Leaderboard

Meanwhile in Canada ......it has been reported that overly cheerful bug-eyed humanoids are running amok along the beaches. DO NOT approach these beings as there is no telling as to what might happen.... HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

The rental agreement is for 1 year (with an option to extend each year for up to 5 years) but we are still running a business in the UK so there’s not a chance we won’t be back within the prescribed 90 days and reaching the max of 183 days is also not happening for the next 5 years minimum but with the rent here for 6 months being less than the cost of a one week holiday for this lot there’s really no reason to delay starting up some life over here even if it is only a max of 6 months of the year.

Went for a nice ride yesterday on the Himalayans. Great late summer weather and nice road conditions. On the stretch home we came around a corner to this mess. An accident waiting to happen it seemed.... Two out of the three guys did not seem to know what they were doing and their one friend just drove into the ditch, just drove into it. Everyone was all good in the end. Just a few scratches and perhaps a bit of embarrassment....

Especially the one known as @XTreme

I'm sidelined today......got to make adjustments to a new site I was building.

There are always cookies at my house.

Out in southern Portugal with @Sofia Pretty day and weather today, report in a couple of days but:

It’s a gated compound which initially didn’t appeal but the inside of the square with the pool and green grass is well maintained and secure so that (and tbh the really low rent) won me over. This is a screenshot from Google maps of the part that faces outside. Glad I’m renting, the responsibility for sorting things out in the property and dealing with tradesmen in a language I don’t understand can definitely wait! Tried multiple times to delete the below duplicated pic but it’s not having any of it. I’ll have one last go- nope bugger it!

Yep all good TLDR It was a bit stressful but turned out dandy in the end. Yesterday was a bloody long day though. Up a 3am finished signing the contract etc at 9.15pm as the landlord didn’t finish work some way away in Madrid until 5. Came painfully close to missing our flight as the passenger locator form that aeromedical consulting supply isn’t correct for what’s needed to board so a very lengthy online form (that kept glitching and making you start again) had to be filled in and varified before they send you the QR code you have to have other end. I got stuck in security as I’d put a sewing machine in my hand luggage (yes I like doing girly shit like cooking and sewing) and the gate closing time soon passed. I asked the security guy if the gates usually close on time, he helpfully replied yes or often early. This was a bit stressful, especially as our checked bags had already gone through and would be landing in Spain without us Mr Slowly had given up all hope but but I persuaded him it was worth hoofing it the million miles to the gate as quickly as a fully loaded cabin bag complete with sewing machine, a leather bike jacket and an under seat bag with every heavy item you could find stuffed into it would allow. My swollen ankle can confirm trying to run in inflexible bike boots fully loaded with multiple heavy bags is not good for you The flight passed quickly due to all the adrenaline but sore and sitting in sweat drenched clothes heading towards a ‘feels like’ temperature of 35 degrees wasn’t on my to do list especially as I’d been laying kitchen flooring for the previous 3 days and my knees n back we’re already not happy, rest was what I craved Suddenly the ‘Pain in Spain’ took on new meaning and I felt I had probably made a mistake with this venture. I was also uncertain if I’d actually managed to book a car, Mr Slowly had been tasked with finding a car (because he wanted an automatic 5 door with more than 1litre) and appeared ashen on Thursday evening saying there was absolutely nothing at all available apart from one car with Sixt for £1800 I found a hire comparison website which had a car available for a third of that but as I was unfamiliar with ‘holidayautos.com’ I went directly to the car hire company ‘Thrifty’ who said nope sorry no availability for those dates. After checking tripadvisor I went ahead with holidayautos anyway but how exactly they had a Thrifty car available when Thrifty say they dont was more than a little concerning. I needn’t have worried, we arrived and the ‘Thrifty’ person was just lovely. She saw we had a lot of luggage and said “ooh um I’m going to upgrade you to a bigger car, no charge” so the piddly little 3 door manual was suddenly a 5 door automatic VW T-Cross (a small 4x4) so Mr Slowly is happy. We wasted time checking out the nearby supermarkets and picking up supplies until Pedro (no not that one the landlord one) arrived. Having been seriously shot in the foot once before by the phenomenon known as “absence of gating” (Id believed a nice online person was actually nice in real life) I was apprehensive about meeting him because he came across in his emails as a really nice guy. It turns out he is. Even Mr Slowly commented saying “He seems really decent” So at 9.30pm we finally kicked off our shoes and had a G&T and said “Cheers” Pedro said there was a water leak in the kitchen which he would get fixed as soon as possible, I thought “yer right” but this morning a plumber (who is also a nice bloke) turned up and fixed it. I don’t think the contrast between the shitshow getting here and the lovely reception could be greater, I woke up feeling pretty damn good. Mr Slowly is happy with the little house and the area we are in, apparently it’s not that well known as a tourist destination which judging from the pleasantness of the locals must be true. The sea, restaurants, cafes, pharmacy, some shops and a supermarket is all only a 5 minute walk so I think just maybe fingers crossed we maybe onto a winner

yeh bruv .... got a load of tarmac if you want your drive done , cash up front first bruv

Mandis going for an interview with an internal camera Tuesday so she's got to have a covid test this afternoon and then isolate. Won't be much happening here.

I’ll never be ok Pete but thanks for the concern you showed me back then, you’re a diamond geezer, For a nosy bastard.

