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Great way to take parcels to the Post Office on a sunny day

Great news! Our eldest grandson (5) has got a school place starting next week. The youngest one (3) has also got a place as well. If you remember, Fatty was threatening to take them back to that Slavic ghetto if he didn't get in! And any excuse will do. But now that window of opportunity has closed for her......so she's stuck in Spain and hating every minute of it.

Already got something similar but it’s more useful.

Oh I have been in my club to since 18, only because at the time they never had a Colts section, so I went to St Austell Colts at 16 until I was old enough to come home. Finished Playing when I was 42 so have done my time on the field. I have coached both at the club and the local schools over the years. Not so much now the game and tactics have moved on from my knowledge strengths, there are younger better lads to do it now. But I am still there and involved, with a mate we started Lankelly Shout which is a singing group initially to bring after match singing back to the new generation of lads. We had our first years anniversary last month. We run a regular monthly practice night alongside Thursday rugby practice. We had 8 on the first one now get around 25 to 30 and did once peak at 35 so it is well supported. Many choirs have less. Then in June we held our first fundraiser called 'Lankelly's Day of Cornish Song'. After expenses we raised £5K for the club and got nearly 500 of the local community to come along. It was a blast that can only grow, next years date is already set. We have our own shirts and and professionally produced song book that hopefully brings a valuable contribution to the club in funds, culture and foot fall to the bar. So I am still well involved and making a contribution. One of our away days singing over at Polruan across the river. My book with stains Here is our team sheet from last Saturday. Two of those lads I actually played in the team with years ago. Seven of them are the sons of ex players and mates. Doesn't get much more grass roots and local than that. Our club has a 200 strong junior section but only one adult team, we used to have two but male participatory rugby playing is on the decline country wide and that is sadly true in Cornwall as it is elsewhere. I think women's rugby is a fantastic movement and long may it continue, I look forward to the day when we can field a women's team. We are still only a grassroots club in Cornwall Division 2 (snakes belly) but we own our ground and clubhouse and have money in the bank. Many much more senior clubs wish they could say the same. https://www.facebook.com/ClubHouseLankelly/ So I can be a bit braggy too about my contribution to my Club and rugby in general. I am sorry if I touched a nerve with you I in no way intended to be dismissive. Just wanted to emphasize that rugby is popular with many because it is a lot of fun to play.

Not exactly on the street but nevertheless……

Does Harry Hill go to all your singing doo's .......................

Happy Boys on Saturday

Ferry is only tomorrow, today we ride around the Picos

Have you been drinking for 3 days as well

I'd say you've got that angle covered already! What you say @Six30?

I’m manly enough to be comfortable with femininity. Embrace it Bob, I’m sure you could make a fantastic jollop drinking fairy fixer upper

I'm worried about you , preening fairies and now you want jollop in your coffee. Man up woman ..............

They just turned up on the TET Facebook group

NO

I'm sure @Skippy will be up for a POS like that!

Yep feckin hilarious, that’s one reason why you have to get it. I want it too, but just so I can put someone on the back and do a dumb and dumber

I’ve been involved in the rugby club since I was 17 years old (brace for some braggy sounding shite), Mr Slowly and I helped secure decent funding and coaches and provided all the players kit to create a women’s rugby team that went to twickenham, won awards and has produced England players - so I underestimate nothing revolving around rugby. What rugby does for these women is unbelievable. It can take broken girls and women and turn them into confident fun loving forces of nature who are able to get out there and live the life they want rather than accept some shitty lesser lot in life. It’s quite remarkable. Just a few months ago a friend’s teenage daughter was in a terrible place, she changed schools and was being bullied horribly. We suggested she came along to rugby and rugby being what it is, even as ‘quirky’ as she is she was welcomed, accepted as part of the team and within a few weeks all the bullying stopped. She was genuinely happy again. Cors it helped that some of the girls from her school play at the same club but that’s also part of the joy, you don’t let your team mates get bullied by outsiders do you! That’s one tiny example of some of the amazing things I’ve seen rugby do. Even if you are old and fragile you have a lifetimes worth of experience you can hand on to the junior section if you want to be involved, junior coaches are always in short supply. Cors it’s not the same as being on the pitch as a player but if you want a fix that can certainly do it. The pride you feel about them is immense. Personally after 30 years involvement I’m glad to break from it and relieved not to be talking about it all day everyday anymore, hence me rarely ever commenting on anything rugby related!

Oh and ambient or heat tolerant food is good because the cabins usually get pretty damn hot. Chorizo or saucisson sec, miniature cheeses individually wrapped, frankfurters, crackers, bread that won’t stale, those weird premixed tuna meals in a foil carton (not a favourite of mine), overnights oats made with small uht carton milk, ambient pâté, tinned tuna for sandwiches with cherry tomatoes or Persian cucumbers, wine obviously lots of wine Oh and if you have room LOTS of water. And a borrowed glass for the wine n water.

They’re all UK, we faced then today going the other way, all a little older guys.

They deported you yet?

I hope they let him

Hmm. Best not then, I have enough trouble with the Spanish and French language.

Getting parts would be a bitch , probably have to hunt around Italy.

Corston, near Bath {where Leslie Crowther used to live). They are the most friendly and efficient people ever, it's exactly what a Post office should be like.

I thought that too But I use it all the time and much to your chagrin it’s a reliable bike so messing with it isn’t on my agenda!

It's all your @Slowlycatchymonkey , I've bid all I'm going to and it's still not reached reserve.

Wierd looking Ducati.

Seeing them in their house reminds me of The Beverly Hillbillies!

You didn't touch a nerve it's all good. It's always worth checking someones knowledge or experience before assuming they don't know about a topic, you don't need to be told how to suck eggs anymore than I do

He knows him, where the nearest supermarket is in relation to the shop, what colour the shop front is, which hotel is best in the area along with what the road signs say at the junction you get off for the most picturesque route. Need any more info PM Bob.

Can you imagine how slow it must be with all that scaffolding all over it ? I imagine it would be hilariously slow

I'm going to bid

No avoiding it I have to make two bloody throws for my sons place. Sometimes I agree to do things before my brains engaged and then later think WTF why did you say you would do that?! This is one of those occasions

Don't underestimate how much fun contact sports are. I was at my club watching them win their first game of the season last Saturday, I would have loved to be on the pitch with them if it were not for the case that I am way to old and fragile for that malarky now.

In all fairness , I have been mostly drunk for 3 days

Zzzaks life.

I’ve never fallen off the BSA you senile wally!

Yes.

That's the best Post Office in the world

Mawsley is that you?