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[Binhill1]

Last proper summer day well spent in bike park Driedorf on Saturday. As of today the cool and wet season has started.

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Yes West was best in Scotland over the weekend. Dry today in East then wet all week. Heating on now .

 

[KnollyBro]

Long after the Romans had their way in Europe and present day UK, the Mayans of Central American built massive tributes to their gods with unrivaled precision, without the use of the iron tools for cutting or the wheel for moving such large stones. On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I believe I may have made a discovery that may disprove that theory...

What looks to be a 1500 year old bike I found in shed around back!

 

[Mcharza]

Back to flat land, i.e. southern Finland, the trip to Lapland is over.

 

[billwarwick]

The Camel Trail is 18 miles of disused railway line ending in Padstow ,Cornwall. Mainly tarmac, so nothing exciting but enjoyable anyway. Got the proverbial four seasons in a day which is why I got warned off going onto Bodmin Moor by a local. Good advice.

 

[The Hodge]

The Camel Trail is 18 miles of disused railway line ending in Padstow ,Cornwall. Mainly tarmac, so nothing exciting but enjoyable anyway. Got the proverbial four seasons in a day which is why I got warned off going onto Bodmin Moor by a local. Good advice. View attachment 146567

Good job you are a mild mannered individual Bill (when that local told you what to do ) ..you could have taken a right hump..

 

[billwarwick]

I’m sure he had my best interests at heart, Hodge. Local knowledge is needed and I’ve got no desire to become the latest hyperthermic muppet to star in one of those helicopter rescue TV shows

 

[TimC7]

Making the most of nice days before the weather turns.

 

[Binhill1]

Weather better than the forecast fresh and chilly. Far cry from the weekend my face is pealing from the weekend and I had plenty Factor 50 on so there you go. Old favourites are the best

 

[billwarwick]

Cardinham Woods, Cornwall. Ridiculously slippy in the wet. Pass me my brown trousers

 

[Binhill1]

I don't mind a quiet road ride. Indian summer up my way if forecast runs true. The mind works in strange ways. The anchor brought back a quote from a long time ago. I started sea at 15 an apprentice on a trawler . An old deckhand said to me , you see that Anchor there drag it to the country side and when someone says what's that you know your far enough away from this ?????? Job.

 

[Nicho]

I don't mind a quiet road ride. Indian summer up my way if forecast runs true. The mind works in strange ways. The anchor brought back a quote from a long time ago. I started sea at 15 an apprentice on a trawler . An old deckhand said to me , you see that Anchor there drag it to the country side and when someone says what's that you know your far enough away from this ?????? Job.

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[rabidMunkee]

First ride, there's a forest next to home, was a bit un used and overgrown but good fun.

found a little openning to take some pics

 

[Binhill1]

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Haha Nicho brilliant i was talking 1970 AD though not BC . Been called old Moses before

 

[billwarwick]

I don't mind a quiet road ride. Indian summer up my way if forecast runs true. The mind works in strange ways. The anchor brought back a quote from a long time ago. I started sea at 15 an apprentice on a trawler . An old deckhand said to me , you see that Anchor there drag it to the country side and when someone says what's that you know your far enough away from this ?????? Job.

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Call that an anchor?

 

[billwarwick]

And it’s always handy to have somewhere to park your bike

 

[Binhill1]

Call that an anchor? View attachment 146712

Yes but the lad carried it 7 miles inland haha. We used to catch big ones in the fishing net totalled the net each time.

 

[Nicho]

Call that an anchor? View attachment 146712

 

[Nicho]

And it’s always handy to have somewhere to park your bike View attachment 146713

Billy Connolly had a better idea:

 

[billwarwick]

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Well done Nicho… took me a while to spot that

 

[Binhill1]

Nearly missed that one , Prince of Wales ?. When I was a Sea Cadet the Ark Royal and Eagle were the ones that used to come up our area to Lossiemouth as it was Royal Navy back then .

 

[Binhill1]

Well done Nicho… took me a while to spot that

Nearly missed that one Nicho. Prince of Wales ?. When I was a Sea Cadet the Ark Royal and Eagle were the ones that used to come up our area to Lossiemouth as it was Royal Navy back then .

 

[RustyMTB]

Words to live by.

 

[RustyMTB]

Got a Tick bite last night. Now comes the exciting wait to see if I get Lyme disease.

 

[irie]

Got a Tick bite last night. Now comes the exciting wait to see if I get Lyme disease.

Last year had three ticks in my groin* which were removed by my (medical) wife with a scalpel and tweezers. Didn’t get Lymes Disease.

* How, you might ask? Day before got wet and muddy so washed my liner shorts and hung them up outside to dry overnight. We were camping in The New Forest with wild deer and horses etc. so when I put them on the next day must have had a few ticks lodged in them.

 

[Arminius]

And it’s always handy to have somewhere to park your bike View attachment 146713

What the taste from that bottle, alga or oyster?

 

[penguinni]

Cala Galdana, Menorca a couple of days ago.

A rather marvellous 29 miles across a rather beautiful island. My first time cycling outside UK and hopefully not my last.

un gran día!

 

[penguinni]

Menorca, last Saturday.

Anyone notice anything wrong in this picture?

 

[penguinni]

Bangor, Co Down, N Ireland a couple of hours ago.

Not as warm as Menorca but this was necessary.

And I broke the 2000 mile mark on the Rise.

 

[Binhill1]

Got a Tick bite last night. Now comes the exciting wait to see if I get Lyme disease.

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I've had hundreds. Was out last year I got 14 Drummond my mate got 60. Torture to get out they are so small. Tried all tools and ways . Just found 3 now from today or yesterday

 

[Binhill1]

Wades Military road the Corrieyarak pass Ft Augustus to Melgarve bothy and back again. The 13 zig zags are in one pic if you zoom in hard to makeout though . Fair slog in the heat today. Just made it down to 15 percent battery. Met a few young lads on real bikes rather them than me. Indian summer up here so had to be done. Paddle Loch Moidart yesterday. Traffic is horrendous in the west nowadays people in hire cars on single track roads and muckle big campers . Actually beginning to feel I shouldn't be there .