From Bowness you can walk westwards along the Dales Way. It’s a nice low/medium-level rolling walk and well signposted and Ok if the weather is not so good. Going as far as Stavely will take 4-5 hours, have lunch in Wilf’s cafe (or the Eagle and Child), then drool over the bikes in Wheelbase and go to the Brewery (or the Eagle and Child). When you’re done, train back to Windermere is a couple of quid – train is frequent and reliable.

thanks – that makes sense – never happened before though!

”You all think you’re individual but you’re not”

Fish and Chips Friday Yaaaaaay!

… or how many KMs can you ride using trail centres only in a single 24 hr period?

Hope it doesn’t all kick off before the Great British Bake Off final is broadcast.

Why didnt the new Audi Q7 driver use his hazzards

LOL – most Audi drivers can’t operate their indicators. “Norfolk enchants” with hazzards!

Correct tyres and tyre pressures for the job in hand.

+1 for Junkyard

Where’s the beard content :-?

Thanks all for sharing your views and experience. Seems a mixed bag. (btw loddrik – I’m sero negative for cat AIDS but thanks anyway). I’m on a corporate health plan at the moment so getting regular checks. At the last one, the Doc said that my overall cholesterol (7.4 – upper normal limit 5.0) was mainly being driven by my high trigs (3.5 – upper normal limit 1.7) and looking through my food diary concluded that this was due to high sugar in my diet (I’ve a sweet tooth and could put away a couple of twix/kitkats/snickers a day, no problem, plus muffins etc!). Since July I’ve completely kicked the sugar habit (it was tough): I now have low sugar cereal (4%), no snacks mid morning/afternoon and eat only healthy fresh meals, I take omega 3 supplements and have replaced dairy with almond milk. The kilos have fallen off, Strava tells me I’m averaging 150km a week and desdpite being well ove 50, I’m feeling better than ever. Just hoping that at the retest this will be enough. Not sure I want to be taking a drug every day for life given that the long term safety (ie 15+ years of use and effects on liver function) for statins hasn’t really been established. Then of course there is the known short term effects on muscles, energy levels, as described by a few of you above.

+1 for the eagle and child – always a warm welcome when we’ve been there, often soaking and muddy!

That shed roof could do with re-felting.

… erm… anyone out there want to buy a Cannondale CAADX Rival. Almost new?

One more for this:
AND A BIG FAT LOUD EDIT…… IF YOU HAVEN’T MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY **** DO IT NOW!

Am in – will be the 3rd this year. Other 2 were great and I’ve heard this is a real challenge :)

On the canal boat holiday with my friends, we were hungry hungover and skint. We made an omelet using a blob of prop shaft grease because we didn’t have cooking oil. it tasted revolting and we were still hungry.

Push hard, strain and don’t breathe for 2-3 seconds – that should do it.

[edit – sorry wrong thread]

I use to go on canalboat holidays with a friend (it belonged to his mum and dad). It was powered by a Lister diesel twin. I’ve no idea if diesel is rated by stars or if its just good ol’ diesel. We never took lego on the boat.

She went back for the camera and pretended she’d forgotten to pay. Had to pay the 18 euro bill (for 2 pints of heineken!) to get the camera back.

My daughter tells me she did a runner from a Paris cafe last week. Then she realised she’d left her camera on the table.

That grass and shrubbery on the other side of the railings could do with a bit of a tidy up. Dreadful photo composition having that small branch intruding top left!

Tow bar – especially for those long family trips around europe.
Roof bars – for the roof box – see above

If all else fails you could watch last night’s Great British Bake Off on the BBC iPlayer instead … gotta be more entertaining (has cake content!)

Never argue with an idiot. The best possible outcome is you win against an idiot.

That door step could do with a lick of paint.

Only 3 bikes in the shed at 9-00 this morning(usually 6 or 7) – meanwhile cars going round and round the car park looking for non-existent spaces. BAU…

+1 for Dordogne and
+1 for the Vendee coast – 3-4 hours drive from St Malo.
Generally (but not always), once you get south of the Loire, the weather gets better. North of the Loire (Brittany/Normandy) the weather is same as Devon & Cornwall.

Funnily enough I was riding my on-one 45650b and my old FS back to back yesterday and now feel justified in not having touched the FS since the On One arrived back in Feb. That includes a recent trip to the Alps. I love the simplicity of the HT, its relative lightness (11 vs 14.5 kg) and 1×11 drive and its overall solid feel BUT, its a tricky comparison because: 1- the FS is 8+ years old and pretty loose. 2 – the 650b wheels (tubeless) feel really planted/roll over anything compared with the old 26-inch, and 3 – the wider bars of the HT feel like they give more control.
I’ve no regrets about buying the On One at all and is my absolute go-to bike … but now wondering what an up to date FS would feel like?
Hope this helps.

You’re an hour from Merribel – was there last weekend and it was brilliant. Loads of trails for all abilities and access via the uplifts is cheap and fun.

Bike all packed for this afternoon’s SleazyJet to Geneva …Yaaaaayyyyy! Dead chuffed me!

I bought an 05 plate petrol with 50k on it a six months ago and been pleased with it. Just passed its MOT needing ony a new drop link (£30). Roomy, comfortable and dull in only a way that practical can be. 30-35 on long runs no problem. Loads of extras, AC, crusie control, etc – all typical honda quality. As with other posts, the freelander suffers with reliability issues.

Okay, not good for GATSO’s but the average speed cameras on the motorway don’t take a picture i think, they just read the plate.

Well yep, except that they mostly use front facing cameras and bikes don’t have front number plates…

+1 for the cutting out crisps and chocky bars.
Take a packed lunch everyday consisting of home-made-bread sarnie with a low cal cuppa-soup and some fruit.
Leave wallet at home so can’t snack when the boredom hits and I’ve lost 1.5 kg in 2 weeks. Not that I’m overweight (BMI was 24 at the company medical 2 weeks ago), but my LDL and triglycerides are above the upper limit.

So Pirhana – is MotoGP on BT Sport Lite?

I went Tubeless earlier this year and have have one big problem and that is all the waiting around on the group ride when your non-tubeless mates are faffing around fixing pinch flats. Anyone got an idea how to sort that one?

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Just been for my bi-annual medical and Captain Cholesterol was flying high … biscuits are off limits.
[quitely weeps]

23 years of brilliant times and now empty nesters so riding together lots and looking forward to the next phase.
Always share, always talk.
Remember love is a verb… it doesn’t happen passively
Love is like a bonfire [edit: wood burning stove]- you have to keep putting fuel on it to keep it going
Always have at least one project on the go that you can both input to
celebrate – lots and often, even the little things
Make time for yourselves, regularly and away from the kids house and work.

In Manchester on your bike? Leave it here and grab coffee and cake too! http://popupbikes.co.uk/

(PS – no declared interest, just think it’s a cool idea and wish them loads of luck!)

(PPS – yeah I know, its a shame that society is so broken that we can’t leave a bike chained in the street anymore, and have to pay to park….. blah blah… yes agree. Still a great idea though)