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!
