The Globe was an unexpectedly convivial pub with a reassuring number of CAMRA awards, received over a long period of time.

Walls and ceiling painted in traditional Alfa Romeo dark red was a "highlight" for me, too .

Clearly, Oswald's first taste of fame has gone to his head...from delighted...to angry...drinking problem...falling over in public...then waking up in a derelict barn (here lies Oswald, the derelict barn owl).

I think he needs etiquette lessons from Ralph .

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:26 pm

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

125 miles is a fair old distance to nip out for a pint

Indeed! It's a day's ride out, bivi, then a day's ride home .
Leather armchairs and beer...

Excellent stuff and welcome .
Just in time for summer .

I think you may need to reconsider your definition of the word "cool" .

Genius, Frog. Pushing the boundaries of bivi innovation .

Pete and Reg - Has Beans?.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52929959931_481d057c34_z.jpg Bean cycling! :grin: Without doubt the best local bivi I've had. We were "lost" in a tiny oasis of calm sandwiched between Milton Keynes, Luton, the A5 and M1. Amazing! We done Reg for winkling ...

frogatthefarriers wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:35 pm
At the WE 2023. Brigands Inn, Mallwyd.


That's 1/12 for 2023.

That's me in the background so I may as well claim this, even if it goes no further .

2023: year of the "accidental BAM"?

The relief at exiting the forest was shortlived as we battled across a torrent caused by the days of rain…… https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617224913_835602cfbe_z.jpg That's me at the top in red thinking "Yep, this is rideable"...just before spotting the big drop into the steep torr...

35 Vs. 38 miles - whose decision is that? Filth bike - cheers. Descending the slurry trail with poor & howling brakes whilst trying to avoid a herd of scared, stampeding cows gave an unexpected end to my 2023 WE :o . Our dog was having a right old sniff of my clothes when I got home last night :...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:29 pm Whats the FH stand for Pete pls... I got the CTW. (Edit : from home). Stand down ...

Ivebeen thinking similar for tomorrow but decided to drive!

Spot-on, my son!
Don't blame you. Mine is merely a bimble round the woods compared to yours, Shaf.

...post-WE2023 repairs, so I can CTWFH tomorrow .

Thanks to Stu and Dee for organising this, my first official, BB event and thanks to Reg's Ragamuffins for disorganising my first official BB event .

It was a wonderful weekend of heavy rain and light whimsy .

The less I ride, the more I want to buy.
The more I ride, the less I want to buy.

Took me a while to realise the trend, but now I have it's a simple cure...

<sigh>
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64039480
3-7 January, inclusive, are affected.

Looks ace! Well done .

... overcoming what is probably a fairly instictive day/ night rhythm of doing active stuff by day, rest and the sleep by night... Just because it's dark, doesn't mean it's late :wink: . I guess a good place to start is just to get out there for practice and experience, start with familiar routes a...

Glad to be of service, me old spaniel .

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:16 pm ... their little caravan - Mablethorpe.

That is, indeed, a charming name for a caravan.

I bivvied at Munich Station once a long time ago (well, kipped on a bench in my sleeping bag!). Woke up with the bag covered in cockroaches :o :shock: Preston station for me when I was 18, as I'd missed the last train to London and was waiting for the 04:00 sleeper from Scotland. The days of long b...

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:04 pm

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:01 pm fire-side leather wing-back, planning escapades by the metronomic cadence of the long-case

I didn't know you'd been in our parlour

It was when we were comparing butlers....

...to while away the long winter evenings ensconced in the fire-side leather wing-back, planning escapades by the metronomic cadence of the long-case .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63742917

Verena wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:49 pm At least you managed to get out there, good on you

Thanks V. Perfect antidote to WFH .

"Lashing rain and snapped chain" was the gritty reality of last night's ride around Woburn Sands trails. Got lost several times trying to rediscover routes around The Birch Inn, but the low-point was discovering The Royal Oak was closed. At 10pm! :| . Fortunately its heated bivi-pods (see ...

Genius. All of the disadvantages of trains, but none of the advantages.

Indeed...my first official BB event and they throw in the added challenge of not being able to get there .