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A ride drive report by Bob the boober , aged 63 and 45 days What a beautiful day it was today, bright sunshine and although a bit colder than recently it wasn't too chilly. So time for a drive around North Wiltshire and see the sights. Approx 16 miles from my house along the A420 is the village of Castle Combe. This is one of the most photographed villages in UK with it's chocolate-box cottages running alongside the By Brook . The village is not very big but it can take a while to drive through because of all the tourists trying to get 'that' shot. Even in these covid times there were still quite a few about today although I didn't see any coaches up in the public car park. Safely out of the village without running anyone over I headed up the Fosseway. The Fosseway is a roman road which starts at Seaton on the south coast and runs up to Lincoln in the north, a distance of approx 235 miles. I expect @Mawsley knws about the Fosse as it runs through Leicester on it's way North. Most of the Fosse has a tarmac surface nowadays.......... But in this part of Wiltshire there's about 20 miles where it is unsurfaced. Normally I would be going straight on at this point if I was on my bike but I thought better of it today as I was in the car.......... I tuned left instead and drove into the village of Sherston which was famous for it's wool trade in times past. There is still a link to that in the village as it's the home of 'Stretchline' who make knicker elastic A bit further down the road I passed Grittleton House which is now a party and event facility. If anyone's getting married soon I'm up for a party in that pad Later on I passed this. Fuckmine, it's even bigger than @Buckster bike and looks just as heavy I was a bit hungry by now and spotted a McMerd in Chippenham so I went through the drive through, unfortunately I was dissapointed as they had no McFlurry or milkshakes due to supply problems. I really like a McFlurry, it's about the best thing they sell but I had to be content with a cheeseburger and coffee

At only 53 i don't know how you old fuckers are still going i'm constantly aching and cant remember fuck all from the past, i also cant remember the last time i got out of a chair without making a noise of some kind can you drop me off in the late eighties on the way back i'd like to run my fingers through my hair again

your clothes would be back in fashion if you went back to the 70's.... result

I mentioned in my stories about someone I know who bought a derelict house and did it up. He bought it for about 350k and added an extension to the basement and a mansard roof to get an extra floor. I did some of the plans for him, the last one was a retrospective planning permission because he had built a little bit too high on the roof part. I just looked it up to see how much he sold it for. Jesus, the inside wasn't like that when he bought it, it looked like Ebeneezer Scrooge's weekend place I should point out, it is still in a dodgy area but London prices are silly. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=88282162&sale=88422162&country=england

Sorted.

Time flies when you spend your days getting bummed by dago midgets.

The colourful days of autumn are fading quickly, so I took a walk this weekend to appreciate the rich colours. I stopped at a small creek and took a moment to enjoy the cascading water over the rocks as the maple leaves fell to the ground for their winter's sleep.

It's shit isn't it? Your mind works the same way it always did but your body doesn't! I need a fucking Time Machine set for 1973......what you say @Clive?

look , the cunts got a color coded fucking topbox and matching lid

I was glad to get to 16 and offload my pushbike and get on a Lambretta, it was a pile of shit, but I my mind it was fantastic.........never got further than 25 mile from home before something fell off of it, exhaust, side panel or engine cowling..... I tell a lie, I once got to Skeggy, that was a very long day.

That's cos it was bloody dangerous, especially when you stopped but couldn't put your feet down because the flares on your jeans got caught round a pedal.

A shitty 3 speed s/hand pushbike

Yes please, don't won't want a return ticket though. Yep Swaggy can tag along.....give his neighbour a rest from him.

I look in the mirror and hardly recognize the old git staring back at me Eyes, are not too bad .......hearing, it belongs to some 90 year old. Joints, not bad, apart from my (sometimes) bad back and left shoulder. The 70,s, great times, no kids, I fucked it all up when I got married in 74, or was it 75.

A jailed officer, one hopes

Based on my experience here......this is how I see it! If you have a good Private Pension along with the UK State Pension then you should be OK here. If you have just a UK State Pension (around €800 a month) things are going to be very tight here. But not as tight as Britain because the cost of living is lower here. If you don't have a UK Pension, you're not working and paying into the system via Social Security, Pension, Healthcare, IVA/VAT, Tax, submitting an annual Renta etc.......yet you've been here for some time (and I know a lot who are in this position).......then questions need to be asked by the Authorities. It's not fair on people like me who are on-call for work 7 days a week, and paying more a year in contributions than the annual UK Pension that actually comes in. If these people started paying their way and weren't freeloading then maybe our obligatory contributions would be less. Ironically these are nearly always the demographic that get bent out of shape about foreigners going into the UK and milking the system, but see nothing wrong in doing it themselves in somebody else's country. And they are the ones who'll be looking out for new incoming Brits like @Slowlycatchymonkey to be their latest cash cows so they can buy themselves more time here.

