[Closed] How crap are your surroundings at this moment in time?

Flying to the US for a week for work tomorrow. Your picture is like me looking into my own future as I will be spending the weekend in my hotel in Powerpoint hell.

Could you do me a favour and straighten that light fitting. It's doing me head in.

Could you do me a favour and straighten that light fitting. It's doing me head in.

No, I can't even be arsed to make the bed - and working nights, I have a 'do not disturb' on the door, so don't even have a polish maid to do it for me

I'm relaxing having done two interval sessions on the CXer this morning. I have tea, a large ham sandwich, a house with only me in, a very large sofa, and just queued up The Barber of Sevilla on iTunes.

Good Night.

8)

Looking out of the office window at a 75 year old chemical works. Picturesque it is not.

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staring at the wall in a portakabin on an industrial estate but gonna foxtrot oscar in a bit and ride home through the south lakes in the sunshine. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

No windows, cannot see what its like outside, its 26°C in here with no fresh air, feeling very sleepy. 😐

I see they serve glasses of poo near the sun loungers.

I fully expected a good proportion of gloating posts, but bruneep - if I was somewhere that sunny, I'd be finding a better view. I'm sure you'll cope though 😉

No work to do, so hiding in the loo
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Luton Airport. What do I win?

Stuck in Dalaman airport with two kids, dying iPads, and still six plus hours of delay to go....

It's horrible. Horrible.

DrP

Hmmm, DrP seems to be winning at the moment

Sat on the upper deck drinking cocktails, couldn't be arsed moving to get a better pic.

I'm in a post room. In a basement. At the back of a loading bay. In Wapping.

I win.

I'm in a post room. In a basement. At the back of a loading bay. In Wapping.

My soul went cold reading that

I'm sitting in my kitchen so all good here

If you're in Epping trying to kill time, just go for a walk outside! It's a bit windy but the woods are lovely and will always be nicer than a hotel room. Particularly if you have a bike, though they're still good on foot

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It was spitting when I went to Tesco Express in Theydon Bois - was considering taking the camera into the woods, but considering every night this week is being spent on a windy, wet motorway slip road, I CBA

Might try and bring the bike next week if it's going to be nice

I'm in a post room. In a basement. At the back of a loading bay. In Wapping.

I win.

I'm chained up in a mail sack, spying on Woppit.

I win.

I'm in the office watching cyclists go past my window but, my wife has just popped in with our 5 month old baby.

As such, i'm looking at a dribbling mess that's stuffing socks into her mouth.

As such, i'm looking at a dribbling mess that's stuffing socks into her mouth.

Having a baby can do that to some women.

I'm in an office, overlooking a very grey and dank Waterloo station.

Still, it's an improvement over earlier this morning, when I nipped down to the bathroom for a wazz - someone in there was obviously fighting a losing battle with a particularly stubborn turd, with the predictable collateral farting damage.

The noise was akin to a dozen Cossack dancers drunkenly attempting to Hopak whilst knee deep in jelly.

MrW lots of members of my family learned to swim off Wapping steps. You could come out of those surroundings and have a nice swim!

Not bad. I'm in an office, sat at a desk, doing officey stuff, but it's a new office, much nicer than the crappy old office. tHe people here are good to work with.

I'm next to the floor-to-ceiling window, and I can see Canary Wharf, Shooters Hill, the Thames, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Crystal Palace, The Shard, the North Downs, and the crappy old office.

Got the mo'bike downstairs and I'll be on it shortly, heading for the hills!

Epping is a nice place to be in general - lots of walking and cycling

Cheap hotels and motorway slip roads are not high on the list of trip advisor places to visit!

There are other places to go if you have a car - top golf is just down the round if that's your thing. There's also a Maccy Ds up the road with a soft play style climbing frame thing... you might be a bit big for that though...

I'm in a large air conditioned office with sealed windows with teasing views over a leafy hill using an ancient XP computer with a mouse with a ball and out of date software doing work I was doing ten years ago surrounded by people waiting to retire

This is really your view isn't it bigjim 😉

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Open plan office on a dull industrial estate just off the A14.

And in about 6 mins, I'll be joining the joyful throng on the A14 making their way home. I [s]love[/s] hate my commute.

I'm in the office.

A great big brutalist 80's council building, with bare concrete walls inside.

