Had a long ride on the bike yesterday, and have woken to an Egg and Bacon sandwich, some socks with pictures of bikes on and Hotel Chocolat Coca Gin which I shall dabble with later.
Planning to laze about today, with the odd coffee break.
You?
So far - one card.
I have two kids in the house 🙄
Cards, chocs, smellies and a bromeliad.
Cards and a book related to my other hobby. It was my wife's 50th yesterday so we're all a bit zonked today.
... Minor disappointment at the lack of fried breakfast
Case of Hook Norton beer, Lego and a Buff. Eldest child cooked a full English with my O/H's help.
I'm a bit worried that I'm being set up for something bad, never had this much fuss before!
Card and a tenner to spend on "bikes or Airfix".
Going to dig a tree stump out of my FiL's garden in the rain later. That'll be a treat.
I got a lay-in until 7.30, came downstairs to no greetings or acknowledgement. Kids handed me the card and present then when straight back to there tablets. Wife finally spoke to me after 90 minutes to announce she's annoyed that I'm riding my bike to on Wednesday (on a day I took as holiday) and leaving her with the kids. Oh, and it's raining so my first riding at the weekend pass of the year is doing to be damp.
So not great
Should have added that I'd got up, put the washing on, made coffees for me and MrsMC so she could watch Escape to the Country reruns in bed, got up again, put the washing out, sorted the pets out...
As a special treat, we are driving to a nearby country park for a stroll for the first time since lockdown. Rather than going somewhere with a cafe doing takeaway coffee.....
Nice handmade card from the four year old with an excellent picture of me apparently being cross 😁
Couple of bike related Nik naks, couple of nice local beers,. Bit of chilling out this morning but hopefully a little family ride out later.
Then I get to go to work from 2pm till 10. 😕
One hug and a bread and butter pudding.
Going for a kayak on the Thames with my two sons. Present was a paddle. We built a stand last weekend and have acquired the necessary paraphernalia. Now to test my boat.
Got brought up breakfast in bed (a bowl of cereal) plus new sign for my shed/office, terrys choc orange and some pineapple jaffa cakes (which aren't that bad which surprised me somewhat)
Not doing a great deal today, got the inlaws round this afternoon if the weather holds. We had an afternoon exploring some local coast and then a bit of exploration of an old gun emplacement (Grain Tower) yesterday followed by fish and chips so i'm pretty content
Being made to wait until later this afternoon...
I'll update then.
Recovering from my gran fondo ride race against the sun that eventually started at ~1740 yesterday, getting back around officially sunset time of ~2125.
But while my better half is visiting her dad and his vulnerable wife, by travelling in a car with her sister, I might pop out on the bike... Or just sit around in y-fronts and a string vest smokin' a 20-pack of cigs and drinkin' a 6-pack of Stella.*
* Some Most of this sentence may be made up.
A huge bar of Toblerone and a bottle of Tobermory Gin 👍.
Card from youngest, his big brother (17) rolled in pissed at the back of 5 this morning so won’t see him today....
Cards, ales, toblerone and haribo. Result
About to go on a 60km or so gravel ride and back for Chelsea match, then roast dinner and finally the Merseyside derby. And some of those ales obviously.
Quite happy with my lot.
Burnt toast, whisky, crazy golf.
About standard! 😃
making breakfast for everyone and waiting for everyone to get up. Same as every other day. Cant wait to cook my own dinner
Still under lockdown restrictions here so only able to have a chat over the phone with my dad. Sounds like he's struggling a bit but in good spirits. Can't wait for the day I can just jump in the car and go see him and mum.
Don't know yet, haven't seen the kids. Just got back home after leaving the house at 7am, knackered and muddy, marvelous. A snooze is on the cards for this afternoon....
Will be spending afternoon with oldest son, partner and 1 yr old grandson - play time, yay!
Probably hear from other two this evening.
Sleeping followed by work or at least trying to sleep.
Received beer (Beer Hawk case) and a giant gingerbread thing (!?!)
Fitted new Shotgun child seat to the bike yesterday, so hope to get out for a family ride later.
