Not a lot to add here, as we’ve not had much chance to explore, but I’m on Vancouver Island. I can probably provide some advice on local stuff, plus if he gets in a jam and needs a friendly face I’m happy to share my contact details.

Dude

I don’t use money cos it just pays the Man

I eat what I grow and it feeds me and the fam

I’ve a problem with my bike though, it squeaks when it’s wet

I need to bag some lube, can I trade you a courgette?

The video the OP linked too was filmed in one of our farms. The staff out there are used to seeing some pretty cool stuff, but this blew them away.

There were two theories for what happened:

The eagle saw the octopus near the surface and thought it was an easy meal

The octopus was “fishing” using one of its tentacles as bait and caught something larger than it was expecting. Apparently they are known to catch and eat smaller seabirds that way.

Either way neither participant seemed too keen on continuing the struggle. The octopus gave up pretty easily when they started to separate them, and the eagle seemed pretty relieved. I think the eagle would have lost if they had been left to it though.

My experience is very similar to tthew, I’m happy with mine, although I’m yet to try linking to strava

Sat on a train into central London from Twickenham i had an argument with Rory Underwood about whether it was him or his brother in the Pizza Hut advert. He said it was him, i thought it was Tony. To be fair he probably knew better than i did, but i still think i was right.

he was very patient and polite, given that i was a drunken belligerent idiot.

convert speaks sense, there is so much exploring to do in that whole area which will be even quieter than before as the NC500 honeypot sucks people in

we were up that way a couple of weeks ago, were quite lucky with the weather and had a great time with the most wonderful beaches all to ourselves :)

That’s a great write up, really interesting and inspiring. I’d love to see the frame built up and hear how it rides.

i really enjoyed your blog too, well done!

Nothing in Fort William, it’s had a few goes at snowing but nothing has come of it, beautifully dry hard ground though :)

All I can hear is the Red Kite calling.

There is a lovely poetry to that line, reminds me of cycling along the ridgeway near Wantage :)

a great idea – chapeau to the anonymous donor!

I’ve thrown a tenner in to this very worthy cause – best of luck Bullheart

i have a Klein shaped box to tick of my own too so fingers crossed :)

slugs mating?

Cheers Wallop, I’m in too :)

deepreddave » I’m wondering if the OP is the driver….

That would explain why he’s never in when he tries to deliver it.

Genius

Ewok village thread, it’s pretty awesome

Ewok

I’ll 2nd Muncaster

it is great, with fantastic displays from the birds and a team who are passionate about what they do.

seeing a peregrine flying at speed close up is an amazing experience

the rest of the castle and grounds are good too

receive it, tuck it out of the way and don’t open it until the following day.

“It’s often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”

Hi Joe

I’ve got one that I ride locally, mostly just for solo rides or when out with the family. I’ve ridden it a few times up at the Nevis range with mates and not been left behind pushing up the hill. I love the simplicity and low maintenance and I’m considering going rigid for winter.

Currently 32:16 with an oval ring

I’d have struggled on most of the climbs I did with you guys though! Definitely needed all the gears for that one!

only 8 hours left for the broadcast of ep 1 – just remembered in time :)

a property run as a B&B that we looked at recently had published the business takings for the last 3 years as proof of a viable business as well as likely income for future owners

it would be worth doing the same to give prospective buyers a clue they weren’t buying an unsuccessful enterprise

I don’t think Charge have been mentioned just yet

one of the first to try out 3d printed drop outs iirc

good shout, my first discworld novel and a great way to introduce it to my son :)

cool, thank you for the tip :)

off to have a listen

my list of Scottish airports is quite interesting

Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Prestwick
Inverness
Stornoway
Kirkwall
Connell
Barra
Colonsay
Coll
Tiree
Islay
Benbecula

My international airport experience is less so

What’s going on with the spokes in the last photo?

Is it an artefact of the image capture process or is it flex due to the stresses they are under?

It seems to be the same for all of them

seems a bit of an odd choice for 9 yr old me, but from what I can remember Prince was the choice of the cool kids at school, i was obviously keen to be one of them

made myself a coffee and didn’t drink it

TGA – yep I think you are right. let me know if you are up for an afterwork ride at some point

TGA – I missed the critical word there, apologies

the concerning bit here, is not that you got completely undressed to do the deed, although how bad must it be that you feel you need to do this?, it’s that you didn’t bother to get dressed again once you’d finished!

I read

unloaded his bowels

as uploaded his bowels – I was trying to work out how that could work and figured it was a specialist element of flickr

Rolling a spare roll under the partition would have been the right thing to do, saving him the shuffle of shame

Another Chesney owner here, had it for three years, very happy with it. Drop me an email if you have any questions

Fingers crossed for good news

Your positivity and energy are inspirational

The resilience of children is amazing, but if they are old enough to ask questions they need to be answered truthfully*. they will often process things in a very simple way and will offer a route to acceptance of the situation that wouldn’t occur to adults.

my dad died suddenly four years ago, my kids were asleep at the time and trying to explain why grandpa wasn’t there any more was a very hard thing to do.

my thoughts are with you, its a horrible position, but as above, focus on the daughter as she will need help and helping her will help others too.

*obviously spare any gory or upsetting details, but saying someone has gone to a better place can lead to confusion, which is hard to unpick.

nice one :)

First evening ride
Dry sunny cold
Home in twilight

Good thread OP

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This was with 700×32 tyres, but I’m pretty sure I had 700×42 on there at some point. definitely feasible, and fun. not sure why I sold it really

I thought that too, then wondered if the difference in material had resulted in slightly narrower clearances for the chain and seat stays

Decided it was economically more appropriate to by a frame for £90 than £610 so went for the Parkwood. A new project for 2017:)

No pics, but a family ride with wife and two kids, then 6 & 9, which was meant to be about 10km but turned into nearly 20km as everyone was enjoying it so much. It’s amazing what little legs can achieve when they are happy and kept well fuelled :)

Well played Northwind

And a business idea to boot :)