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The Pub / Re: Little Eye On The Provinces

« Last post by rogerzilla on Yesterday at 06:40:17 pm »

More usually, when there's an outbreak of decent weather, the locals flock to the roads around Cannon Hill Park to circle and hoot, before eventually finding somewhere to pavement-park.

"I was looking for somewhere to park" is probably a common excuse when caught kerb-crawling on Cheddar Road.

Cheddar Road isn't what it used to be.

I believe Basil has form for getting distracted there...

Guilty as charged. 

Well, they did put an NCN route along it!

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OT Knowledge / Re: Hanging guitars on the wall

« Last post by IanDG on Yesterday at 06:39:44 pm »

Here's mine, Hercules brackets from local guitar shop. Hanging up for nearly 18 months now

P1050001 by ian, on Flickr

P1050002 by ian, on Flickr

P1050003 by ian, on Flickr

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GPS / Re: My brain hurts - beginners guide needed for elctronic navigation and mapping.

« Last post by Feanor on Yesterday at 06:36:06 pm »

For course creation, or viewing an as-ridder / run GPX, Ye Olde BikeHike is still out there, and has free OS mapping alongside OSM-based mapping.
It will go to 1:25000 if you zoom in on the OS pane.

https://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php

The option 'Toggle Map Sizes' will make the OS pane the bigger of the two.
(There's a bug where if you use 'Load Route' to upload a GPX to see where you went, it fails if the OS map is embiggened. Revert to having the OSM map embiggened first.)

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Racing / Re: RATN 2024.

« Last post by quixoticgeek on Yesterday at 06:30:55 pm »

Lennart on Strava: "Cycling for 12 hours with another participant earned him a time penalty. His girlfriend, who cycled with him in every corner of the Netherlands, led to the DSQ. Shortly after I asked if she was also staying at the hotel in Groningen where he slept, he left the group chat..."

I've got Job's race report (pdf, in Dutch), can e-mail it if you want.

Ooh. Yes please.

J

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Racing / Re: Indian Pacific Wheel Ride 2024

« Last post by LittleWheelsandBig on Yesterday at 06:28:47 pm »

I rode the Monaro Highway during the first Sydney-Melbourne Alpine 1200. That was before Mike Hall was killed. I was there during the morning rush hour and it felt very, very hostile. No driver was backing off even a touch, regardless of what vehicle was coming the other way and how much of the lane was clear. I never want to ride it again.

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OT Knowledge / Re: Hanging guitars on the wall

« Last post by hellymedic on Yesterday at 06:27:09 pm »

My sister-in-law had seven guitars on her wall when I last visited and counted.

I don’t know if she ever plays any of them now.

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The Pub / Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG

« Last post by fd3 on Yesterday at 06:15:09 pm »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy63wwp50jjo
What happened next when Irishwoman aged 101 received call for jury duty?

(click to show/hide)

Her daughter rang to explain and she was excused from jury duty with no issues

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The Pub / Re: Little Eye On The Provinces

« Last post by barakta on Yesterday at 06:14:51 pm »

Sounds like a lot of cars in Cannon Hill park should have been ticketed nice and hard, or even towed away. No sympathy at all. Everyone knows there's no driving in there except for wardens at 5mph.

One of the things I HATE about Birmingham, entitled motons.

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The Pub / Re: Dez's funeral - 3rd May, 1pm.

« Last post by barakta on Yesterday at 06:12:35 pm »

Say it as it is, keep it short and sweet! Good for them!

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The Pub / Re: Investing in whisky - maybe a scam?

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Yesterday at 06:09:51 pm »

I have a miniature of Hennessey cognac, a freebie from doing the distillery tour in 1982.  Wonder if it’s worth anything