Our CEO is doing a drive by visit tomorrow and someone suggested they hide me. I pointed out that I can be polite when I need to be, I just don't see the need to be polite about the fact the bloke who's supposed to be dragging us out of this mess has deemed us worth of his presence when he should be doing some real work and I'm working the last month of my notice because when have none.

I'd take days off in Epping over this any day.

Killing time before going for a haircut, weather is miserable wet and cold. I think you get the picture, no photo needed.

At work, looking out onto the farmyard - office is in converted farm buildings in the Scottish Borders.

It's sunny, blue skies and if I wanted I could ride straight out onto trails from the door. And if I wanted to I can be in the car park at Innerleithen in 20 mins for some enduro-gnar, but that was yesterday 🙂

I DON'T win.

Might try and bring the bike next week if it's going to be nice

I'm around the corner from you and an Epping regular, happy to guide you around the forest single track if you want a blast and we can make the time work, same for Road. If your around next Wednesday and fancy some racing the Beastway series will accommodate you.

There a Miller & Carter steak place up the road - go past Theydon Bois Tesco (with it on your right), all the way up the hill to the roundabout and you'll see it, and Gunpowder Mill/park is worth is visit.

Edit: Why didn't you stay in the Mariott?

Just finished work. Loaded the bike in the car. Couple of hours in the woods and fish n chips on the way home. Missus and kids out for the night. Just me and the dog.

Home now, but not so long ago, was sat here
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Nice, it was.

I'm around the corner from you and an Epping regular, happy to guide you around the forest single track if you want a blast and we can make the time work, same for Road. If your around next Wednesday and fancy some racing the Beastway series will accommodate you.

There a Miller & Carter steak place up the road - go past Theydon Bois Tesco (with it on your right), all the way up the hill to the roundabout and you'll see it, and Gunpowder Mill/park is worth is visit.

Edit: Why didn't you stay in the Mariott?

I'm actually at the Bell Hotel just down the road from the Miller & Carter - might check out the Forest Lodge Motel next week to see if it's a bit more bike friendly.

If I manage to squeeze the hardtail into the truck, I'll give you a shout! I am usually kicking around from 1pm when I get up to 7pm when I have to get ready for work. Erm, certainly don't fancy any racing!

Cheers

I know it. You are about 50m from lots of singletrack 😀

Stuck in Dalaman airport with two kids, dying iPads, and still six plus hours of delay to go....

It's horrible. Horrible.

on the plus side, 6 hr delay = compo doesnt it? my mates been really lucky (or unlucky whichever way you see it), big delays a few times and paid for decent holidays with the compo each time.

Waiting outside Wembley with the kids for England vs Portugal.

I'm in the West Midlands 🙁

I'm home now with an upset over-tired toddler who's jump bumped her head and can't stop blubbing whilst a constant stream of little 10 year old Dragons Den hopefuls take turns knocking on the door to offer to wash my car in fairy and grit or sell fruit well past its best - but this is relative heaven compared to the day I've had flying between Caerphilly, Newport and Blackwood picking up laptops from needle exchanges and methadone clinics for encryption whilst thier owners all try to dodge it, or wonder aloud why today, why so long, why why why me etc. I carried 11 in one go up 6 flights of stairs on legs that spent last night doing lap after lap of Forrest Fawr on a 'training ride'.

I've got to do it all in reverse tomorrow...

On a train, heading towards Cardiff. Weather improved dramatically not long after I left freezing Swindon. Was flippin cold cycling to the station in short sleeves and legs lycra. That's wrong.

Countryside is looking beautiful in full early summer sunshine 🙂

I'm in the West Midlands

I think that even beats DrP 🙁

On a train, which is delayed (as always). But it's not that busy, so... Meh.

Just gone through Gatwick.

1/2 way through a dog walk, sitting by the canal in broad sunshine with a pint. It's awful.

Going through Newport now so I win, temporarily.

Im 8000 miles (give or take a few) away from the uk sat in a crappy building in the Falklands looking after QRA Typhoons, my work per day amounts to fitting 4 pins and then 10mins later taking the same four pins out. repeat once in the afternoon.

Its cold, wet, foggy and just downright miserable.

Oh and Ive got another 3 and a half months to do !! 🙁

Still sat at my desk in grotty BS5 after an 11 hour day,banging headache as usual,currently watching 2 cats bitterly fighting in the industrial yard outside and feeling very envious of their lifestyles and freedom.