(32°F − 32) × 5/9 = 0°C HTH. XXXOOO, Cuntly McCuntface

didn't say i wanted to come thank you ...you'd only try and nonce me anyway .

All we got to do is find some fucker to build it! What's Bruce up to these days?

I think Six has confused going away on holiday on your bike with going away on holiday with your bike! It's done like this......Babbacombe July 1976. No fucking van!

Met police Pedro, they're a law unto themselves .

Hair....in the 70,s I looked like Captain Caveman (remember him?) Sorry, got no photos .

Son in law as a big wheeled fuck off mountain bike, multi multiple gears, disc brakes, tele forks and rear shocker, he's had it 7 months and it's forever fucking up, and it ain't Chinese.

Yeh....but you're not invited! Me and Clive don't want a little kid who's an annoying cunt cramping our style!

Same here Clive and spent more time fixing them than riding hang on fuck all's changed still doing that now except they all got motors now

I can’t help but wonder if you’ve been keeping bad company?! You can take the boy out of Swansea but …… That aside I appreciate your input muchly. Ignore the wind ups, the stuff you are telling me is valued. I’m no spring chicken and the nursey bit is only a part of my multiple not quite normal jobs over the years so I know a grifter of any class when I see one, I’m no soft touch so fear not. Keep the good stuff coming.

Think every bike I ever had was 2nd hand, different sized wheels, built like tanks though.

at least when i go out in my van the bike goes to .... you seen this shit @XTreme

Don't you wish you had a couple of them now, making daft money.

i'd of been riding this in 73

Early 70,s it would be a RD200, middle 70,s the GT550. Swerving disasters.....yep happy to miss the 1st wedding.

You must Clive, go in and ask if you can take photos. I like that programme, they are always selling something interesting.

Flares!....Tank Tops!...Platform Shoes............give it a bit and kids today will be wearing them.

i'd be fingering myself all night if i looked like her .

Absolutely love it Pedro, I've lost 2000cc and about 180bhp compared with the Honda but it's such a hoot to drive. Light steering, turns on a sixpence , loads of space and good fuel economy. On the down side, it does rattle like a van

@Pedro Found the photo

From what I've seen here so far there are 3 types of brits living here: 1 - home-from-home, living in brit areas, such as Dordogneshire, Normandy or Prevence. Mixing mainly with other brits, but generally in the "system" and paying their taxes. These tend to be the upper-middle and upper class sorts. 2 - away-from-it-all, these are brits that don't come into any particular class. They buy a place in the middle of nowhere with a vast tract of land around them and generally avoid people, full stop. They moved to France because they could buy the property and land for peanuts. Generally in the "system". 3 - escapees, those that moved to France to enjoy the way of life here. Again, they don't tend to fall into any particular class. They tend to live in places that are not overrun with other brits and usually live in typical housing. Always in the "system". OK, sweeping generalisations, which @MooN will probably put me right on, but from looking at various Facebook groups, that's my impression.

stop hiding behind that leaf we know you are there

Cops in the UK used to be really well regarded in Europe, I bet most still are well trained professionals but these news are a surprise to me.

Along with beating up women protesting a murder, kicking the shit out of OAP's, and even cold blooded murder.......there's no limit to what they're doing now.

It is what it is Pedro, I'm fine with that

I haven't seen one for sale in the village for years but to give you some idea this is about the same size for sale in the next village https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/57898169/?search_identifier=7acfddc1b7f79c3b9ab4b6bb432e137f

The maple leaves here amuse me every year. They are very large compared to the leaves back east where I grew up.

And it was 16 years ago today that I first set foot in Spain! Actually it works out that this time next year I'll have spent 25% of my life in Spain. Where have all those years gone?

Found it, best joke I think I ever heard as a child.

The story about Shuggie the wrestler is better, but this is also quite good.

They are bringing out a new James Bond film to silence the woke brigade..... Bond starts out as a male and by the end of the film transgenders into a women they are calling it ..... Cocktopussy

i dont work , thats why , work is for fools .