What have you done today thread?
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We went to a restaurant that was recommended by some friends. T'was blooming awesome!! Better cos the owner thought we were french - neither of us speak italian!! LOL
Restaurant was surrounded by mountains
Fab menu -
The translation to English of deconstructed Millefeuille was funny!!!
Interestingly, the chocolate tart didn't translate from Italian to French well either as it was a Chocolat Fondant, not a tarte Apparently it was awesome, so who cares about the translation!!
Free limoncello to finish mmmm
Off to Cormayeur to try and see Mont Blanc but she hid in the clouds. So, looked at the glacier instead!!
Restaurant was surrounded by mountains
Fab menu -
The translation to English of deconstructed Millefeuille was funny!!!
Interestingly, the chocolate tart didn't translate from Italian to French well either as it was a Chocolat Fondant, not a tarte Apparently it was awesome, so who cares about the translation!!
Free limoncello to finish mmmm
Off to Cormayeur to try and see Mont Blanc but she hid in the clouds. So, looked at the glacier instead!!
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A funny thing happened today.
Around 20 years ago there was a bunch of us who used to ride to the road races and trips together. Over the years I've lost touch with some of them and was saddened to hear yesterday one had died from cancer.
I was still mulling over the news today when the phone rang. It was another friend who'd come across a young lad on a Honda Innova with a flat tyre. He wanted to know if I could bring some tools and get the rear wheel out. I duly headed off and got the job done.
While we were travelling to the tyre joint it transpired the lad was the son of the mate who'd recently died.
Maybe his oul Da was looking after him.
Around 20 years ago there was a bunch of us who used to ride to the road races and trips together. Over the years I've lost touch with some of them and was saddened to hear yesterday one had died from cancer.
I was still mulling over the news today when the phone rang. It was another friend who'd come across a young lad on a Honda Innova with a flat tyre. He wanted to know if I could bring some tools and get the rear wheel out. I duly headed off and got the job done.
While we were travelling to the tyre joint it transpired the lad was the son of the mate who'd recently died.
Maybe his oul Da was looking after him.
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Thanx. Fairly easy to take them with the views up here
And TBH, the views up to and over the pass totally made me want an off road bike to just go disappear in the mountains for a few days with a sleeping bag and shelter!!!
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Yeah,spectacular. The latter ones look a bit 'Deliverance'.
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I've never actually seen Deliverance!!! LOL But we din't hear no banjos, so I reckon it was ok
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Had a result. We need a new settee/sofa and was supposed to be going out to find and order one tomorrow. Popped into our local retailer of NEXT stuff and they had the exact settee I fancied but instead of £1500 it was on sale at £470! Get in!
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If he puts the spare up there he can sit comfortably, gazing upon his riches (muttering 'my preciousssses') as he lovingly fondles a box of Betamax tapes and 6 boxed reg/recs for unknown m/c's.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:15 pmIf he puts the spare up there he can sit comfortably, gazing upon his riches (muttering 'my preciousssses') as he lovingly fondles a box of Betamax tapes and 6 boxed reg/recs for unknown m/c's.
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Went to London with Mrs. Gremlin to buy her birthday present. Every shop on Bond Street was closed.
The death of a monarch can right bugger up your shopping plans.
The death of a monarch can right bugger up your shopping plans.
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Just spent bloody ages fixing the pool light. It's about a foot diameter and a foot below the surface.
Some guest had dislodged it and when a cleaned it, it fell off the wall.
Tried for ages to reinstall it but only had cheap mask and snorkel and kept floating about.
So took the wall mount off and worked out how it mounted at side of pool. Magic bit was to coil the spare cable correctly.
Put my lead weight on my feet to keep my in place and a rope around the pool cover to hold onto
Only 10 mins to refit the bloody thing. Cable kept floating about.
Beer time now
Some guest had dislodged it and when a cleaned it, it fell off the wall.
Tried for ages to reinstall it but only had cheap mask and snorkel and kept floating about.
So took the wall mount off and worked out how it mounted at side of pool. Magic bit was to coil the spare cable correctly.
Put my lead weight on my feet to keep my in place and a rope around the pool cover to hold onto
Only 10 mins to refit the bloody thing. Cable kept floating about.
Beer time now
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Finished tidying up after my huge cooking session yesterday!! LOL Not much to show for it but I now have 2 x litre containers of char sui 'sauce' for the next time I get some pork shoulder and a smaller jar of chinese bbq sauce (just reduced the last bit of the first!) for someone - I'm not normally a bbq sauce person, but maybe I should try
Then went to the valley to see my friend. I didn't go yesterday as have had some serious head fck about riding and it was getting worse, not better with doing, so I had a day off and did nothing bikey yesterday. Today, I pep talked myself all the way down the mountain, went the less 'little road' route and got to my friend's place much calmer and not hurting!! Spent a few hours down there and lots of chat. Her being a sports coach helps sometimes as I do manage to talk myself around usually, but it's handy to have someone to 'bounce' ideas/thoughts off too
Coming back I realised that there is one thing I used to do without thinking and haven't been doing since I restarted riding in July. Stupid really as I'd Told Jess that was how I got myself round corners Only on the way back up I realised I haven't been!! LOL
So, now feel a lot better about riding So roll on tomorrow when I'll bimble down again for a bit, just to make sure it is working
Happy biker bird here after a couple of weeks of not so happy!! LOL
Then went to the valley to see my friend. I didn't go yesterday as have had some serious head fck about riding and it was getting worse, not better with doing, so I had a day off and did nothing bikey yesterday. Today, I pep talked myself all the way down the mountain, went the less 'little road' route and got to my friend's place much calmer and not hurting!! Spent a few hours down there and lots of chat. Her being a sports coach helps sometimes as I do manage to talk myself around usually, but it's handy to have someone to 'bounce' ideas/thoughts off too
Coming back I realised that there is one thing I used to do without thinking and haven't been doing since I restarted riding in July. Stupid really as I'd Told Jess that was how I got myself round corners Only on the way back up I realised I haven't been!! LOL
So, now feel a lot better about riding So roll on tomorrow when I'll bimble down again for a bit, just to make sure it is working
Happy biker bird here after a couple of weeks of not so happy!! LOL
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Glanced out of the kitchen window yesterday evening and saw what I thought was the body of my cat lying flat out on the pavement opposite. We do live on a busy road.
