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A bike ride. Some have been too slow, too hard, too tame, too scary, too wet, too cold, too far, too short and many other complaints.
But fundamentally, apart from 3 where my bike has been stolen, the have all been good.
The shower after any bike ride that's been too anything. Especially the shower after a too cold or too wet ride 😃
Petch's pork and apple pies. I've been disappointed by the inconsistencies of many other foods and activities, but not them.
I've never really 'got' or eaten an empire biscuit, they just look so unappealing and dull.
not having children
waking up on a day off, nothing planned and just lazing in bed
The counterbalance to this (and I think we are probably both right).
Having children
Waking up on a day off and loading three bikes or bags of sailing gear into the car instead of one, getting over their infuriating morning chaos and heading off with two people whose skills and capabilities are always expanding and having great company and youthful excitement around you to drag you out of weekend pit of inactivity you might have otherwise slipped into.
My goodness though they're hard work and sometimes infuriating too 😂
Greek yoghurt ✅
Montane clothing ✅
Whoever that was saying Rab instead, I'd say complete opposite although that's unnecessarily harsh on Rab.
@didnthurt - I've had loads of Montane kit over the last 20+ years and not one problem. I'm not slim, very clumsy and don't take that much care of my kit.
The only negative thing is the reflective dashes occasionally peel off the windshirts after about 5-10 years of use
If you’re going to diss all the rest of an absolutely peerless body of work at least get the name of the album you like right.
Do you need a cuddle?
A cold water swim. Today 16 mins in the 11 degree river. Absolutely joyful.
For little things that make everything better, a Greggs cheese and onion pasty 😃
People taking the path of least resistance.
Cup of tea at home in your favourite mug.
Welcome cuddle from the kids.
Christmas day overindulgance followed by a doze by the fire.
Being led down your favourite trails by your children, seeing how they take their own line.
The very minute you sit in your garden on a sunny day that one of your neighbours starts to mow their lawn.
The site of a Robin in the winter.
Your morning loo time.
Freewheeling down hill.
Smell of freshly cut grass
Smell of a new Argus catalogue.
Riding till 10pm without lights in the Summer.
A DJ Shadow album.
Our two greyhounds. Absolute idiots at times, but fill me with joy constantly.
Seeing any footage of crowds being cajoled into chanting 'f the tories.'
Depot Bakery sourdough bread.
Riding my bike. As someone said earlier, there's a range of emotions involved, but to not be able to would be sh@t.
I’ve often been disappointed by a bike ride, sometimes me, sometimes the bike - a really irritating mechanical or awful weather…but I’m struggling to think of a disappointing ride on my fat bike. Every time I think about moving the old girl on to make space for another bike I just think how boring life would be without the odd big bouncy pogo grin inducing nonsense ride and stay she does.
Having proper mudguards on my bike in November. Or any other month.
On the other hand I have been disappointed in all of them compared to Trinity Sessions.
Oh I like them all but granted Trinity Sessions is very special.
A decent schralp.
THE Trinity SESSION!!!!!
One session, one day, one session only!!! Not sessions, not a series of recordings, just one amazing day of creative talent and amazing reverb
(actually they finished one of the songs later but it was basically one session and Misguided Angel was done in a single take!!)
Session. Just sayin.
Clutch gigs.
Solving a bouldering problem I've been struggling with.
Flat out on the bike.
Yer maw.
Thank God she fell asleep before she got a chance to demonstrate. Dodged a bullet there.
Or missed an opportunity.
Tabasco Sauce’s ability to improve a ration pack meal.
Or food at sea. Never really had it since.
Our two greyhounds. Absolute idiots at times, but fill me with joy constantly.
Mine is currently buttfacing, as is his M.O.
Fox’s crinkle crunch biscuits
A really hot bath.
Bacon
Don't ever go to the cafe on the estate where I work then.
Lucy Dacus
A sea kayak trip on the West Coast
A Levellers gig
My Paramo Velez smock (yes I know YMMV)
A bike touring/packing trip
A Levellers gig
Met up with my university mates for a near-30 year reunion, the excuse was a Levellers gig. I was never a fan, but figured it would be worth it to see them. I managed about 30 minutes, christ they're just as * as ever. Nice t shirts, but *ing awful music.
Bit like Cradle of Filth then.
One session, one day, one session only!!! Not sessions, not a series of recordings, just one amazing day of creative talent and amazing reverb
And one mic.
Beer
The cat
Richard Thompson
Mortimer and Whitehouse go fishing
Cracking open the throttle on a reasonably powered motorcycle.
A weekend at Oldskool
Monsoon Estates coffee
High as a Kite at Nant-yr-Arian
A week in Samoëns
Shimano XT
Mikkeller
The Blockheads
A big skein of geese.
Meteorite showers.
Those seconds after launching off a 10m platform.
Red squirrels
Met up with my university mates for a near-30 year reunion, the excuse was a Levellers gig. I was never a fan, but figured it would be worth it to see them. I managed about 30 minutes, christ they’re just as * as ever. Nice t shirts, but *ing awful music. <br /><br /><br />
Well at least they are consistent! I heave enjoyed every time I have seen them…
Red squirrels is a good one… but I think you could add kingfishers, dolphins and ospreys (when fishing). Many seabirds would qualify too. Oh, drumming snipe heard from a tent. Corncrakes
<br />Also my Pamir Hypercracker.
A BJ in my life.
The blackbirds in my garden (especially after putting out sultanas for them).
My lobster linguine. (Sometimes I use scallops - they're good too).
My ability to throw good money after bad. I suspect I'm a professional when it comes to that.
Seeing a large murmuration at dusk.
Not always a good thing...
How easy it is to clean my Aeropress
Watching Steve Smith waste a review on a plumb lbw.
Watching Steve Smith not refer an lbw in a WC final only to find he should have.
My old SS Singular Peregrine - 14 years and still most ridden bike.
Technics 1210 Mk2 turntables, built like tanks, serviced once in more than 30 years.
Pressing play on DJ Shadow's Entroducing, Portishead's first album or Massive Attack's Mezzanine.
Seeing daughter grow up to be a very funny and caring young lady.
Perusing the Screwfix catalogue on the bog
First cup of tea in the morning
Riding onto a ferry on my motorbike
The thinnest smear of marmite on hot buttered toast
First swallow of the summer
First log fire of the winter
Pub lunch by an open fire after a frosty walk/ride
Titanic Plum Porter