Author Topic: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.  (Read 83750 times)

Pingu

  • Put away those fiery biscuits!
  • Mrs Pingu's domestique
    • the Igloo
Day 4679 in the crisp & juice repository and I'm the only one left.

Dibdib

  • Fat'n'slow
American audaxing will never truly take off until someone starts exporting Ginsters pasties and Frijj. The guy in the yellow is moments away from flipping out and screaming "I ONLY WANTED A SAUSAGE ROLL!"

Ness control on the Golden Road and Standing Stones 300:





Great thousand-yard stare on ramcityrocker, there. (sorry, Rob ;D)

Pingu

  • Put away those fiery biscuits!
  • Mrs Pingu's domestique
    • the Igloo
The smiley guy on the right in the first pic works at our Dingwall office.

As does the other smiley guy in the Morvelo top!

The non-smiley guy can be excused from smiling, as he caught the 3 am freight ferry over, and was seriously sleep-deprived. As well as having a mouthful of cake.

Pingu

  • Put away those fiery biscuits!
  • Mrs Pingu's domestique
    • the Igloo
As does the other smiley guy in the Morvelo top!

I don't recognise him, it's been a while since I've been to that office.

Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #156 on: 06 September, 2016, 11:06:33 pm »
Takeaway in Ieper at 11 pm on the Borders of Belgium 1000:



Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #157 on: 07 September, 2016, 04:33:42 pm »
That wallpaper rocks

Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #158 on: 10 September, 2016, 09:24:50 pm »
Magnificent, isn't it.

The Graun has a photo comp on the theme of "endurance" - I'm tempted just to point them at this thread.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/11/share-your-photos-on-the-theme-of-endurance

Pingu

  • Put away those fiery biscuits!
  • Mrs Pingu's domestique
    • the Igloo

IMG_8293_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Standing room only at Cornhill-on-Tweed, 310 km into the Hot Trod 400:


Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
I love the facial expression of the chap stood on the right of the picture. It looks like he could be thinking a number of things - none of them particularly positive  ;D

He's waiting for his dad (leaning back at the far left) to die move so he can nick his seat ;D

Where as I am wondering who is going to be a gentleman and give up their seat for the lady standing at the back.  :demon:

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #165 on: 31 August, 2017, 01:21:39 pm »
Dodgems! Not a store but a fun fair.  :thumbsup:
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

I couldn't resist nicking this one from Alan's Strava feed. Easter Arrow 2018, Somewhere in Lincolnshire:




rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #167 on: 28 September, 2018, 06:25:23 am »
I think the MAMIL magazines should print some of these pictures.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #168 on: 19 October, 2018, 10:44:35 am »
Look familiar?-Ryanair staff couldn't find a hotel room so forced to adopt the audax style .

 


ElyDave

  • Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society member 263583
Re: It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.
« Reply #169 on: 20 October, 2018, 07:36:19 pm »
that's probably why I was so comfy when stranded at at Oslo last year.
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Deep in the heart of Texas.


FifeingEejit

  • Not Small
Late to the party that could be described as "people looking f---- during bike rides",
As many know I carry a small waterproof camera with me, unfortuately some times I forget to clean the lense before getting a picture and end up retaking but anyway.

I'll start with - Dunblane control midnightish, Auld Alliance 400 2019
A night start has varying effects on people.


FifeingEejit

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Easter Arrow 2019

McDonalds number 3 before breakfast time, you've already had a beef burger and a chicken burger and you've forgotten about the Fillet O' Fish as the other meat option.


You've had enough of the Weatherspoons breakfast and never ending refills of coffee just isn't hacking it.


Some people can sleep anywhere

FifeingEejit

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Service Area seating seems to attract all sorts at silly AM,







And yes some people can really sleep anywhere;
Snow Roads Perm February 2019, Outside the Panmy in Edzell

FifeingEejit

  • Not Small
Border Lands Explorer 2018
It was wet, many were fed up, others just looked it



Fed up even when the sun was shining (actually that's not the 600, the sun didn't shine on that)


Edit: Photo is from Brandt and Slape, cracking weather but the climbing was getting to me.