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I've "worked" in resort all day

Brought up a load of primary school kids then did three shuttles of various ages of primary kids to the swimming pool and back. One gap was long enough for me to park the bus outside home (nearly) and have lunch at home for a change !!

As I had a decent lunch (not the usual sarnies!) I didn't want to eat too much so I had something that's basically fish fingers (with less fish!) but big cos in the shape of fish !!!

Ketchup classes as a vegetable, right ??




Actually, I also had a very long chat with a guy that down here but I rarely chat with (have known him since my first season). They've now got young kids and are thinking of moving down to the valley too. Interesting chatting as a lot of the reasons for moving down are similar to mine - surprised me as they are a family and I thought it would be easier for a family.

Seems not - people are still very "surface", the old "we know a LOT of people but don't have many friends" !!

Taken 3001 photos of plants for the wife followed by a cheeky jambalaya on the beach front.

PXL_20250625_163648068~2 by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

Just booked flights for four to come and visit me at the end of August - SDad, nephew, nephew's girlfriend and a mate of mine who used to be a seasonaire

Can't wait for some of my favourite people to see the area in summertime, its so so different but still totally awesome

Received annual firewood delivery, 3 x dumpy bags worth which needed barrowing from roadside to log store, 16 barrow loads, then hand-balling and stacking, Google watch reckons I clocked up over a mile’s worth of steps and 45 mins of cardio shifting them around.

Log store is rammed full and hopefully won’t need restocking until next summer.

Then trimmed hedges, strimmed borders and cut the front lawn.

Woke up in Rhodes.
Swam in the sea, had lunch, drove across the island, walked up a valley full of pretty moths (that have been rebranded as butterflies to appeal to tourists).
Drove back, swam in the sea. Currently sitting on the beach as the sun heads towards the horizon, anticipating food and wine

Sunny wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:58 pm Woke up in Rhodes.
Swam in the sea, had lunch, drove across the island, walked up a valley full of pretty moths (that have been rebranded as butterflies to appeal to tourists).
Drove back, swam in the sea. Currently sitting on the beach as the sun heads towards the horizon, anticipating food and wine

Kidnapped?

weeksy wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:59 pm

Sunny wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:58 pm Woke up in Rhodes.
Swam in the sea, had lunch, drove across the island, walked up a valley full of pretty moths (that have been rebranded as butterflies to appeal to tourists).
Drove back, swam in the sea. Currently sitting on the beach as the sun heads towards the horizon, anticipating food and wine

Kidnapped?

Pretty sure I flew here of my own volition, but it was a horribly early start in Manchester yesterday, so anything is a possibility...

Been to a village's 200 year anniversary. A strange one, the village is in eastern Germany, I speak very little German and the older generations were taught Russian as their second language, English wasn't on the curriculum back then. Much sign language and translating on the phone.

I've not listened to so much 1980's electropop and drunk so much cheap spirits since, well, the 1980s The beer was, as expected, good though.

It's allowed in this thread as I'm not sure exaclty when I got home this morning.

Been on nights, Friday night I spent at a fatal motorbike accident, 19 years old. RIP
Last night was a vast improvement.
Mick

Broke down in my Campervan. Started fine this morning and we left the site. About 20 miles down the road I decided to stop for diesel. Went to start it back up and the batttery was flat?! Rang breakdown to get a jump start but they wouldn't come out as the vehicle is registered as on a SORN. Guess what idiot forgot to tax it when he started using it again a few months back!

They said email us a proof of tax and they'll send soemone out. So i had to ring my son to go to our house where the documents are, and to tax it online which he did. Meanwhile my daughter rang us and I told her what was happening. My son-in-law said have you got jump leads, which we did, so he came out and got us going. Just been out to the camper and tried it and it span over like a good un!

Sort of planned to drive up to a col this morning for sunrise, to celebrate a life lost (and missed for 9 years) - but, as usual I've put the reason in the back of my head as it makes me sad and I don't need a lot of help with that at the mo. So I didn't get up early then remembered and thought fuck it, go do something!!

