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by frogatthefarriers
Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Thunderstorms
Replies: 31
Views: 1377

Re: Thunderstorms

kvragu wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:02 am I have a bit of a fear of thunderstorms….


What are your best practices for thunderstorms? Just treat it as a normal storm unless you're at high altitude? Is there an obvious 'red flag' in the forecast, apart from literal flag warnings?

Don’t wear an underwired bra… :lol:
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

pistonbroke wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:28 am ...do you want a link to the book? There's lots of maps and pics and the Spanish is straightforward.
That'd be great - a ride guide and Spanish lesson combined...
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:16 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

When have you booked your flights? MrsPB and I have a loose plan to ride it this autumn, it's an area of Spain we haven't explored much apart from a visit to Sevilla 3 years ago. I bought the cycle guide book from an amazing shop in Barcelona, think Stanford's Spain, which divides the route into ab...
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:40 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I don’t know if it’s all that cheery, maybe scary would be a better way to describe it ‘cause I’ve just booked my flights to Spain to ride the Via de la Plata from Seville to Santiago de Compostela. I’m terrified. Never done a ride longer than 4 days - don’t know how the arris wil hold out, for one ...
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Songs to play at your funeral
Replies: 27
Views: 1774

Re: Songs to play at your funeral

On a not-quite-completely OT note, there was a TV advert on today, for a Cancer Research charity. They said that half of us will get a cancer of some sort in our lifetime but if we all contribute (to the charity) we can beat cancer. All well and good but that means that if we do, half of us will hav...
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

At the risk of embarrassing the poor chap (“too late!” :grin: ), for a while I’ve been thinking that I should pay my respects to Kev Blackhound as the man without whom this thread would not exist, and correspondingly without whom the whole Place would be much the poorer. A very pleasant BaM, in a l...
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Songs to play at your funeral
Replies: 27
Views: 1774

Re: Songs to play at your funeral

My thought was to pick something cheerful, like Bright Side, but then I thought “Let ‘em get the misery out of the way first” so how about :- Psalm 23, The Lords my Shepherd, and “Abide with me” Ya can’t get much more miserable than that. Then, for the wake, ceilidh music with maybe some country dan...
by frogatthefarriers
Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

BaM June '23 - Done :-bd As mentioned in another thread, I pedalled up to the dragonfly kingdom by the Ellesmere canal. Bivvy:- https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53008844668_5d41e48e1b.jpg I thought I'd make a bit more of an effort with the food again, so for breakfast:- https://live.staticflickr....
by frogatthefarriers
Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 669
Views: 129104

Re: Wildlife

We rescued this chap from in the canal between Llangollen and Trevor the other day. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53002941039_88463639e3.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53001244949_740968c46a.jpg He's got a broken wing, poor thing, maybe from trying to swim or being hit by a car (there...
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I didn't know if I should put this into "Todays' Ride" but decided it was more Cheery than Ride, so here it is. Every year at around this time, I gather lime tree flowers. These are my family remedy for colds - 6 flowers in a one-cup cafetiere taken before bed will dry up a runny nose unti...
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Just got back from a lovely ride to Barmouth up and down the Mawddach trail with 8 family members. 'T was a perfect family day out - not too hot, not too windy, not too crowded and a lovely fish 'n chips in the town.

It was a truly lovely day out, so very cheery.
by frogatthefarriers
Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Extreme Ironing. Remember that? Of course :smile: For an AGM of a society of which I'm a member, I once suggested holding said AGM on the 70' high Headstone Viaduct - the famous disused railway bridge at Monsal Head in Derbyshire. For no good reason I convinced everyone to take a chair and a random...
by frogatthefarriers
Wed May 31, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Thanks for all the comments folks. I'm glad you liked it, but I feel a little guilty posting it in the BaM thread because it's not really (to my way of thinking, anyway) a BaM - more of a gimmick of the same ilk as Extreme Ironing. Remember that? A proper bivvy has a decent ride and a cooked meal be...
by frogatthefarriers
Wed May 31, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

May 23 BaM - Last minute, but Dunnit! 5/12 for 2023 and 101 altogether. These... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52939308272_c73928bfd9.jpg ...cattle troughs are on a local loop that I pass once or twice a week.They look to have been dumped in a wide part of the Bishop Bennets way, by the farmer...
by frogatthefarriers
Tue May 30, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69574

Re: What are you drinking now?

Żubrówka. On my May '23 BaM. Lying in my water bed, waiting for the Starlink chain to come over...
by frogatthefarriers
Tue May 09, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Random encounters, they're life affirming
Replies: 20
Views: 1891

Re: Random encounters, they're life affirming

Not bike related, but life affirming? Oh yes. Many years ago Mrs Frog and I were in Ireland for 4 nights. 1st night was in Avoca (where they'd filmed Ballykissangel), then in Killarney and then we would look for a B&B somewhere near the ferry port at Dublin. The trouble was, that at the same tim...
by frogatthefarriers
Wed May 03, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1521
Views: 246634

Re: What you done t' your bike today

Straightened the rear mech hanger that somehow got bent on first day of WRT and gave me trouble until the end.
by frogatthefarriers
Wed May 03, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Come on, own up ...
Replies: 11
Views: 821

Re: Come on, own up ...

Hmpf! I wish I was only 65. :sad:
by frogatthefarriers
Tue May 02, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: WRT stories
Replies: 33
Views: 4464

Re: WRT stories

So this is was a Biggy! My 9th consecutive WRT. :-bd Also my 100th BaM, so I thought it worth making a bit of an effort. With that in mind, I packed a bit more food than usual. I would be accompanied by my son/minder Mike and we would make a special meal to celebrate. In addition to my normal load, ...
by frogatthefarriers
Tue May 02, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 182327

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

April - Done. On the WRT. :-bd Bivvy 1... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52864175980_7c8b0b1ea6.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52863795206_f0d125e058.jpg See the slope under my Hammock? Well in the night I got the most god-awful cramps in both legs. I was in agony. To try and ease them...
by frogatthefarriers
Mon May 01, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ta from the Tower's.
Replies: 17
Views: 1442

Re: Ta from the Tower's.

And Ta from the Team. :-bd :-bd :-bd This was my ninth consecutive WRT and I don't want to imagine a May bank holiday without one. It's a major highlight of my year and my son Michael, who has come with me (as minder) for the last 3, has already asked if I'll be doing the next one. So, Ta! :grin: :g...
by frogatthefarriers
Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608437

Re: Todays ride

Not a BaM but a "Todays Ride" because Aprils BaM is a biggie and I want to make a bit more of an effort for that one> In short - afternoon train to Church Stretton, ride (push) up Carding Mill Valley, up over Pole Bank https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819049925_b36d867c6c.jpg Find a h...
by frogatthefarriers
Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 669
Views: 129104

Re: Wildlife

Here's one from last month. 'S not very good, but an unusual one... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52785519011_d2675f5be9.jpg A white pheasant! It's a bit far away in this shot but I know it's a pheasant because when I first saw it it was standing on the top rail of a gate beside the lane. By t...
by frogatthefarriers
Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR.
Replies: 75
Views: 4459

Re: WRT GR.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:46 pm
here is one in the sea (at high tide) but it is reachable off the beach as the tide goes out
I believe areas such as that are quite often and commonly referred to as 'beach'.
There’re a lot of beaches in Wales called “Traeth Beach” :lol:
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482216

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Just come home from a leaving do for someone I’ve worked with for 30 years. It occurred to me, as I sat on the end of a table of 15 people, that I’ve really like working with all of them for many years.