Have a read of this and then consider whether things are better, worse or about the same…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Europe-Travels-Through-Twentieth-Century/dp/009951673X

Bruno Jelly went to my school, as did his brother Ben Jelly.
Nicola-Jane Sheringham-Smith was a small child I knew.

Why would a squirrel need a putty knife?

^ solution to that is choose a ride with plenty stiles, hike a bike and gates.

😀

Always amazes me when customer walks in with a 20 year old bike still with original parts, worn out shifters & expects them to work like they did the day they bought it after we’ve replaced the inner cable (they wouldn’t stump up for an outer too)

“I don’t want to spend too much on it, mind. It only cost me £25…”

Out-and-back to the lighthouse, from wherever you want to start, is splendid.

Turn left at the King’s Head and keep going.

Before I put on my make-up,
I say a little prayer for you.

Anchovies are for wimps. Surstrumming for the tough guys.

Fart

Anyone who has used a urinal whilst wearing shorts will know why you need to wash your jeans. #splashback

Smokey jo is out of date. It is possible to claim 20 yera usage by bicycle under the CROW Act. You would have a claim for Restricted Byway.

Austrian hipsters are embracing the whole traditional felt hat ‘n’ lederhosen look so I’m predicting morris dance daywear.

The Le Havre and Caen ferry crossings are long and expensive. And unless things have improved in the last few years, the le havre ferry was like a cattle boat.

Think again!

What’s the white stuff in bird poo?
That’s bird poo, too.

Ps. If you head the other way to Normandy, there’s some lovely trails in the Suisse Normande.

I don’t know but I will be watching this with interest. It always looks like a nice area.

Chocolate makes you lose weight.

Hi vickypea, the issue with not being able to clear your mind when you are trying to sleep…try learning a poem or a bit of Shakespeare or anything you like really. When you are trying to sleep, go over it in your mind, trying to remember as much if it as you can. I usually fall asleep somewhere around the third line.

Loved it!

Dr Beeching closed “several railways”, eh?

Snozzlebert Snickersbar

Fed up with, not of.

Some great finds there singlepeeps! that King Crimson is tiptop.
My first Whistle Test memory is John Martyn doing this. It blew my 8 year old mind.

My mum is from Germany and she insisted on lighting real candles on the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. I miss that, and the terrifying anticipation of the whole house burning to the ground, with all our presents.

My downfall has always been “one more bun”.

God yes. It’s the wind, the wind.

Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All Men.

Oh, that’s two things.

Oof, sad news. That sour little song was the best Christmas record ever.

I was planning to bimble this afternoon but I would have been blown off the bike so I had a walk instead.

Eddies in the space-time continuum.

Ah, is he. Is he really.
🙂

Wabbit season!

^Saturday’s bimble took me past this abandoned quarry, with lots of little paths and drop-ins….so I admired it and went on my way!

Ah, but it’s at the expense of a 2.5mm.

FIdel about

Lots of people who don’t know the difference between 2 and 2.5mm! (25%)

Sounds like fairly limited appeal then!

^^the Lord God made them all!

I’ve accidentally rediscovered the joy of bimble since busting my shoulder back in July. Still not confident it’s fixed enough to risk anything rough, I have returned to my spiritual home, Bimbledon Common.
I have added some purpose by taking on the project of identifying unrecorded or misrecorded rights of way in the county, with a view to getting them added to the definitive map. This has resulted in some first rate pootles into nooks and crannies I never knew existed.
The most radical part of today’s bimble involved following the line of an old waggonway, adding an industrial heritage twist.