need them eh? ...
- Fri May 10, 2024 4:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 714
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- Fri May 10, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 714
- Views: 81392
- Fri May 10, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 416
Re: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
Bit of a tarp fanatic here, so I'll add penn'orth too. I don't use a tent. Or a bivvy bag. However my tarps are larger than most on here - 9 x 7 and 10 x 8 - so no need to faff or add weight with a bivvy bag. My config of choice is the flying diamond, or flying V as some would call it. Very very fas...