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by PaulB2
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483004

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Ha, I had a CT scan 7 weeks ago, I finally find out the results on the 4th. Not sure if that’s an oblique way of telling me that it’s nothing serious. 5 months in and no concrete diagnosis. Double Ha! When I’d had my heart attack back in May 2020, they sent me to Bangor hospital for an MRI scan, (e...
by PaulB2
Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115469

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

Cheaper than the Nitto ones so I'll look out for one of those.
by PaulB2
Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483004

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

pistonbroke wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:44 am All done in half an hour. Feeling a bit cheated of an opportunity to complain 😏
Ha, I had a CT scan 7 weeks ago, I finally find out the results on the 4th. Not sure if that’s an oblique way of telling me that it’s nothing serious. 5 months in and no concrete diagnosis.
by PaulB2
Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 670
Views: 129541

Re: Wildlife

It's a shame that ants aren't that great against slugs because I have two nests of those - one large one under the patio and one under the front path. I suppose it could be one nest with two entrances! I discovered them because they've excavated a load of sand out between the cracks overnight and th...
by PaulB2
Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Fat Fighters '23
Replies: 483
Views: 82676

Re: Fat Fighters '23

07/04/23 71.2kg
12/05/23 71.2kg
25/08/23 73.2kg

I've put on 2kg after 3 months of low exercise and summer holidays so probably time to start paying attention again.
by PaulB2
Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102619

Re: Today's Run

The budget is still to be negotiated but it’s probably going to be less than 180 quid. I’ll add it to my list though, thanks
by PaulB2
Sat Aug 26, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102619

Re: Today's Run

My 4 year old Garmin forerunner 35 has died - the backlight comes on when I press the power button but there's nothing appearing on the screen. It started playing up yesterday with showing partial screens but that went away after a reset but now nothing. Garmin Express can still see it so it's proba...
by PaulB2
Sat Aug 26, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Are you a hoarder?
Replies: 27
Views: 2294

Re: Are you a hoarder?

De-hoarding is a slow process, I’ve got 35 year old RPG stuff I’ve been meaning to sell for 25 years :grin:
by PaulB2
Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102619

Re: Today's Run

Ran over the hill to Baggy Point while the rest of the family was getting ready to go out for the day, only just over 5k but the 12% climb in parts were a good workout for a flat lander though I did walk some bits once the heart rate got into the 170s. I still got back before everyone was dressed.
by PaulB2
Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483004

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

The 23% climb out of woolacombe to get back to croyde wouldn’t be fun
by PaulB2
Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483004

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

AndreR wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:24 pm
PaulB2 wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:09 am Off on a family holiday to Woolacombe - I’m even getting to take a bike so all is good.
Very cheery indeed taking the caravan down to Devon not far from Woolacombe for two weeks!!
We’re in a Parkdean caravan at Croyde for the week
by PaulB2
Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483004

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Off on a family holiday to Woolacombe - I’m even getting to take a bike so all is good.
by PaulB2
Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
Replies: 20
Views: 1004

Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...

I suppose you could take a tub of table salt and put a ring around the bivy bag at night.
by PaulB2
Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Kirkpatrick C2C
Replies: 6
Views: 481

Re: Kirkpatrick C2C

Off-road.css has an article on the bike:

https://off.road.cc/content/feature/bik ... lica-13181
by PaulB2
Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115469

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

It might not be new but it's new to me, your very own bikepackable bbq...

https://knister-grill.com/products/fahrradhalter
by PaulB2
Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Accuracy of elevation given in OS Maps app
Replies: 20
Views: 914

Re: Accuracy of elevation given in OS Maps app

Depends on the Garmin - my edge explore does not have a barometric sensor but the newer version does.
by PaulB2
Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Audax Tips?
Replies: 57
Views: 10419

Re: Audax Tips?

I think I last did 100k in a day in 2005 or 2006 but do fancy doing an audax - just need to find a fairly flat one for my first.
by PaulB2
Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

I always assumed that mosque came about for the same sort of reasons that Jerez became known as Sherry - something got mangled in the translation.
by PaulB2
Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

There's a joke in there somewhere about the fact that the Americans have already misappropriated our language enough already so we don't really care if they do it again.
by PaulB2
Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Spare luggage sale
Replies: 1
Views: 303

Spare luggage sale

Selling off my ortlieb bikepacking gear since I prefer a holster / drybag setup: 15L bar bag, original version, well used with 4 intact spacers and a couple of ones held together with duct tape. £50 4L accessory bag, versatile bit of kit where I've used it with the bar bag, on its own on the bars an...
by PaulB2
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102619

Re: Today's Run

The only running I'm getting to do this week is up and down the stairs while the missus has taken the youngest off for a week so that sounds blissful :grin:
by PaulB2
Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike
Replies: 5
Views: 241

Re: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike

There's a cyclist gardener that I often see doing maintenance on road verges when I'm going for a run around town - he's normally got a rake, broom and strimmer attached to his bike along with panniers with shears and other tools.
by PaulB2
Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking hall of fame?
Replies: 36
Views: 1840

Re: Bikepacking hall of fame?

riderdown wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:16 pm Do we need to check their social media history for pictures bike packing and open fires....
The pitchforks and somewhat ironic burning at the stake can applied retrospectively
by PaulB2
Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183155

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

RIP wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:01 pm
PaulB2 wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:41 pm Chocolate Old Peculier? Now I need to find some of that.
Easy - The Globe in Dunstable :wink:
125 miles is a fair old distance to nip out for a pint :grin: