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One more week and I'm retiring, I'm 70 in a few months time so me and the wife have decided we are retiring. I've worked since I was about 10 (Brought up on a farm) so it's about time I had a rest. Any ideas to keep me occupied ?

Congratulations, it's your WORK Jubilee this year then. What you need is a little job that gets you up in the morning, out in the fresh air but isn't too taxing.

Seeing i just spent 10 grand on a tuneup i felt this thread is needed for the emotionally unstable, or soon to be. We are not alone, its just they dont like us.

No wonder the previous owner traded it in .... he knew

Dawn was telling me that he’d very recently cycled across Scotland, off road, in two days with no ill effects. Always out walking or on his pushbike. I wonder if it was something congenital that had never been picked up as there was no reason to suspect anything wrong with him? Funeral is next Friday, the 17th.

I'm off for a 'billy no mates' trail ride on Sunday, just need to work out where to go now......

For myself I just pray to God I don't make it to the retirement home... The only advice I can give you is.. Keep busy.. Exercise.. Brush your teeth.. And try to keep sexually active life... Sex is good cure for everything..

Clean your teeth?

Had an errand to run in the morning and today is a holiday in Portugal so very little to do in the morning, left early taking advantage of the morning coolness. Went to Santarem, which is one of the hottest cities in Portugal, lovely garden for a short walk before coming back home, testing how it felt to be around as I felt a little weak a few days ago. Great views over the Tejo and one of Portugal's biggest farm region. The Tejo is looking really sad. Storks used to be a migratory bird, when summer arrived they'd settle back to their nests left empty from the previous year. They're starting to stick around year round now. Summer, big heat arriving and the nests have 3 or 4 occupancy instead of 1 or 2, baby storks are so cute. I stopped at two places to see if you can get how many they are Stopped by the Dainese place, and the Hayabusa club was meeting there for a ride, such cool bikes! I'd love one, but honestly don't know what to do with such a fast bike except lose my license. Last 10 or so km before home were going to be on a nice and fast dirt road, but progress creeped up, my lovely dusty dirt road turned into lovely black tarmac. Used to look like this: Now it looks like this: Surely the people who use that to go home much prefer it like this, specially over winter, but today it spoiled my fun

Great tip, Pete!

Imagine looking out your window and seeing @yen_powell's pants in your garden!

Wife can't keep the washing on the line here.............a pair of my kecks ended up on next doors garden.

@Slowlycatchymonkey has no idea what she's missing .....................

Laying in the truck driver's piss on the M20?

I think my Beemer has now spent more time in vans than your bikes!

I thought I had a bike in here ….

So they sold you a bike with an oil leak and even worse faulty brakes ….

That's great, it's like owning a bike but not really having the discomfort of actually riding it anywhere

Nice one Phil, I would suggest crown bowls but in your case I don’t think that’s a good fit

Better we don't know though Clive. Live every day as if it's our last at our age! Why do you think I bought a GS?

I'm a Bikeless Billy!

Na......I could never clear the 6ft fence....

Were you still wearing them Clive?

My buddy is off (with a few other guys) to Whitby on Monday for 5 days of riding and getting rat arsed. So I am being a Billy too.

High winds and dry heat, sheets were dry in minutes!

I'd say it's been nicked call la guardia though when they find out he's a ginger twat they won't give a fuck

Me tomorrow…

For God sake don't take him to the dago midgets I know you're missing your fix but taking him along would just ruin the poor lad

That one could be difficult!

Stamp collecting, coin collecting, jigsaws, gardening, alcohol, porn. Not retired yet but me and Mandi look forward to getting away at the weekends, not always on the bikes. Whatever you do I hope it keeps you both happy.

Bet he's got his own Uccio as well!

Get it traded, Pete, the chinese bike proved to be a more faithful companion.

Spill kit is no good it needs a bund built around it

And the Poppies are get blown to bits.

They make a very cool sound when they're in the nest, like a clanking of their beaks. Used to be a feature of the south only, but they're establishing a strong presence everywhere.

Because this part of the world is going through a drought, and instead of helping keeping ecosystems balanced, the Spanish management of water flow ing out of Spain is done by a bunch of greedy gillipollas, or twats. You see the same thing in the Douro although not so clear on the pictures because the river is less wide, on the ride report I did a few weeks ago with Sofia. Our two most important rivers are basically being held hostage.

You need to look for another bike, I reckon that one's middle name is Jonah

I wheel mine out and ride the fucker though

All that stuff comes across as the bike been sitting for a long time. The rubber seal, the ABS, that's stuff that doesn't like sitting for ages.

Kin eck, shame they've sold you old one, could be using that till it's sorted.

Well if you're offering Pete

I took his dentures to Spain in 2005.

Get a job.

The wife doesn't pillion anymore, so a long bike ride would not be happening. And our passports ran out about 10years ago.

Are you up for a bike trip? A gentle couple of months enjoying pleasant temperatures...

I don't know what an Uccio is, but I like Rossi. He's the man.

Get the spill kit ready for its return.