I immediately raced out and I was crossing the road when it raised its head up. My next thought was thank god he’s not dead but where will I get a vet on a Saturday night.
Only to get closer and discover a. It was only sleeping and more importantly b. It wasn’t even my bloody cat.
I immediately raced out and I was crossing the road when it raised its head up. My next thought was thank god he’s not dead but where will I get a vet on a Saturday night.
Only to get closer and discover a. It was only sleeping and more importantly b. It wasn’t even my bloody cat.
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Booked Sunday lunch for the wife and me at one of our favourite pubs. You normally need to book up weeks in advance for Sunday lunch, but lately l've been able to easily book on the same day for any of the more popular pubs. Sign of the times I guess...
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I went to the valley to see a friend. Chatted for a few hours and saw some other friends whilst I was there. Had the best ride down the mountain to get there that I've had so far. All so positive
Sadly, on the way back, in a bit of road that has been narrowed by a junction due to road works, there'd been a serious accident. Motorbike,huge thing with luggage, so some kind of tourer, couldn't see much as - it was narrow, rider and pillion down, camper blocking one side of the narrowed road and people directing traffic. And, bike was the other side of the concrete barriers separating the road and roadworks section (from the position, very unlikely it had been dragged there by the people who stopped) Not sure why, but there were a couple of cars stopped to the side as well as the camper, so Im guessing there was a car/bike interaction
I'm still struggling a bit. Daft really as I've dealt with enough death and injury in First Responders and (less) TT Marshalling. But, it's the first time I've seen the effects of a bike crash in over 5 years (probably more to be fair if you don't count track stuff). The bit I couldn't deal with is that the pillion was lying on her side at the side of the road, by the concrete barrier, helmet off and she looked to be asleep. I'm pretty sure she wasn't as she wasn't in the recovery position and no one was anywhere near her, or the rider (didn't see the rider as much, but he wasn't in a recovery position, more as if he was lying where he fell). That was the most disturbing bit I think
Anytime I've seen an accident out here, the French are very full on with first aid - aid in general. But in this case, the traffic was being managed - pompiers and gendarmes hadn't arrived as I went through the site - and people were 'near' the rider and pillion, but no one was 'with' them
I had to pull over into a layby just past the junction as I couldn't see properly for a few minutes. Whilst there, I realised that the actual junction site wasn't easily visible from further back and if no vehicle had been through and so flashed on coming traffic to warn them, they were coming in a bit quick, so until the pompiers arrived from the direction I'd come from, I sat in the layby so as to be able to get up and wave to slow down oncoming traffic (only one seemed to ignore me and gave me a 'signal' that he didn't understand, but at least he didn't hit the back of the traffic queue)
Took me a bit of time to sort my head out; yes I'm still sad, but have stopped having dusty eyes. Luckily I was delivering a pasty to a friend 10 mins down from me, so I was able to go chat with him for a bit.
But, so sad on such a beautiful day to be out
Sadly, on the way back, in a bit of road that has been narrowed by a junction due to road works, there'd been a serious accident. Motorbike,huge thing with luggage, so some kind of tourer, couldn't see much as - it was narrow, rider and pillion down, camper blocking one side of the narrowed road and people directing traffic. And, bike was the other side of the concrete barriers separating the road and roadworks section (from the position, very unlikely it had been dragged there by the people who stopped) Not sure why, but there were a couple of cars stopped to the side as well as the camper, so Im guessing there was a car/bike interaction
I'm still struggling a bit. Daft really as I've dealt with enough death and injury in First Responders and (less) TT Marshalling. But, it's the first time I've seen the effects of a bike crash in over 5 years (probably more to be fair if you don't count track stuff). The bit I couldn't deal with is that the pillion was lying on her side at the side of the road, by the concrete barrier, helmet off and she looked to be asleep. I'm pretty sure she wasn't as she wasn't in the recovery position and no one was anywhere near her, or the rider (didn't see the rider as much, but he wasn't in a recovery position, more as if he was lying where he fell). That was the most disturbing bit I think
Anytime I've seen an accident out here, the French are very full on with first aid - aid in general. But in this case, the traffic was being managed - pompiers and gendarmes hadn't arrived as I went through the site - and people were 'near' the rider and pillion, but no one was 'with' them
I had to pull over into a layby just past the junction as I couldn't see properly for a few minutes. Whilst there, I realised that the actual junction site wasn't easily visible from further back and if no vehicle had been through and so flashed on coming traffic to warn them, they were coming in a bit quick, so until the pompiers arrived from the direction I'd come from, I sat in the layby so as to be able to get up and wave to slow down oncoming traffic (only one seemed to ignore me and gave me a 'signal' that he didn't understand, but at least he didn't hit the back of the traffic queue)
Took me a bit of time to sort my head out; yes I'm still sad, but have stopped having dusty eyes. Luckily I was delivering a pasty to a friend 10 mins down from me, so I was able to go chat with him for a bit.
But, so sad on such a beautiful day to be out
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Cooked roast dinner for colleagues at work.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
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"Even the lies?"
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"Even the lies?"
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