So what stupid thing have you done today?

Removed a blown brake bulb, got distracted and then managed to refit the blown bulb instead of the new one. Took me a while to realise what I’d done when it wouldn’t work.

@worldclassaccident

Good luck.

Same situation here as you. Small artists need our own collective gallery :).

Stupidly I haven’t done or planned anything stupid yet this weekend, the day is young however and I’m sure the universe will provide.

Drove to Leeds yesterday to visit a mate I’ve not seen since before lockdown.

Putting enough fuel in the car meant I had to sell a kidney to finance it.

Death roll in a GP14 resulted in an entanglement in ropes under a turtled boat yesterday. Couple of lungfuls of water and a bit of a flap from the safety boat.

Now counting bruises, digging out my safety knife to put back in my buoyancy aid and working out what the hell caused the capsize.

Spent ages looking at Adblue

Couldn’t get past this bit, never mind what size you ended up buying

Who spends more than 5 seconds looking at Adblue – yep, that’s adblue, buys it….?

Sprayed on suntan lotion. Put in frame bag. Went outside for long ride with OH. Got her a new road bike. She has never ridden a roadbike. She crashed into the hedge before we left our home and ended up upside down and made me go back and swap the bikes for the MTB hardtails. Forgot to switch contents of frame bag over.

4hrs of riding later and I have lobster red ears 🙁

On ‘one last skiing run’ I had a tumble, flying off the piste and into soft snow at the side.
It took ages to get the skis off and then back on. My goggles were full of snow, they steamed up and I’ve bumped the old bounce (hoorah for helmets). Apart from that everything is fine. Skiing without being able to see is not advised.

Put the summer tyres on…

Ignored my tiredness this morning and went for a hard ride before work regardless. Trails were boggy. Got stuck on a wet clay hill where a bridge had been washed away. Couldn’t get any footing and kept sliding back down. It took ages to get both bike and me up it together.

Finished without any further drama, came to work and have spent the day procrastinating due to tiredness.

Left honest feedback for a non-payer on eBay. It came back with a positive for them. No way to choose negative. Emailed eBay, the email got bounced back obviously. Properly stupid to even bother. Annoyed at the buyer, eBay and myself now, what a stupid waste of time and emotions!

My gravel bike has Shimano calipers. I haven’t used it for a few months. My stupidity was thinking it would work instead of having contaminated the brake pads with leaking fluid. Again.

Quick check of the new tent. Will it go back in the bag now? No. Never again will it be contained since tasting freedom.

went for a hard ride before work regardless. Trails were boggy. Got stuck on a wet clay hill

This sunny weather does trick you into thinking trails will be summer like… And they ain’t!
I went for a gravel-ish ride on Saturday and there were so many puddles! Yuech, wet legs :S

Death roll in a GP14 resulted in an entanglement in ropes under a turtled boat yesterday. Couple of lungfuls of water and a bit of a flap from the safety boat.

I’ve done that in a 420, its quite something t o be less than 2 inches from the surface and not be able to make that last stretch to air.

The worst injury I sustained though was slipping off the gunwhale as we went over and landing one leg either side of the stay. That was a “I don’t give a shit about the race, take me back in now” type conversation 😀

Quick check of the new tent. Will it go back in the bag now? No. Never again will it be contained since tasting freedom.

Are you stuffing or rolling? I’ve found more recent tents require the former or they just won’t go in, plus side being they take up less space I guess.

just made some peanut butter on toast where I was earlier chopping up dried red chilli’s….oooo that’s spicey toast!!!!

Maybe not as far as stupid, but I’m currently heading back home on the train from a long weekend seeing family in Prestatyn, wondering if I did the right thing.

I was tempted to stay another couple of days and include heading over to Stwlan Dam climb i had to abandon on Saturday, after encountering some dangerous crosswinds on the Denbigh Moor plateau after climbing Road To Hell for a second time.

But there’s stuff to do back home and my better half is there holding the fort while ~15 months into her Long COVID work absence.

Plus mum has a fairly new rehomed second dog that is still settling in.

I rushed to clean MrsMC’s bike this morning as she wants rid of it – managed to bend over too vigorously and tweaked my back. Rest of the week off and warm sunshine forecast. Bugger.

just made some peanut butter on toast where I was earlier chopping up dried red chilli’s….oooo that’s spicey toast!!!!

add some grated carrot, a bit of chopped corriander and a squeeze of lime next time.

bangin

I spent so long trying to work out a line then stopped for some food and took my helmet off. Then continued scoping then finally built up the courage to try it out.
Then afterwards realised my head was so cold because I’d forgotten to put my bloody helmet back on.

Then got accosted by some random woman who’d videod the whole debacle.

Oops

Looked too keen and over messaged the ridiculously cute girl I went on a riding date with at the weekend. Argh.

Went out on the bike when I should really be self isolating.
(Went out yesterday too actually)

@desparatebicycle

This sunny weather does trick you into thinking trails will be summer like… And they ain’t!
I went for a gravel-ish ride on Saturday and there were so many puddles! Yuech, wet legs :S

End of the summer and the wet season where I am, but certainly it’s wetter than ideal.

Found a packet of skittles in my work bag I’d forgotten about so thought I’d have a few with my breakfast. They may be chewy but one bite was enough to chip a tooth! Hopefully it doesn’t go all sensitive as I don’t have a dentist.

Looked too keen and over messaged the ridiculously cute girl I went on a riding date with at the weekend. Argh.

We’ve all been there!

Are thegeneralist and FFJA the same person? 😉 😀

Yesterday evening, MrsIHN and I decided to drive up the A6 through Hazel Grove at about half five, to go to Dunelm Mill in Stockport, to buy something we didn’t really want. The evening included a walk of the dog around Stepping Hill Industrial Estate, and eating a McDonalds in, well, McDonalds’ car park.

It wasn’t one of our better evenings.

We’ve all been there!

Man, she must be exhausted.

over messaged

I read that as over massaged.