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Went for a short walk this morning with the same friend from Thursdays mammoth hike!!

She wanted to see the sunrise colours from a bit higher up that she did the other day. We didn't wait for actual sunrise but we did get to see a lesser spotted piste badger a few times so got to ski back down on fresh corduroy!!

I'm getting to like this walking up with company


I've just made brownies for a friend's chalet and am having a go at fudge again. Then is't chill for a bit before delivering the brownies

Noggin wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:16 am Went for a short walk this morning with the same friend from Thursdays mammoth hike!!

She wanted to see the sunrise colours from a bit higher up that she did the other day. We didn't wait for actual sunrise but we did get to see a lesser spotted piste badger a few times so got to ski back down on fresh corduroy!!

I'm getting to like this walking up with company


I've just made brownies for a friend's chalet and am having a go at fudge again. Then is't chill for a bit before delivering the brownies

Wow. Those colours were certainly worth the early dart and the hike. I guess you're in the French Alps?

mangocrazy wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:32 am

Noggin wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:16 am Went for a short walk this morning with the same friend from Thursdays mammoth hike!!

She wanted to see the sunrise colours from a bit higher up that she did the other day. We didn't wait for actual sunrise but we did get to see a lesser spotted piste badger a few times so got to ski back down on fresh corduroy!!

I'm getting to like this walking up with company


I've just made brownies for a friend's chalet and am having a go at fudge again. Then is't chill for a bit before delivering the brownies

Wow. Those colours were certainly worth the early dart and the hike. I guess you're in the French Alps?

I am. I'm in La Plagne

The colours never come out on a phone camera as good as they look IRL!! So it is definitely worth walking up to see it

We think they've pisted up to the top of one of the higher runs so planning to walk up on Thursday with some friends. I need it pisted as just can't afford to fall over, even if it's less than the other day!! LOL

One of the best things about being a transfer driver is I'm normally up early enough to see all those colours on days I'm working. Which is pretty blooming awesome!

Yeah - no pain, no gain... Just try and stay upright, OK?

mangocrazy wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:31 am Yeah - no pain, no gain... Just try and stay upright, OK?

Indeed. I rarely fall on the piste, its soft/heavy/lumpy/weird snow I can't deal with. Was probably better on it before but the past 3 seasons I've hardly skied, so tend to stick to the piste - and with a busted shoulder it wasn't worth attempting to ski off piste or learn the more difficult stuff for the last three seasons, or this one!! LOL

So - if it ain't pisted I ain't walking up, cos I don't want to fall over on the way down!!

First cut of the year on the lawns! It's a beautiful day out there. Just off out for a long walk with the dogs to enjoy the sunshine!

Washed the cars, and jet washed the drive

Have a headache from hell, so now on sofa and doing Feck all else until this is gone

Got out on the bike yesterday, got smashed on rum last night, washed the car this morning, the Hammers beat Spurs to continue our cracking season and now I'm sitting in the sun at the park.

It's been a good weekend

Looks dry and mild all week too

Got up. About to 3S & go ride the ZRX, gave it a bit of spiffing up yesterday so it's looking rather... er, spiffy... & owing a slight garage clean up recently I can actually ride it out of the garage without the danger of falling into a pile of of crap that has no business being in a garage.

ZRX61 wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:28 pm Got up. About to 3S & go ride the ZRX, gave it a bit of spiffing up yesterday so it's looking rather... er, spiffy... & owing a slight garage clean up recently I can actually ride it out of the garage without the danger of falling into a pile of of crap that has no business being in a garage.

Useless without pics

Car washing, walking, football, cycling.

Busy day.

Washed the van, and got some oxtail on the go, lovely now on the sofa with a glass of red. Was going to start on fitting heated grips to the ST3 but it’ll have to wait, the wine won!

weeksy wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:59 pm Useless without pics

EVERY damn pic I try to upload on this forum is too large & I can't be fucked to fuck with them

ZRX61 wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:31 pm

weeksy wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:59 pm Useless without pics

EVERY damn pic I try to upload on this forum is too large & I can't be fucked to fuck with them

use something like imgbb.com - then you just upload the link ??

ZRX61 wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:31 pm EVERY damn pic I try to upload on this forum is too large & I can't be fucked to fuck with them

Right click on image.

Select 'copy image address'.

Back to forum - click in 'image insert' icon and paste between the thingies.

Or use the likes of Imgur for pics you want to keep/use elsewhere.

Another half afternoon emptying a friend's mobile home. Do they really want me to store a very used doormat (amongst other things) until they can travel hundreds of miles to fetch it?. Oh yes! Must have some sentimental value.

Of note - as they had fully expected (pre covid) to be (a) returning to this mobile home for further holidays (b) be emptying it themselves at some point, rather than a mate doing it - I was impressed how neat they had left it, nor was there anything diabolical like a big bag of dildos.



Then I spent the rest of the afternoon idly working out why the bike was hard to start. Perished vacuum hose on the fuel pipe.

Mended the green house and put some wires in to try and prevent the panels blowing out again, weeded the beds in the greenhouse, dug the veg patch, jet washed the patio and cleaned the wife's car and cleared a load of rubble from a small corner bed ready for planting something in it

Cleaned both my car and the wife's car. Helped the missus cutting the grass in the back garden and then off out on the Ducati to get some supplies from Tesco. First time the bike has been out since early November which is very very not me .....good to get it running and blew out some cobwebs

Hunted high and low for a book that went missing in the house. Most of yesterday and today. Was it behind a stack of books that I had stacked up on top of other books? No, not there. Maybe behind some other books? No. Had it fallen down? No. In another room? No. And so last night I gave up in frustration. Today, the search carried on. I thought I would tidy the shelves while I was searching - maybe it would show up? Then a thought struck me, check on the web for the colour of the spine to make easier to find - it’s only a skinny book. Lo and behold there it was, it’s red spine hiding in between two thick heavy books. It can now join the other four from the set.

Glad I didn’t have to search the garage.

Mostly slept and hallucinated, the after-effects of the covid jab I had yesterday.