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Finland... Quite the place I want to be :grin: Enjoy! We're off to Estonia for two weeks in September, can't wait.

Cheery day here, mainly because the weather's remembered it's summer, for a few days at least (sat outside the pub til late Wednesday, and in the garden with pizza and music last night, in shorts and t-shirts). Joined a club ride this morning, couple of hours down the coast for a coffee and back. South Tyneside isn't so bad after all.

Off up to see a friend in Innerleithen and ride bikes this weekend, so the outlook is cheery too.
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in shorts and t-shirts
Can't be that warm if you're wearing multiple. :wink:
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:40 pm
in shorts and t-shirts
Can't be that warm if you're wearing multiple. :wink:
Aye in tyneside that's winter wear :grin:
thenorthwind wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:16 pm
Off up to see a friend in Innerleithen and ride bikes this weekend, so the outlook is cheery too.
Mind it's the world champ XC race tomorrow so the place will be mobbed and Glen tress off limits unless you shell out 30 bar. A few cheeky ways in though
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A bit of an "Oh, bugger!" today :oops:

Went for a short ride and thought the rear wheel was acting a bit odd. Just on the lane down to the house I looked back and saw a rather large wobble. Got home and checked for play in the bearings, none. Then went round checking spoke tension when I noticed...

One of the spokes/nipples had started to pull out of the rim! :shock:
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:roll: wasn't on my own. I know times are hard, but we're not at the sharing t-shirts stage yet.
You can wear the t-shirt between 12 and 2 and then it's my turn
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fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:02 pm Mind it's the world champ XC race tomorrow so the place will be mobbed and Glen tress off limits unless you shell out 30 bar. A few cheeky ways in though
Cheers, yeah well aware... Plenty of other spots in the valley to ride.
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thenorthwind wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:21 pm
Cheers, yeah well aware... Plenty of other spots in the valley to ride.
Yes and I never go there now since I left Edinburgh - Captains road, Minchmoor and the lovely descent from Kirkhope Law down to Peebles...
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Got 5 days stay just outside Dinas Mawddwy in a (modern) hobbits house with wifey and mini voodoo :-bd

Have no bike though…
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Plenty of good walking hills around Dinas though :-bd
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:08 am Plenty of good walking hills around Dinas though :-bd
That’s the plan, booked zip world and will visit Corris caves too :-bd Castell y Bere looks worthy of a visit too

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Spent the day canoeing on the Loire, generally cheery until we put the 2 kids in the same canoe and they had a strop... And then booked a place for the BB200 second weekend
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Castell y Bere looks worthy of a visit too
It is and have a walk up Bird Rock while you're there too.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:46 pm
Castell y Bere looks worthy of a visit too
It is and have a walk up Bird Rock while you're there too.
Nice community cafe at Abergynolwyn if it's open. And Brigands Inn at Mallwyd did nice nosh when we kipped in their car park last Winter Event.
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RIP wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:45 pm
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:46 pm
Castell y Bere looks worthy of a visit too
It is and have a walk up Bird Rock while you're there too.
Nice community cafe at Abergynolwyn if it's open. And Brigands Inn at Mallwyd did nice nosh when we kipped in their car park last Winter Event.
Thanks both, I’ll see what the mood of the day is with mini-voodoo :lol:
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Went to Blackpool yesterday to scatter some ashes for a relative who started his working life in the RAF - Wasn't aware there was an air show on, so it was a nice touch that he went into the sea with a Typhoon making a racket overhead.
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Maybe Magic Monday for this.

Just dug out an Ortlieb handlebar bag that I hadn't used for some time. It's more road tourer oriented than bikepacking. The mount *was* inside the bag so one less thing to worry about. Then I noticed the lockable release catch but no key :shock: luckily it was unlocked so everything was at least usable.

Wander round to the rack of keys by the door and pick one up. Doesn't have "Ortlieb" stamped on it but it loos about the right size so I give it a go...

It's the right key! :-bd just how lucky is that?
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So the Orange Manbaby's latest prosecutor is called.... Fanny Willies.

I'm sure she came on our Rude Place Names Tour but I could be wrong.
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RIP wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:06 pm So the Orange Manbaby's latest prosecutor is called.... Fanny Willies.

I'm sure she came on our Rude Place Names Tour but I could be wrong.
You taken my typo crown.
It Fani Willis. :roll: :grin:
I hope you think you know, what I might of exactly meant.
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Just woken up next to the hound, on a "girls night out" glamping it.
Soon time to put on some coffee.
Narrowly avoided putting myself forward for a new job then had the good sense not to...
Looking forward to a weekend of seeing friends and going RAVIN' :lol: :mrgreen: !!

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Verena wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:43 am Looking forward to a weekend of seeing friends and going RAVIN' :lol: :mrgreen: !!
You or Hermione?
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Off on a family holiday to Woolacombe - I’m even getting to take a bike so all is good.
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Well I woke up on Lord Rothschild's front lawn this morning so that's pretty damn impressive I reckon.
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RIP wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:15 pm Well I woke up on Lord Rothschild's front lawn this morning so that's pretty damn impressive I reckon.
Drunk? with no idea how you got there? Next to Lord Rothschild himself? (who brings to mind Paul Whitehouse's drunken toff character!)
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fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:07 pm
RIP wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:15 pm Well I woke up on Lord Rothschild's front lawn this morning so that's pretty damn impressive I reckon.
Drunk? with no idea how you got there? Next to Lord Rothschild himself? (who brings to mind Paul Whitehouse's drunken toff character!)
What an uncannily accurate portrayal of the proceedings, given that you're 500 miles away! What on earth gave us away?

And, as is customary with these sort of situations, I didn't have any trousers on either.
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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!!
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fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:07 pm
RIP wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:15 pm Well I woke up on Lord Rothschild's front lawn this morning so that's pretty damn impressive I reckon.
Drunk? with no idea how you got there? Next to Lord Rothschild himself? (who brings to mind Paul Whitehouse's drunken toff character!)
Me? The 13th Duke of Wybourne asleep on Lord Rothschild's front lawn? With my reputation?
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