MarkW wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 10:28 am Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend. It's the Eta Aquariid meteor shower's peak. With about 30 per hour, but possibly as high as 50.

Clouds permitting!

Excellent, thanks for that!

All being well I shall be riding all through the night, so I'll look out for them

And if you're in the Wynnstay tonight, have a Poretti and a pickled egg for me please will you? If that gets taken literally and everyone has an egg, along with a beer, please can someone ensure nobody strikes a match afterwards? Not there tonight sadly, but would like the building to still be ther...

Have a most excellent weekend everyone!!!

And if you're in the Wynnstay tonight, have a Poretti and a pickled egg for me please will you?

Bad form I know me double booking myself... next year all being well I'll be back!

Beautiful pictures Lee

I'm pretty sure I've done the gloves on feet at some stage...in middle of the night ice block feet desperation....not sure it worked as well though as it obviously did for you

RIP wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 2:58 pm Very nice our Neil, welcome to The Tarp Side . Once tarped, never returned.

Yes I must admit, having slept in the tent this week, I'm not really sure I like it...being closed inside something...
Obviously handy when it is absolutely belting down...

Apparently exciting news (I need to read up on this properly), the new Osprey nest in Talybont, which has had a male occupying it patiently waiting for a female, has had a female join him this week. The lady who told me, with great excitement, said that he's been trying to mate with her but not much...

That's brilliant

Mrs Polisherman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:50 pm Excellent chocolate choice Verena!

April BAM last night, again in the nick of time... It was an "under the circumstances" type bivvy, just very local at a lovely spot I by the river which I have used a few times before, though not for a while actually, so it was really nice to be back there, and especially to find the nice ...

That really is a little weird.... those mannequins....

Anyone been watching The Tourist by any chance?? Series 2?

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:53 am Friday kicked off with a forest walk and then I headed over to Great Orme for a ride

Not enough cider apparently....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz5d6mj5gp8o

Not cheery exactly, but a big sense of relief. After many years of struggling, then a couple of months of preparing myself, have this week sat down with the Mr and told him that I don't want to live with him any more. All rather difficult and sad, but he's taken it as well as I could have hoped, and...

Well done

That's beautiful Kev, very much puts me in the mood to get out there, very soon...

Housemartins are back, and have started settling back into last year's nest under the roof.

Ever since my friend said they look a bit like tiny orca whales, I can't not see that any more...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:38 pm First Cuckoo of the year heard today

That's always a bit special

Walking round favourite little woodland today, saw first bluebells out (there), and really happy to see that the ravens have rebuilt and are using the nest which got blown down last year.

Ok, am full of cold, so the maths lessons above are beyond me... I've got a freestanding frame thing, and a cheap as chips nylon hammock with carabiners. Tips? It certainly does if you forget not to park your bottom further in the middle or down towards the foot end than you'd think. Quite amusing t...

The idea of lazing in the hammock, at home, appeals to me. However, my garden has no trees, and there are no strong and suitably spaced fenceposts, either, so I was thinking that one of those free standing hammock frames might be worth a try. Has anybody done this, and have any advice? Length betwe...

Sitting on a National Express on our way to the Eurostar for a Netherlands river cruise through the tulip fields, with my parents. Third time lucky I hope, with COVID and my dad being poorly getting in the way before. Apparently they have bikes on board that we can use to explore, not the ship obvio...

Ouch Jimmy! Admirable dedication to the cause though

Oh WOW John Allen, amazing riding and stunning pictures!!!

That looks like a proper good trip V :-bd I really enjoy exploring the smoke by bike & do similar myself if i’m down there visiting family & friends, with the odd rave thrown-in. If you go again try swapping banks at St Paul’s, then heading through the city, Spitalfields & East London. ...

Just read V's report and my head is in a complete spin! A right sensory and incident overload there V, top work. Hiring 8 bikes in a row is a clever idea. Reckon the adjudicators have got to let that BaM through simply for the lunacy value. Chalk it up! I'm going out right now into our High Street ...