What have you done today thread?

[Yorick]

Had a fraughtful journey.

Ferry G.C. to south Fuerteventura 2:00
2 hours

Ferry North Fuerteventura to lanzarote 6:00
Satnav say 1 hrs 38 mins drive between ports.

It'll be good

Ferry 15 mins late . 1 hrs 45 to Ferry depart.

Satnav says 1 hrs 38 driving

Gives me 7 mins spare.
In the car it'd be easier but with trailer was tight.
Constantly watching Satnav countdown
Then fuel gauge had it's occasional hiccup.
Dropped from 100k left, to empty.
Fark. Quick fill up.

Satnav hows arrival 6:00. Fark

Last 20 miles motorway so give it beans.
Last mile through the port town had about 10 speed humps. Not good with bike in trailer.

Arrived 5:59 and waved straight on.

Ferry left 6:02

Fark

[ZRX61]

Had a comedy moment in the garage... Was working my way around the ST cleaning the glass with aerosol glass cleaner & the really spiffy glass cleaning cloths they sell at Horrible Fright (Grant brand). All was going well until I got to the drivers door where I failed to notice the window was open so ended up cleaning the seat & dashboard instead.

FFS...

[Cousin Jack]

Flew home from Gibralter. Incoming plane 1 hour late.

[Yorick]

Flew home from Gibralter. Incoming plane 1 hour late.

Aha. I always wondered who owned that big runway.
I've crossed it a few times.

[Skub]

Back to fuggin Winter this week. 6°on my walk this morning,wooly hat,gloves and waterproofs.

I'll be catching up on Motogp today and other indoor stuff of lesser interest.

[KungFooBob]

Flew home from Gibralter. Incoming plane 1 hour late.

Aha. I always wondered who owned that big runway.
I've crossed it a few times.

It's not big, it's tiny!

If your pilot doesn't stop in time you're going for a swim.

[Yorick]

Flew home from Gibralter. Incoming plane 1 hour late.

Aha. I always wondered who owned that big runway.
I've crossed it a few times.

It's not big, it's tiny!

If your pilot doesn't stop in time you're going for a swim.

It was about 50ft long. But half mile wide.

[Taipan]

Back to fuggin Winter this week. 6°on my walk this morning,wooly hat,gloves and waterproofs.

I'll be catching up on Motogp today and other indoor stuff of lesser interest.

Cant believe the weather today after the weekends 21 degrees and sunshine! So far this morning its not got above 7 degrees and we've heavy rain, hailstone and winds so strong it blew the garden chairs over!

[Yorick]

Back to fuggin Winter this week. 6°on my walk this morning,wooly hat,gloves and waterproofs.

I'll be catching up on Motogp today and other indoor stuff of lesser interest.

Cant believe the weather today after the weekends 21 degrees and sunshine! So far this morning its not got above 7 degrees and we've heavy rain, hailstone and winds so strong it blew the garden chairs over!

I'll just sit quietly over there >>>>

[Horse]

I'll just sit quietly over there >>>>

In the shade?

[Pirahna]

Today I had meatballs in IKEA for lunch.

[Yorick]

I'll just sit quietly over there >>>>

In the shade?

Yeah. It's over 30c now

[Yorick]

I think my first mile was about 1h 10 mins.
Done a few now and today's was 55 mins.

I'm getting good now
I was doing 2 pairs (2x25) quite easily so tried 4 pairs. I realises I perhaps wasn't breathing deep enough, potentially leaving dirty air in snorkel as well.
So big big breaths and 4 pairs (200m) has become easy.
When I started I looked at 32 sessions. Now it's only 8.
Less daunting. Fewer rest stops.

Time dropped to 50.5 minutes.

Average speed up from 0.86 MPH to 1.19 MPH

Sat on patio. Bone idle. No go.

Had 2 small Decathlon energy bars and jumped on the GSXR.

After 4 pairs of lengths I felt good, so aimed for 8 non stop.
After 8 still good so carried on.