So I drove to the Col du Petit St Bernard. Must remember not to do that again in a car !!! Lemmings everywhere and many cars that didn't know that all four wheels should be to the right of the white line (think he mostly didn't want to be overtaken, but there were others !) and what seemed like billions of cyclists !! In general, they were pretty well positioned, just awkward to pass

Got to the top and realised I was playing full on chicken with the fuel gauge !! It was a bit further than I remembered (always make that mistake with the Col du PSB, but usually on time, never on fuel before!!) Stopped on the Italian side and found out that an allongé is just a slightly bigger esspresso - not sure how I've enjoyed allongé there before but I now know I need to ask for an Americano (which in resort is too big and too watery for me - how is coffee so complicated)

Didn't stay there long, lack of sports bikes and being there in a car kinda put the miseries on the visit - but still, my riding buddy would have bloody loved hooning up and down that road, on a moto, not in a car

Came home, chilled, sorted some rubbish to take out, chatted with OH and cooked - some kind of pork dish to portion up, think I have enough for about two weeks meals, but that's not a problem really LOL. I bought some frozen broccoli and cauli in the valley and added a load of that and some peas to some minced pork I 'found' in another freezer Now have some pasta in the fridge so dinner tomorrow will be quick

Now to cross stitch as my mate's baby is due soon (she's 37.5 weeks, so its due in 4.5 weeks ???? I do not know these things!!!)

Need to find an apartment so I can try and find a motorbike (nice looking yellow and silver thundercat for sale in Bourg )

Yesterday I went to a car show with the F350. Dropped by the Armenian kebab place when I left & came home with a feast. The plan was to stuff my face & then take the ZRX11 out for a ride.

That plan didn't work out as I ended up on the growler venting liquid from my exhaust.. in the middle of that ordeal I violently fired what felt like a golf ball into the bowl & suffered splash back.

After I got done with that arse farce & the resulting paperwork I stood up, then immediately had to sit down again & repeat the performance (sans violently exiting golf ball).

Decided not to take the ZRX11 out...

250 odd miles, Bude to Polegate in 5.5hrs, filtering and over taking extravaganza as the A30 and A303 were shut so I had to do the coast road via Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth and Lyme Regis followed by an utterly rubbish A35 between Wareham and Ringwood. Now sitting down with a beer.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:02 pm 250 odd miles, Bude to Polegate in 5.5hrs, filtering and over taking extravaganza as the A30 and A303 were shut so I had to do the coast road via Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth and Lyme Regis followed by an utterly rubbish A35 between Wareham and Ringwood. Now sitting down with a beer.

Ebike?

weeksy wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:04 pm

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:02 pm 250 odd miles, Bude to Polegate in 5.5hrs, filtering and over taking extravaganza as the A30 and A303 were shut so I had to do the coast road via Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth and Lyme Regis followed by an utterly rubbish A35 between Wareham and Ringwood. Now sitting down with a beer.

Ebike?

lol, no the worlds noisiest ZH2!

I fancy some noisy pipes on the Enfield, watch this space.

I was talking to a chap today,like myself he was wandering about admiring all the old bikes. He told me he had to pack in riding last year as he was getting on a bit. Then he told me he is 95 years old. Despite the stick,he looked younger than some of the boys on the classic bikes!

Not many of us will be that fortunate.

Pic of him shaking hands with one of the classic lot.

I put a new front axle in my makita lawn mower today. Top mechanic me!

Skub wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:48 pm I was talking to a chap today,like myself he was wandering about admiring all the old bikes. He told me he had to pack in riding last year as he was getting on a bit. Then he told me he is 95 years old. Despite the stick,he looked younger than some of the boys on the classic bikes!

Not many of us will be that fortunate.

Pic of him shaking hands with one of the classic lot.

Think I recognise that, spar n toilets . Lovely place and lovely road.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:02 pm 250 odd miles, Bude to Polegate in 5.5hrs, filtering and over taking extravaganza as the A30 and A303 were shut so I had to do the coast road via Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth and Lyme Regis followed by an utterly rubbish A35 between Wareham and Ringwood. Now sitting down with a beer.

Please God it's not shut next Friday. I need to go from St Austell to Follkestone. That south coast route is a bloody nightmare, I did it one because it looked like it might be scenic, I won't be doing it again by choice.