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I am anti Vax and I don’t care what you think. I am absolutely sick and tired of seeing people that are anti Vax getting ridiculed and bullied because of their choice. YOU need to understand WE have good reason to feel this way and that by simply attacking us or belittling us WILL NOT change our minds. We will not be silenced. I for one will never have another one again. Not a chance in hell, I don’t care what you say to try and convince me, I’ve fallen for that trap too many times before. They are absolutely the worst brand of vacuum cleaner ever. It’s Hoover or Dyson all the way for me!

When the kids you are helping with your new charity are racist fucks ….

I´ll for sure be on the bike either today or tomorrow, maybe visit a couple more fortifications, who knows?

Fixed it for you

Some of my Thai riding friends hydrate with whisky. I don't know how they survive. I'll be four litres of water in, and they'll be one bottle of brandy in... I thought they were decanting extra petrol to take on the trip, then I realised it was a different kind of flammable liquid Here is the full story: https://bikehedonia.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/high-octane-sundays/

I thought twice about stopping, it always seems flat and smooth …

Only whats under his foreskin

Weather looks pretty shite tomorrow but feck it I'm going out for a ride

Apparently i'm taking the wife out tomorrow she hasn't told me where yet there maybe some riding involved but this is the wrong forum for that kind of ride report

USA … will sort it , like they did Vietnam and the Taliban …. Twats , should stick to building rollercoasters .

Marketing Genius! Butterkist popcorn trying to cash in on the drama in Westminster by setting up stall outside Downing Street! What you say @Tango @Mawsley

Thank God we got old so he could play ketchup.

Dago Bingo No-Go!

you'd look good pulling up at the bingo though..

Seemed like a good idea.

Content? At least I try to get mine factually correct.

nice one , i can get my hands on loads of tinned food.

Who gives a fuck, I know a good hiding place in Cheddar caves

Fucking yeah

You're carrying us Pedro! I always said you'd be a player one day......didn't I @Tym?

I have a rugby game tomorrow apart from that

Long live Sloppy Joes.

Not looking particularly tropical here..... ......just have to make the best of it I suppose! Though I'm not sure if any work is going to come in.....I'm clear at the moment but that could change! So are any of you doing anything? Cos we need some Ride Reports to make us look like serious players rather than pitiful twats!

Spending a few days in Ericeira, and the weather has been so great it almost feels too good to be true. Getting to know the roads around here, I needed a goal to make me see some new stuff, and indeed this was the perfect plan, to follow the forts of the Lines of Torres forces me to see new things and actually learn stuff. Also took plenty of pictures, most are of hills and grass so not really an Indiana Jones film. After lunch, setting off from Ericeira on a perfect winter afternoon: https://www.rhlt.pt/interactive-map/ Today's ride was along these forts, if you look on the above link you'll see the whole of the lines on a map of the region. A few kms on, about 20 minutes and I reach the first fort, now bare in mind these are not castles with massive walls, just fortifications, you do need to use some imagination to make the best of visiting them. Forte do Passo, very small with a windmill inside, at the time used as a magazine: To one side you see as far as the ocean: To the other as far as the next fort, which is what these positions were all about: Back on the road for another 10 or 15km: And through a farm track and up a vineyard: The Forte do Grilo (Grilo = Cricket) Stopped right by the surrounding pit Surrounding fields were gorgeous green: As I said, with a little imagination, standing on top of one of these you can really picture what went on, with the basic structures providing cover from what came from below, the openings on the walls with a cannon sticking out, and a good viewing point into the distance: Back out through the farm again, and onto some smooth gravel road for another few kms, little distance but entertaining: Could have taken a normal road, but couldn't resist the uphill gravel road with twisties and chose the slightly longer way: Again through a farm road, if this had been wet I wouldn't have wished to go through here: Not on the oficial map, but showing up on Google maps is Forte do Pelicano (Pelican), took a little dirt detour and found it on the way to Torres Vedras, the biggest and most important town in the area: Not maintained at all, you would walk past it without a second glance, and it really takes a little effort to see the flat surface on top of the hill, being covered in thorny bushes I didn't feel like walking around it either: Didn't spend a lot of time there and carried on towards Torres Vedras You probably don't bother to read these, but it helps me structure things, so here's another poster, of the Fort S. Vicente, in Torres Vedras, this one more like a proper fortress and obviously a lot more important being right on top of a major town: Had a good walk around that, not anyone else visiting any of them today, being a Friday, good stuff! No more than 1 km away is the Forte dos Olheiros, basically a small one that served as a lookout for the bigger fort picture before. I almost couldn't resist riding in and around inside it but behaved: Next were two places on top of a hill, places I have visited before but still wanted to pass by today as they'd close the ride nicely, and I enjoy the dirt road leading to them. On the way stopped by a deactivated train station in Runa, just for Pete: The tracks still work, though, but the station no longer does. The badges were prizes for winning 3 first places, 1 second place and 1 third place in the Competition for the most Flowery Stations, such an old school Portugal thing to do. Rode on, and climbed a little, and made it to the Forte da Feiteira, just a couple of kms before the Archeira but a cool little place to ride by on a lovely dirt road: Quite a bit early for these flowers, I think: And on to the final stop of the day, the Fort da Archeira: Although I didn't take that many pictures, this is where I stopped the longest, just enjoying the view and the breeze Starting to go back home, a mere 40 minute ride so let's make it interesting: Just going back down the mountain via the shortest road, a little steep but perfectly fine as long as it's dry: And then on to Ericeira via country roads, with the sun in my face: Stopped by praia dos Coxos, to see if a surfer friend was there, arriving: I stopped way more often than normal, but the light was just so amazing I couldn't help it: Turns out she wasn't surfing as the waves were non existent, but still it made for a great location to end the report: In all, a great 3 hours riding around the place with way more stops than usual.

Love the guitar opening in this

are they full of cheese ?

tomato

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Yup, we;ll send in our guys, they will kick ass, and our politicians will loose the war, while our citiznes back home will spit on the Patriots who fought..

One could assume the moment meat picked up a lace hanky.

Crap?

I live in the UK. Here was referring to that. We have enough corrupt politicians of our own, I have given up on colonial politics.

I dont think the Russians want to go nose to nose with the Polish mafia to be honest. They all live next door to each other in Queens and Brooklyn.

EU?

Revenge for Spanish Flu

They blocked Brits coming in last year or maybe the year before if you recall. So did a lot of other countries too. But it only takes a couple of them with a new variant to start travelling and that's it.

Again that's your problem not ours who's the dumb fucks that let the dumb fucks in