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I've worked over a few Christmases when younger and done a few volunteering stints on Christmas day. The one at the Salvation Army was marred for me somewhat when I turned up to help and was handed a mug of tea and a sandwich before realising they thought I was a homeless person. Should have kept quiet as I have never done so much washing up in my life, I wouldn't mind but they had an industrial dish washer at the poxy place.

Just think if you carry on working

Had to go get some christmas shit today.... for the past two weeks i've been working my through the supplies the mrs has been buying for christmas ... i done 3 tins of peanuts, various chocolate items , jar of pickled onions and a bottle of Port..... i got found out yesterday, she wasn't amused to be honest.

2021? Fuck off.

...and lastly for today some snowy landscapes. I played with the hue on these, bringing out the different colours in the snowy light.

Done some more confidence building with the dog today, there's a TRF Christmas big bike ride coming up so wanted to check out a few of the lanes to see if they would be suitable after the storms we've had and there was a few i haven't ridden i'd wanted to check out as well It was a cold ride on the road to Llandovery went down to 2°c going over the top from Ystradfellte it's a good job i decided to wear the heated jacket and fit the muffs (thanks for the reminder @MooN) the salted roads were quite slippery with the new C02 on the rear as the salt seems to keep the roads wet so tried to use the non salted ones their usually the more scenic anyway First lane was just outside Defynnog never ridden it before it wasn't very long started back in the trees and ended where i'm standing, i was ridding it up hill looked easy until i got on it as it was very soft And was glad of the new tyre here as i had to stop to open a gate and pull of again on a soft steep hill as usual the photo makes it look flat Next one was via some nice country roads over to llangadog this was another i haven't ridden and wasn't going to as it was blocked with cut logs and left to get grown over I waked down it a bit and looked to be a good one i shall have to return on the smaller bike to check it out Next is a lane up by Llandovery i like to do it once every year or two as i don't think its legal and don't want to piss anyone off over riding it but the recent winds had blocked this one for me Getting a bit cheesed off i decided to move onto one i hadn't intended to ride as it was close by water wasn't as deep as the last time i crossed it but the ride in and climb to the end of the lane was just as slippery Now i was onto the lanes i was here to check out for the big bike ride just north of Llandovery First one big bike friendly check Second big bike friendly check Third one big bike friendly check Getting a little more difficult for the bigger bikes Ahh fuck em they'll be ok Forth lane looks ok to me as well Number five looks ok as well From here i done two fords near Llangammarch wells and decided to head home as time was getting on. the Christmas ride from here will be going over an ancient route called druids way which runs through the MOD training area i couldn't ride it today as it is only open during Christmas and new year apparently. I just took the main roads home with heated grips and jacket on as they were needed on the open road. The bike run faultlessly with no hiccup like it did first time out. Feeling a bit chilled to the bone on the legs been home about 5 hours and still haven't warmed up.

There is only one thing to do when you have fresh snow................. get out there and ride it like you stole it

Working on Xmas day (NHS crisis team) but have 26/27th off. It's just another day for me. Not feeling the Xmas spirit in the slightest

Tropical Spain Feb 2007.

and 1 day, so far I've spent all day Saturday laying in my bed recovering from the works do, Sunday i couldn't be arsed to do anything, Monday i was out on the bike, today i couldn't be arsed to do anything again although i did get out to have the booster, tomorrow I've got to take the works van to be serviced i said i'd do this because i knew it would get me out of bed early plan is to shove the Beta in the back of it and ride the mountains home the rest of the week will remain to be seen if i can be arsed to do anything

I don’t mind, win or not win , there is no losers in TOTY I’d just like to say what a wonderful year I have had on here with you fantastic bunch of twats .

As you might have guessed I love the changing of the seasons. HAPPY WINTER EVERYONE! This is the place to share your wintery photos. That doesn't mean just snowy pics, any winter time photo will do. I love the snow and frost and don't see much of it where I live so I get a little excited when I do. So here are some of my recent wintery photos! I'll start with a frosty mushroom and some lichen.

……..same place but this time with a good dose of the white stuff for my missus and Fraser to enjoy.

I'll give you one guess!.......⛱

NOT WORKING....... I've been self employed for 25 years and the last vacation I took was in 1998........ I will have a few days out of the office, so I will try to enjoy that.

Been flashing mine all summer sailor.

Are they in @Six30’s van?

You know it’s nearly Christmas when you see a robin in a tree.

isn't hat going to make for a shed load of bikes in the same lanes on the same day? Is that wise? oh, wait a minute... looking at thise pics and the time of year, "wise" is possibly not part of your vocabulary...

@Xtreme has bought 10 already

No snow but it was absolutely freezing as the sun went down in November in the Peak District.

What is this 'work' thing you speak of...........

Taken on my old phone so not the best quality. Spotted him mooching about in Cardiff waste water treatment works

Still working, but won't over christmas. Next week I plan to ride around a bit and maybe enjoy some blue skies, but I'll officially be working, which I kind of always am, officially...

Yep, Good Times!

Now for some frosty leaves!

working....

yes i am so stop talking about work

Everytime he opens his mouth Buck gets more votes!

Wrong sort of sisters

Who gets their norks out gets my vote

They should be so lucky

I didn't think Buck would be in with a shout this year.......but he seems to be whipping Six's ass! I hope you've got a Plan B @Six30 or it's going to be another pitiful failure for you!

Yes that's whats worrying me but there are 7 groups all setting off at different times and directions with slightly different routes depending on capabilities that's why i'm in the big bike group because its almost a totally different route to the rest

I’m not falling for that shit.

You can’t not. Oh dear Im agreeing with Six and I think its not the first time.. is it too early to drink ?

For a brief time in my life I thought I wanted to do this sort of riding.... .....I have now come to my senses and prefer to just watch others.....lol Great pics, beautiful landscape to ride through no doubt....

"Driving" I said! It was firkin cold out, despite the bright sunshine, only 4 or 5 deg c so I dug out the bar muffs which I bought for the Mille Vaches winter rally 2 years ago and fitted them to the bike thinking @boboneleg is gonna love this, for once I leave the top box behind, but fit these monstrosities instead lovely toasty warm hands though, even when the temp dropped with the declining sun around 3:30pm. Just a quick jaunt into the western reaches of the Morvan to give Tigrou a run and test the muffs. They might look odd but they're verry effective, coupled with heated grips and winter gloves. I reckon I can ride right down into stupid cold now Took the back roads up to Corbigny, and the main road west of the river back. about 150km in all. The Muffs Chitry Les Mines ( pronounced "shitty latrines" )

In your prime then

So are the men

from my misspent youf, XJ900F. mine was red and black and had a slightly taller screen. effortless to ride too. purely esthetically at the moment I really like this one probably couldn't ride it though...

I was dying to have a tour of this house, but I can recall gulping at the cost when I checked it out. It's like a Dickens' novel leaping out of the page at you. Do you like Dickens, or have you never been to one? I prefer Kippling myself, it makes less mess, a good kipple can round off any evening I find. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/21/scenes-from-dennis-severs-house/

Cheers!.

MOTY a weighty responsibility, all those people expecting… expecting well not a lot on this forum Now now sister this is the way.. ps I dont want to be the ginger one

The Daily Mail, so insightful, so right, so reliable - the Nazis, the Internet.......