Some of those pics look black and white. I just noticed.Things just seem way more creepy in the snow!
Tracks in the snow is almost reassuring. It’s when there’s no tracks it can get kinda creepy.
Some of those pics look black and white. I just noticed.Things just seem way more creepy in the snow!
That is way too big a group to keep track of! Or do you all know the route?
On a personal note ..I prefer no tracks in the snow ..there's nowt like putting a marker down and knowing nothing is going to ambush you .Some of those pics look black and white. I just noticed.
Tracks in the snow is almost reassuring. It’s when there’s no tracks it can get kinda creepy.
Can you imagine coming across someone on a clean trail in the snow. That would be creepy!On a personal note ..I prefer no tracks in the snow ..there's nowt like putting a marker down and knowing nothing is going to ambush you .
P.s...our footie team is doing alright so far ..but play like they did in the first half against Senegal when we face France on Saturday and it will be au revoir ..
( someone should tell Stones & Maguire to stop pissing around trying to play out from the back ..ball playing centre backs they are most definitely not !)
If you had any food. I hope you shared!Blackwood, Bangor N Ireland not long ago.
Another very cold pootle and I made a friend….
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That is way too big a group to keep track of! Or do you all know the route?
And where is all the anti-snakebite and anti-spider protection? Or is that just my inner Pommie bastard speaking?
I too do frequent headcounts, although I delegate that essential task.We have had practice at counting the numbers and the ride leader knows the route .
We use the corner system . ie if there is a fork in the trail the 2nd rider in the group waits and points the way . The last rider in the group then lets the corner man know its OK to ride on . As well as frequent stops at intersections to regroup .
Snakes and spiders are not a problem if you don`t venture off the trail ....
Brrrrrrrrr it was cold today, back giving me loads of jip but just needed to get out for a bit.
Don't let that sunshine fool ya.... It was icy cold today.
Aye auld age disna come itsel they say , and yir only 25 I heard . Get well soon.I hear you! I have hardly done any miles at all recently. At first it was my regular riding mate off with an OTB (he's still off after 14 weeks) then it was the never-ending rain, then it was a starvation diet for a hospital appointment. Two and a half hours sat on a plastic chair in paper pants "one size fits no-one" in a waiting room the size of a large cupboard and my back reacted badly. In the end I was just missing the bike, so despite my aching back (more than one week now) I went out for a ride. I enjoyed the sensation, but I got bored with riding on tarmac. It was 3degC, but zero in the shade. After nine miles I was done. But at least the bike was still clean!
But on the good side, I have bought new tyres, 12 speed SLX cassette, new Fox gloves for the Summer, new lightweight OneUp chain pliers (so sexy!), new hoodie (70% discount), more wet lube. I have also fitted new pads, bled the brakes, fitted the rear tyre (tubeless), washed and reproofed all my kit. I have also bought (after hours and hours of net surfing) a new full-face helmet for my grandson for Xmas, if only EVRI would deliver the damn thing! (they've had it since 18th Nov). CRC are on the case. I want the delivery not my money back!
Bald Eagles where I live are not at all uncommon but whenever I get this close and especially if they are paired up
I try and get a pic.
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Taken at the South Jetty of the Garbaldi bar.
I was out today for a quick ride around the local villages. Here is our version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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That is the church at Dry Doddington in Lincolnshire.
According to my image editing software that is a 6 degree lean, but it looks a lot more.
Which trail in AZ is this?
Which trail in AZ is this?
You realise Pep signed Stones for a team that only plays out from the back because of his ball playing ability, right?On a personal note ..I prefer no tracks in the snow ..there's nowt like putting a marker down and knowing nothing is going to ambush you .
P.s...our footie team is doing alright so far ..but play like they did in the first half against Senegal when we face France on Saturday and it will be au revoir ..
( someone should tell Stones & Maguire to stop pissing around trying to play out from the back ..ball playing centre backs they are most definitely not !)
Really ?You realise Pep signed Stones for a team that only plays out from the back because of his ball playing ability, right?
I’ve heard of the area. I’m gonna have to give these trails a try.It's part of the trail systems East of Deem Hills Park, not sure the names of them. I rarely use a trail app, I just go.
I showed the pic to a couple of really old folk in the village today at our Village Hall Xmas dinner. One asked "Do you know what caused the subsidence and subsequent lean?" She told me that following the Great Plague 1665-6 there were so many bodies buried in the churchyard that the tower subsequently leaned. Wow, that sounds like a lot of bodies in a short space of timeI was out today for a quick ride around the local villages. Here is our version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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That is the church at Dry Doddington in Lincolnshire.
According to my image editing software that is a 6 degree lean, but it looks a lot more.
Yes they had real epidemics in them days . Interesting.I showed the pic to a couple of really old folk in the village today at our Village Hall Xmas dinner. One asked "Do you know what caused the subsidence and subsequent lean?" She told me that following the Great Plague 1665-6 there were so many bodies buried in the churchyard that the tower subsequently leaned. Wow, that sounds like a lot of bodies in a short space of time
I hadn't heard of the Great Plague, I had thought it was limited to London, but apparently it spread across the country and the current estimate is that it killed 15% of the population. The earlier Black Death of 1348 killed between 30% and 60% of the population of the countries affected. Both outbreaks were what is now known as Bubonic Plague.
The Chairman of the Dry Doddington Parochial Church Council could do with giving you a job!It looks alright to me Steve......................................had you been drinking again when you took the photo?
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I’ve heard of the area. I’m gonna have to give these trails a try.
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