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...
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
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Re: Wildlife
That's always a bit special
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
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Re: Wildlife
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.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 22
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Re: Hammock in the garden
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...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2837
Re: Hammock in the garden
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...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Ouch Jimmy! Admirable dedication to the cause though
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Oh WOW John Allen, amazing riding and stunning pictures!!!
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
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. ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
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 ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
By that I'm wondering if you mean my daughter? The people I talked to on the trip? Or you lot for wanting to cross the black mountain??
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Very nice one Kev!!Raggedstone wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:36 am Yes Reg that's the one if you read your list upside down at anytime let me know .
I don't suppose your interest has anything to do with a hole in the ground does it ?
Have wondered about that shelter up there!
And about the crossing over the top - count me in??
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Last minute March BAM in the early hours of Easter Sunday... Here's a question for you who are guardians and interpreters of BAM rules: On the "a bike must be involved" question, are there any rules about the timescale and distances involved to make it one single "BAM" event?? Re...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Audax Tips?
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- Views: 11728
Re: Audax Tips?
Last weekend was my one year anniversary of giving audax riding a go, with a return to Barry's Bristol Butt Buster aka a total cake fest!!! (with that being one of the main attractions...) It really really is one I'd highly recommend, I realise now what a brilliant introduction that was for me to it...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
This was my cheery Friday - sunshine, shorts, no jacket, up, WOW what views, down when my stomach started rumbling for some brekkie, and just in time before winter returned once more :cool: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53624858054_f96ca97ec7_b.jpg IMG_20240329_105851 by Verena Zimmer , on Fli...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
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Re: Today's Run
Not today, but a couple of weekends back... March has been busy! Went for a weekend away to Wiltshire with Mr Z, stayed in Marlborough for a couple of nights, and I took not my bike but just my trainers and went out both mornings for a mooch along the ridgeway. This one was on the Saturday morning, ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
You know when you've been away too long when you have to scroll back 4 pages to pick up where you last left the BAM thread - back in a mo to write up my also last minute March one...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
What a month folks - loving the adventure reports and photos. Sorry some of you had a rough one, and 100?! Blimey! With little energy in the tank I ticked March off the list, with a local bivvy at an old railway station not far from home. Temp was forecast to be dry and only dip as low as 5 degrees...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
YesBearlegged wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:08 pmPrecious things, minds. Hope you can keep yours and your family's in the right place.*
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
O no - start again next month for a 12 months rolling year anyway?Stinginglip wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:02 pm My 2024 BaM is over. After bailing on the WinterJennride I've just couldn't find time or motivation for Feb. Good luck everyone for the rest of the year
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
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Re: What are you listening to now?
Supertramp!! Of course!
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
I was considering insuring my bike and perhaps having a brief pootle but given that we woke to snow yesterday, I decided against bothering. Instead I will busy myself with the seemingly never ending list of tasks which require attention while I watch the droopy daffs and lambs head-butt each other....
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
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Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Great idea! I agree two nights out feel completely different from just one. Not sure at all that I'd manage it this year (as foolishly aiming for super Randonneur this year) (keep saying that bit again of how 600 is "easy"?!?!), having already "failed" at Randonneur around the ye...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4254
Re: Monks trod - wtf
Ah you've beaten me to it, have just logged on to post link to the article...late to the party I see! Will have a read later on over a tea break...
And also see what else has been occurring, especially on the BAM thread, as I'd better get my furry socks into gear for this month...
And also see what else has been occurring, especially on the BAM thread, as I'd better get my furry socks into gear for this month...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47244