Might get a chance to take my nitro R/C car out for it's first in 20 yrs, as I've been working on getting it back to life.
My dads are both dead and I’m not a dad so a quiet day remembering a couple of great blokes.
Plus beers, bikes and guitars obviously.
I left for work before anyone else was awake, so nothing yet. I did spot a few transactions on the bank card last week but they were all Etsy so even if they’re for me it could be anything, from really good or total shite.
Had a card, a bag of fudge a bright orange shirt and an inexpertly made bacon and egg sandwich (wife).
We're now sat glues to BBC news because of the forbury garden incident (we're in Reading)... So meh, thus far.
Might get out for a ride later.
I'm with eddiebaby on this one. Lost my dad earlier this year and so I'll be having a quiet sit in the shed, remembering the good times.
2 bottles of Aspalls, some Green & Blacks chocolates and a card. Not really bothered by it though, load of rubbish really. None of us even new it was fathers day until Friday evening!
Co-op vegetable crisps and Snyders honey and mustard pretzel pieces. Pack of cheap ice lollies (my guilty pleasure, I love a fake flavour orange or lemon ice lolly) Handmade card.
Done a couple of hours ride to Windsor and back, would have been and been back before anyone got up normally but it was raining hard first thing. Now sat on the decking under my best lockdown purchase (£130 Trespass event shelter plus some sunken head M8 screw in sleeves and eye bolts to fix it down to the deck) in my outdoor living room eating cheap ice lolly.
8/10 as Father's Days go, especially as every I say not to bother as it's just a scam to sell cards.
Boys noticed I'm back home so appeared bearing gifts.
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It's also your 86th birthday?
Happy birthday!
Are they knee sliders?
It’s also your 86th birthday?
Happy birthday!
😀 not quite, although some days it feels like it
Are they knee sliders?
Yes, previous set are looking a little second hand now.
I got a flat white from a local cafe on the way back from the walk 👍
Crikey. I’ve never drunk neat Gin before but the instructions for the Cocoa Gin are neat over ice with a slice of orange.
By god, it’s good. A light citrus start, and a warming finish with hint of dark chocolate, not full on chocolate at all.
A book, galaxy chocolate (compulsory) and a 1kg box of crunchy nut cornflakes 🙂
Called my dad for a chat, we've not seen him in 6 months.
I've spent the morning giving middle_oab a driving lesson. First time on roads...
Came back to warm scones...
Om nom nommage...
No cards or pressies as yet, I quite like it that way.
Had a bike blast. Received some nice wine from my kids. Have just hoovered and re-loaded the fridge so am thinking a nice sit in the garden and I'm two thirds of the way through a very long MP3 reading of a book. Not raining yet. Great joy.
I’ve spent the morning giving middle_oab a driving lesson. First time on roads…
I reckon you'd want to come back to something stronger than cakes 🙂
I was out riding before ours (19 and 21) were up. Came back to two cards, wine and cheese. Cards said 'Have a good day riding, eating cheese and drinking wine'. They know me so well.
I was quite touched actually!
Came back from my ride seconds before the rain and got a great gift.
Everyone is out.
Amps fired up. Pedalboard sorted, looper primed so a couple of hours of stereo rig madness before they head back.
Simple things. Just pouring the first beer.
C A K E
I got what I 'hinted' at - a bottle of nice rum (Ninefold) and a jar of nice pickled onions (Barry Norman)
Went for a nice walk at local dumbles (waterfall/valleys/woods). First family walk since Mother's day.
2 cards and a bottle of Hendricks and some BBQ skewers...Had to improvise when we ran out of skewers at last BBQ.
1 fathers day card
1 birthday card, he just saw DAD on front never read it until home 😁
I had to spend the day driving for ages to take the mother in law for a birthday picnic and suffer the SIL followed by driving home again, and like the beer I havent had I am bitter. And the bloody pubs are shut!
I got to ride 200k in the sun yesterday.
Today I got a poached egg and bacon on toast a card and 3 tins of beer.
