The smell of laundry fresh from the line.

Finding a really good new patch of ripe brambles to pick.

The fact that some graffiti artiste saw fit to tag his name on the dog poo bin near the field up the road.

Getting home from a long ride and having a bath ready filled by the missus.
Discovering a great cafe with quality sausages
Finding paper money in a pair of trousers you've just put on
Cloudy morning turning into a sunny day.

Fail blog always cheers me up.

Remebering my re-usable carrier bags, so when the cashier says 'Do you need a bag?' I can say 'no its o.k I bought my own' and smile happily hoping that I'm doing something to reverse the train wreck that is global warming.

Dogs leaning out of the passenger windows of moving cars with that delighted dopey expression on their faces.

riding my bike and seeing wildlife i never would have seen any other way.beautiful vistas.just riding my bike full stop.

Puppies.

my two new chickens:

(sorry for bad pic). Pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things but utterly hilarious to watch.

Oh, and the moonlit ride to the station this morning that included cycling past a barnowl which sat at the side of the road and watched me cycle past without as much as blinking…

a big mug of tea

hot sunshine

swimming in the sea

Waking my kids up each morning.

Having a poo that needs no wiping.

Mister P that is so funny!!

For me its the smell of opening a new packet of coffee!

Cheddar cheese and pickle, the Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
Woody Allen, Dali, Dimitri and Pasquale
balabalabala and Volare

The feel of the sun on my back
Beans on Toast
Waking up after a really good sleep without the aid of an alarm clock
The sound of a distant aeroplane that's so far off it just makes the quietness seem even quieter

snoozing

Really moist carrot cake

sitting eating a whole packet of cheese singles
a really loud rasping fart
the look on my 2 year olds face as she does a really loud rasping fart
A big glass of red wine after a cold night ride

Kick starting angela.

making a cup of tea, getting distracted, and then coming back to it to find that not only hasn't it gone cold, it's actually now at the perfect drinking temperature.

One i haven't had for ages now, since i retired from the game in fact but…. spending a hot summer afternoon in the field at cricket, the fizzy sensation on your tongue of a pint of lager shandy that is waiting for you once you get these last 2 wickets.

Climbing into bed to find that MrsV has adopted the perfect shape to spoon up to, and then not getting protesting noises that you've woken her up 😉

A smile – given or recieved

My twins.

Seeing rare wildlife, watched a big 'ole red woodpecker a while back at Cymcarn, stopped us dead in our tracks.

Fresh Mocha coffee in the morning

A lie in.

labia

hearing that a mate you havent seen for ages is still out riding, in fact spotted, in the FoD, by other like minded individuals.

I quite like having a w*nk.

Second dogs leaning out of car windows

Dogging – leaning into the car window.

😉

watching the dog chasing the squirrels in the park, and barking at them when they climb a tree

the little 'samples' you get at the deli counter/ good bakers shops

British anything, because I still think its the best country on the planet, anyone who dissagree's with me can fek off abroad and complain about our imigration/the NHS/schools/police from a safe, distance. In fact this may improve the country by getting rid of the daily mail too.

mastiles_fanylion – Member
My twins.

Hardly insignificant!

racefaceec90 – Member
riding my bike and seeing wildlife i never would have seen any other way.beautiful vistas.just riding my bike full stop.

And how, prey tell, is RIDING A BIKE a petty, insignificant thing???!

That Fruitshoot advert makes me smile. Is it real or CGI?

Hardly insignificant!

Well yes, very true. Perhaps I should have elaborated – any small thing either of my twins do right now (at 13 weeks I see them do new things every time I am near them).

This has cheered me up no end: http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tattoo-fail

British anything

you sure about that?

A perfect spinnaker set, gybe or peel. Packing a spinnaker away 'just like that' with no hassles or annoying twists.

Fixing something right the first time with no appreciable effort.

Making a brace of perfect espressos.

The sound of cleats clicking into SPDs.

Manualling

Riding more than two berms smoothly in succession.

Fade jumps.

Early morning mist.

Making someone smile.

Being made to smile.

"A perfect spinnaker set, gybe or peel"

That is nice- seeing the competition faffing behind as you power off.

Waking up thinking its Monday then realising its only Sunday

the smells of either cut grass, hot crossed buns, or a barbeque

weeing in the shower

A bit like this?

🙂

A kiss from my young Nephew.
Seeing any wildlife.
Seeing a full moon on a clear night.
A favourite old song coming onto the radio.
Someone saying thankyou.
The smell of fresh bread.
Getting first tracks in powder.

Gosh I could go on and on.

I have to agree with TJ on this!! 😯 😉

An unexpected smile from a complete stranger can really cheer me up!!

And chatting to friendly people. We were at Lee Quarry at the weekend and at the end of the race chatted to a few poeple we've seen at Meridas over the years. WHAT LOVELY PEOPLE MOST MOUNTAIN BIKERS ARE!!!

There's so many ain't there? Some of my faves…
Marmite on toast.
Riding in the rain (once you're already there).
Pee stops in the spring sun.
The banter on a club run.
My wife's bum when she descends in front of me. 😉
SB