Earlier on I was on a train from Derby to London, next to a Northern family who has successful trained their kids - approx 3 & 9 - to be totally successful gobshites.

Now in recovery after a turbo session with some Pinot Grigio on the sofa 🙂

Been cutting hedges all day until I sliced the cable in two!!! 😳 And I am crap at mending things!!

Now watching a crap Wendy match before Peakey Blinders!

It was an hour ago, but theres no mobile connection in the South Downs..

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The view of the setting sun over the Dyfi estuary from the lovely campsite just outside Machynnleth accompanied by Mrs BigJohn and the 6yr old grandson is rather lovely.

Currently sat with a pint watching the sun go down on the Lake District. Next to bed where I will undoubtably hear the couple in th room above celebrate their anniversary.

At home now but 3 hrs ago I was in prison.
I'm now happy but 3 hours ago I wasn't.

Sound exciting. What did you do to get there?

Spent the day in a park in Old Town Edinburgh, drinking Beavertown beer, eating a picnic from the deli and reading Punisher in 24c sun on my first day of a two month paid holiday from work.

Sound exciting. What did you do to get there?

Applied for a job as a prison officer 13 years ago.

It's $hit, had 11 prisoners go 'under' on NPS this afternoon alone.

37c, florida, just got back from DisneyWorld to the hotel.

Freshen up then a few beers and a rack of ribs on the strip, when will this he'll end!.

Working from home, the view from the dining table... Queenstown nz
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Temp inversion for about the 3rd time this week, don't want to go down the hill

Sat at the base of a UNESCO world heritage site, locked in my office with the blinds down, a/c cranked up full, ignoring people knocking at the door so I can simply get the last three weeks work which has been interrupted by various things done in the next two days.............but alas procrastination is also causing me to post on here. I will swap all this for motivation please.

The view is wonderful, my drive home, is fantastic, mountains and such like, marred only by there being other people around.

Spent all night here...

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Now back in my hotel room

How long did it take to paint the lines on the road?

10 seconds 😉

last day with my dog today for the next 6 months or so, before moving back to UK. She knows something's up as she keeps bringing me her toys. Certainly bittersweet here

I'm in Police Custody. As luck would have it, I'm sitting on the 'right' side of the desk. I'm currently deciding between another brew and five minutes on the porcelain throne.

Today is my last shift before our first child is born on Monday, so I'm somewhat de-mob happy...

Morning! Early jog down the beach... Bit chilly 😐

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Aberdeen airport, flight delayed by an hour. Stuck in conversation with a colleague I don't particularly like. Could be worse though.

Currently sat in the sun, drinking coffee and staring at my bikes knowing I have to go and sit in the office all day instead of riding. Not too bad though as i'm off to France tomorrow!

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Sitting in my modern, open plan and luminous office. Can see the mountains from here, which ia a) nice and b) not so nice, as I'm here and not there. Could be worse I suppose.

Every now and then an attractive Spanish woman walks past, which is distracting but I'm not complaining 😀

I lIve in Swindon. All of these places are betterer.

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although I've got to go to Manchester in a bit...

I'm currently sat in an office, in a fairly secure establishment full of quite a few undesireables.

I can't take a photo for obvious reasons but be assured the views aren't anything to talk about.

Oh, and to make it even better, I just waiting for 10 men to arrive and talk about how they commited some pretty serious domestic violence.

I defy anyone to be in a better place right now 😛

How crap are your surroundings at this moment in time?

Applied for a job as a prison officer 13 years ago.

It's $hit, had 11 prisoners go 'under' on NPS this afternoon alone.

Hmmm interesting...I've done 18yrs now...its more $hit

Enduring the 7th consecutive day of wall to wall blue sky sunshine in the Lakes, been off most of the week, worked yesterday and today tootling around the national park in my ambulance enjoying the scenery!

I'm in trap 2 ,in the lavs. So pretty crappy.
If the op does bring bike I'm around from 1 ish most afternoons next week if you want a slower guide than Kryton.
Epping forest. is dry :-).

3phase - Member
Working from home, the view from the dining table... Queenstown nz

Remarkable. 😉

(I'm back in the post room, BTW. In, as I said, the basement. At the back of a loading bay. In Wapping)