All in a top weekend 🙂
Revell MV-22 Osprey and MH47E Chinook kits. *Very* happy. It's almost like my children know me.
Some nice handmade cards from the kids and some bargain chocs from 'Barrys Bargains' (better than it sounds). Otherwise normal ish day off riding with the kids, chopping down trees and getting my first haircut since lockdown from the wife, who's done quite a good job even if it's just a 2 grade buzzcut.
A pair of socks
A bottle opener
A toblerone
A chocolate orange
A box of heroes
A bag of pork scratchings
A bag of premium pork scratchings
A lovely handmade card from my daughter
A card full of insults from my sons
premium pork scratchings
I think you've won today...
I got a Timber bell, quite chuffed. Wanted one for ages.
I think you’ve won today…
Feels that way
T-shirt in size large, I wear a medium.
Shave oil,face scrub & shave balm, I have had a beard for years....
Is he trying to tell me something....
Anti aging cream off the youngest
The oldest is out shopping so I guess someone reminded him this morning lol
I got a copy of Tim Weaver's newest title in the David Raker series, No One Home. It's exactly what I wanted.
Got a four colour Biro and a box of tic-tacs.
A case of beer from beer hawk and spent 3 hours down at the local ponds...caught 4 decent carp in glorious sunshine so quite a good day really.
I'm enjoying the Vocation Brewery Father's Day pack of beer.
😎😎😎
I'm not a parent (that I know of)
😜
A bottle of whisky and a fall out with an 11 yr old which spoiled my day entirely.
Yesterday started with a loop of the NY Moors with a good friend, sadly this excursion ended with an OTB, facial grazing and bruised ribs 😳
Got home to appreciation, cards, Doom Bar and gifts from the junior Wombats (although they're both technically adults).
A very good day (apart from the OTB bit)
Day out in the Peaks on Friday, Guiness cake on Saturday and vocation brewery box of beers. Best of all was the home made card from my 6 year old that he made at school. Pretty chilled weekend otherwise as we have kind of got used to through lockdown.
new pair of fivetens off my two. they gave one one each wrappped up!
im sure they would have been offended had i not tested them out and got them muddy!
Been quite good at dodging the storms and showers lately - my luck ran out!
I have no kids, my Dad is dead (and we weren't that close before), I call yesterday Sunday.
One card, a case of Estrella (from the non-card giver) and 3kg of Starmix. We all did a fiendish quiz on Zoom in the evening, the rounds were different subjects all linked by a theme and spot the missing part of the theme final answer.
I have no kids, my Dad is dead (and we weren’t that close before), I call yesterday Sunday.
So why come on here and spoil the fun for the dads?
I was up and out the door for a ride before anyone else surfaced.
Returned home in the mid-afternoon to a guilt-trip from the wife because I hadn't "wanted to spend time with my son" and "she wasn't angry, just sad" and "I go for a ride every Sunday" I also got 2 bottles of Corona beer from our son.
PS. I spend time with my son (who is 20) most days, we walk the dogs together and talk about amazingly random shit, so it's not like we aren't pretty close.
PPS. I lost a couple of hours before returning home because I was at my mothers fitting a new door strip in the kitchen doorway where one had been missing for a few weeks now.
Our youngest gets very excited for celebratory stuff, always makes something thoughtful. I got a box containing assorted sweets, a book and a voucher for a family surfing lesson in the hope we get to Cornwall this summer - something of a tradition now with the same instructor. I think I saw No1 for around 30 mins and popped down to my dad for a bit. After a swim in the morning spent the afternoon watching documentaries about climbing, swimming and surfing.
Made my own breakfast (although I had to stay out of wife and youngest way as they were off to horses), made lunch for everyone (although I had to wait for them to get back at indeterminate time), ordered takeaways for us all. I did get cards from the girls and a book which wasn't expected and was nice.
I also got one of these which I'd ordered for myself
No cards, but home made jam tarts (eldest son) and home made curry (youngest son). But we are very distracted as eldest son goes in on Wednesday to get new (actually second hand) kidney. From me - best fathers day present ever.