I took your comment on board and went for some exercise with me mate tonight had a little loop around some lanes i haven't done in years Here's my mate showing me how not to do it And here's me showing him how not to do it LOL We took in the old railway tunnel just to see if its still clear Why does my mate look like Stan Laurel Then we had a play on one of the old coal tips i used to train on This is my mate showing me how to do it And me showing him how not to do it I decided to have a go at the bigger one which turned out easier easier than the smaller climb because it was straight up i chickened out on coming back down though Which will come tomorrow because Apparently I've reached my daily upload on youtube which i didn't know was a thing Anyhow because i done it my mate had to do it But being a twat or is it better rider he came down it as well The videos as usual make everything look relatively flat but it was pretty steep looking from the top down

Covered around 100+ miles around the country lanes, nowhere exciting, ride along some I have never been on before, the last thing that went down some of them was a horse and cart.....a couple of pics from the side of the river Trent.

My best guess is because Connceticut legaized marijuana women doing stupid chit will trend more on our local facebutt affiliates.

In the most touristy places €5 is about average for a pint. However… we Lidled. €1.99 a can .80c for a bag of ice and used one of my panniers as an impromptu ice bucket to chill the beers, worked very well. We got to Bray and to our dismay found there were no campsites at all, most had closed down due to COVID, gone bust. So…. We gave up and crossed to Holyhead last night and stayed at my sisters house - who conveniently happens to live in Holyhead. I’m nearly home, just having a break near uttoxeter. The guys enjoyed our week away, something a bit different and better than expected with the great weather and even the bad weather wasn’t too terrible.., though I’ll never enjoy packing up a tent when it’s raining. A deep breath and start thinking about the Dolomites and Austria/Black Forest next year. All being well and we get back to some form of a normal life. my left ice bucket as mysteriously acquired a souvenir!!

Bloody immigrants

Yes but 9 of these horses Not the 30 of these in you average Harley

I know where your coming from @Clive all my younger life I've just done what i wanted but after working in the waste water industry and having to do confined space training its made me think why am i still alive

Was that list just about you @clive

Has he got a bike you hoped would be left to you in his will?

My weekend started today as i have taken today off work. Just fitted some carpet on our landing only taken me a year and 2 hours to fit, it was an offcut from a new carpet my parents had fitted, it's been rolled up at the bottom of the stairs for a year and that's how long the wife's been nagging me to fit it, she must have got smart and used reverse psychology on me because last night she said take that carpet to the dump tomorrow if your not going to fit it, got up this morning and just laid it WTF i hope she's not going to make this a regular thing

I know women had the rep for babble, pffft, women cant hold a candle to all the crap men can post on the net, hands down we beat your asses like rented mules we did ladies. Even Little Guy would agree.

Oh ok, so we can blame the marijuana.......good to know for the future

Looks great @Slowlycatchymonkey hope its all you want it to be, and yeah watch out for welsh Spaniards making random appearances

There you go @Mawsley......if you go out with Clive you'll be able to blow him off!

You're right @Tym..... I am shocked at how much shit you guys can talk about and how much you can talk in general....

Lucky escape for itchy @Slowlycatchymonkey then

They do, but it stayed dry.

I hope everything turns out good for you and Mr Slowly

if you buy one you get a free lid apparently .... good idea , cause you would think people was laughing at your lid instead of your chinese bike... did you get one free with your bike @XTreme

I have a Mutt Hilts which I don’t really ride but can’t part with Ive persuaded myself when I get a bit older I’ll be looking for a lighter bike and as its only worth a grand now (part exchange) I may as well hold onto it. It’s mostly Chinese with a few bits n pieces done in the UK like it’s excellent sounding exhaust. The engines a Suzuki GN. They were really nice to deal with too (that was in 2017 though, dunno wot they’re like now), I said I was a learner and didn’t want knobbly tyres, they said no problem we have some cool looking road tyres you can have (no charge to switch them over). Then after I’d had it a while and was getting splattered with road crap due to the mudguards being small I asked them if they did longer mudguards, they said no but we can make you some and match the paint which they did for £120. Bath Road motors were also lovely because I hadn’t heard of OTR charges and was a bit shocked they decided to let me off. With normal manufacturers you don’t get to email them directly and ask for modifications, and for it to be so reasonable pretty damn good service. I don’t think I could have had a better experience buying my first bike. Stock photo

fuck that , cant be doing things that go round and round ... get as sick as a dog

Sorry Bob had a few last night i meant catchymonkey

Did you get that gig on The Waltzers after?

Tymz been right 100% of the time in this thread so far.

Did you see that @ 0.15 secs. That sheep is saying ' let me just give you a brush up as Fred is on his way to visit you , isn't it lovely '

I’ve worked in a few tunnels like that but they had the added danger of trains running and diesel fumes.

Never mind that my brother was working there years ago and only phoned his girlfriend for a few minutes a day and came home to a mobile phone bill at almost £200 he didn't earn that a week

This is one project if it comes off i might actually dust off my pushbike to ride through its a long one

Its only a Quarter of a mile and you have to turn around and go back as the A470 to Merthyr is built on the old brecon line across the entrance/exit This is the end we had to turn around on heading east towards Quakers yard station

Nap....any cookies left?

My god.....that is some tunnel! There's stuff floating round and growing in there that looks like special effects in something like "Alien". I believe only @yen_powell has the expertise to handle disgusting, toxic shit like that.

An old one but still funny

Let's look at the facts here Keith! Cast your limited capacity mind back 18 months when we were on another forum! And you announced that you'd come down with Covid and were feeling really ill! Who was it that virtually every day followed it up by asking how you were feeling and how you were doing etc? And I think I'm right in saying I was the only one doing that on a regular basis! Was that being a nosey bastard? Or was it out of genuine concern to make sure you were OK?