Was so easy so aimed for 800m then a rest.
At 800m I was cool so went for the big mile, none stop.
Never a problem really. The last 50m was probably as fast as the first.
Then I sprinted extra 10m to make it a full mile.

The energy bars helped as usually go late afternoon with no food in me. Usually late brekky at 11 ish.

I was absolutely buzzing and elated.
Was pissed off at the time.
Only 3.5 mins better than last time. Then realised that last time I would have only had 3 rests.

Buzzing.

In UK I always joined the gym during dry January and did the progressive pool thing. I was always just happy to reach a mile.

Now at 63, I'm doing a mile. Non stop !!!

Just having a beer by the pool feeling just as proud as I felt when I won my first racing trophy in 1982.

Just sent an email to my pal's wife who runs the Iron-man event every year

Speed now 1.28 MPH

I've improved from last year. Fifth swim this month and did the mile in 46.06.
Speed up to 1.3 MPH

So I'm getter fitter and better looking every year

[Taipan]

I'm getting good now
I was doing 2 pairs (2x25) quite easily so tried 4 pairs. I realises I perhaps wasn't breathing deep enough, potentially leaving dirty air in snorkel as well.
So big big breaths and 4 pairs (200m) has become easy.
When I started I looked at 32 sessions. Now it's only 8.
Less daunting. Fewer rest stops.

Time dropped to 50.5 minutes.

Average speed up from 0.86 MPH to 1.19 MPH

Sat on patio. Bone idle. No go.

Had 2 small Decathlon energy bars and jumped on the GSXR.

After 4 pairs of lengths I felt good, so aimed for 8 non stop.
After 8 still good so carried on.

Was so easy so aimed for 800m then a rest.
At 800m I was cool so went for the big mile, none stop.
Never a problem really. The last 50m was probably as fast as the first.
Then I sprinted extra 10m to make it a full mile.

The energy bars helped as usually go late afternoon with no food in me. Usually late brekky at 11 ish.

I was absolutely buzzing and elated.
Was pissed off at the time.
Only 3.5 mins better than last time. Then realised that last time I would have only had 3 rests.

Buzzing.

In UK I always joined the gym during dry January and did the progressive pool thing. I was always just happy to reach a mile.

Now at 63, I'm doing a mile. Non stop !!!

Just having a beer by the pool feeling just as proud as I felt when I won my first racing trophy in 1982.

Just sent an email to my pal's wife who runs the Iron-man event every year

Speed now 1.28 MPH

I've improved from last year. Fifth swim this month and did the mile in 46.06.
Speed up to 1.3 MPH

So I'm getter fitter and better looking every year

[Bustaspoke]

Back to fuggin Winter this week. 6°on my walk this morning,wooly hat,gloves and waterproofs.

I'll be catching up on Motogp today and other indoor stuff of lesser interest.

Cant believe the weather today after the weekends 21 degrees and sunshine! So far this morning its not got above 7 degrees and we've heavy rain, hailstone and winds so strong it blew the garden chairs over!

Last night & this morning it was hailstones & blowing a gale,the hailstones stopped but it's still blowing a gale so I'm indoors painting.Getting the jobs done that I save for crap weather...

[cheb]

Got all the fittings I need to lay some self burying water pipe.

[Sadlonelygit]

Getting the van ready for our Italian getaway. Spent the day washing the roof off and sorting out the cooker. Had to sort out 2 thermocouples and one of the ignitors. YT videos said usually the connector on the back of the regulators are usually the culprits, so off with hob it was, a quick squirt of contact cleaner on the leads and that's €180 saved!
A bit of lock wire sorted the ignition, happy days

[Count Steer]

Got all the fittings I need to lay some self burying water pipe.

I've Googled but all I find is 'the mystery of the sbwp' so do tell more....

[cheb]

Got all the fittings I need to lay some self burying water pipe.

I've Googled but all I find is 'the mystery of the sbwp' so do tell more....

My technique is to strim the grass really short, lay the pipe on the ground and then go back in a decade or so to check progress.

[weeksy]

Washed the van, again.

I can't put into words how dirty it gets at race weekends