Back massage chair from the wife, 7idp helmet from the outlaws, exposure light from, er, Santa, port x 2, and a card from my teenage daughter with such nice things written in it that I cried a tiny bit 😳
A nice bottle of whisky, some cash and the pleasure of seeing my daughter’s face when she got her first proper bike from Santa. I expect she’ll be dropping me on the hills by easter.
Happy Christmas all !!. I got a really nice Thomson stem , at the right length and rise, amazingly and also a multitool which weighs more than my heaviest bike with ‘spanners’ on it . But hey, its a great day. Just off to the pub with friends and neighbours now for a tipple and goss !!
I got a really nice Barbour leather briefcase, and yesterday I cracked open a bottle of Talisker and a bottle of Grey Goose. Inlaws just left after staying over, and now getting ready for my side to arrive about 3ish.
Painted by my grandad. Unexpected. Mrs t-r commented on how good his paintings were last week when we were round visiting.
We certainly didnt expect to recieve one as a gift !
Will get pride of place in our house. – do we need to do anything special with it to keep it in good nick ? Think its oil on canvAs but happy to be corrected.
I had my Dune Fat Bike a month early so wasn’t expecting anything. Ended up with my favourite minion (well a reproduction of), a doorstop in the shape of a puppy (as my wife really doesn’t want another dog) and this
[url=https://flic.kr/p/CthGbA]Awesome Christmas Present±[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr
which is fab. A bloke makes them to whatever ideas you have. So that’s a green bike and purple shorts/orange top to match my riding attire. The biggest difference is the lego fella has some hair.
Awesome present tho. Now above my desk in my home office. Makes me smile every time I look at it.
Nothing this year, cash is tight so we asked everyone to club together for merlin annual passes so we can entertain the wee uns on the cheap for the rest of the year.
Actually, I did get some marzipan fruit and a bottle of jack d so not all bad.
A Citiz nespresso machine whisky is just great complete with a stunning new espresso cup 🙂 I was rubbish with the wife and feel rubbish but will be getting her some of the already agreed I o u’s next week 🙂
And not bike related but two lino cuts from my youngest daughter who has just started A level art that are so good I got a bit emotional. Might have been influenced by the quantity of pre and during dinner drinks…
Proper Christmas stuff:
Socks. Nice ones
Toblerone. My favourite.
Chocolate orange. My other favourite.
iTunes voucher. Handy.
Bike stuff:
Park Tool pizza cutter
Park Tool DAG 2.2. (Very happy with that one)
A fastrakk fat bike stand for the dune, a few t shirts, Costa voucher for my caffeine fix, selection of whiskey miniatures, couple of books, and the family round the table who all enjoyed the dinner I cooked, that was all I reall needed to be honest……well that and the fat rack 😆