What are you doing right now?

[BrianI]

Feeling glad I bought a refurbished laptop!

I'm now on the Isle of Skye for the week, staying at Ullinish.

I had a nice walk out to Oronsay last night (wasn't sure of the tides, so didn't risk the tidal causeway out to the island)
Got back to the studio flat. Used darktable / hugin / gimp to quickly process some of the photos. 

Now I'm watching the rain browsing os mapping online, planning where to cycle to today! I think I'll be heading for the Coral Beaches north of Dunvegan. 

Did I remember to pack a usb cable for hooking up the extrex 20 to the laptop though? 

-- edit -- Yes I did, yay!

[Ruthie]

No, not envious of you at all Brian. Nope. Not at all.

Git.

[Kim]

Getting ready to take part in a bicycle race 

[CrinklyLion]

  indeed!

We are eating brioche and drinking hot chocolate in the Den, since we spectacularly failed to get ourselves to France as we had hoped to do this week.  Trains to the Gironde are painfully expensive, I have discovered.

[Polar Bear]

Getting ready to take part in a bicycle race 

Isn't cycle racing dangerously close to 'gym' classification?

[Kim]

Getting ready to take part in a bicycle race 

Isn't cycle racing dangerously close to 'gym' classification?

I know.   

I'm hoping to not fall off my bike, mostly.  Choosing to wear a red jersey on the basis that they go faster might have been a tactical error in that respect.

[Polar Bear]

Just enjoy it like I used to enjoy running marathons.  I was never in it to win it!   

[Ruthie]

Wow, hope you enjoy it Kim!

[Kim]

I didn't fall off, and I think my lungs might forgive me eventually.  That's a win in my book.

Bloodyhell those fast boys are FAST.

[andrewc]

Listening to John Coltrane & Miles Davis , cooking Osso Buco & drinking the cooking wine.....

[phantasmagoriana]

I didn't fall off, and I think my lungs might forgive me eventually.  That's a win in my book.

Bloodyhell those fast boys are FAST.

Racing on the velodrome? Hardcore. (I had a couple of goes in the velodrome a while back but failed the accreditation thing and have no desire to try again. It's a terrifying place. )

[Kim]

I didn't fall off, and I think my lungs might forgive me eventually.  That's a win in my book.

Bloodyhell those fast boys are FAST.

Racing on the velodrome? Hardcore. (I had a couple of goes in the velodrome a while back but failed the accreditation thing and have no desire to try again. It's a terrifying place. )

Indeed.  A group of us had a go a couple of years ago, during which I decided that the experience would be greatly enhanced by a sensible bike with more appropriate gearing and a seat^[1].  As the BHPC had opened up just such an opportunity to non-members it seemed rude not to.

I conclude that given a lowracer I can achieve an almost respectable speed^[2], with some reduction in TEH FEAR on account of familiarity with the bike.  I still don't have the lungs for racing, thobut.


_{[1] Not helped by them failing to advertise the existence of a secret stash of women's saddles for the track bikes.
[2] ETA: Results just in}

[andrewc]

For a neophyte 3rd & 4th looks pretty impressive 

[Kim]

Yes, it turns out that unfaired lowracers are faster than handcycles and track bikes...

[pcolbeck]

Sat on the second floor balcony of a 16th century house in Pezenas where Mollier once stayed drinking a glass of the local rouge.

[lou boutin]

Watching Harry Potter on ITV

[BrianI]

No, not envious of you at all Brian. Nope. Not at all.

Git.

Thanks! 

While my trip to the Fairy Pools today was a muddy wash out, I fair enjoyed my couple of hours on Talisker Bay    Once I figure out how to upload an mp3 to youtube, I'll put up some audio recordings I made with my sound recorder!

[Ham]

Talisker, eh? Well, what I'm doing is being glad I'm sat down, as in an idle moment I googled what I'm drinking. I've had it a while, fair enough, but still. https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/23029/talisker-1957-bot1970s-gordon-macphail

And, if anyone is interested, nectar of the gods. There's still another good drop in the bottle. I think I'll save it.

[tiermat]

Watching a group of blokes unload a wagon full of our lives. Yes we have, finally, moved in to our new home!

[T42]

Talisker, eh? Well, what I'm doing is being glad I'm sat down, as in an idle moment I googled what I'm drinking. I've had it a while, fair enough, but still. https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/23029/talisker-1957-bot1970s-gordon-macphail

And, if anyone is interested, nectar of the gods. There's still another good drop in the bottle. I think I'll save it.

I don't know what the fuss is about. Whisky doesn't age in the bottle.

As to what I'm doing, I'm sitting still so that the damage from yesterday's ride doesn't hurt any more than it has to.

[Quisling]

Trying to write a report on the success or otherwise of an energy performance contract.

[Ham]

Talisker, eh? Well, what I'm doing is being glad I'm sat down, as in an idle moment I googled what I'm drinking. I've had it a while, fair enough, but still. https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/23029/talisker-1957-bot1970s-gordon-macphail

And, if anyone is interested, nectar of the gods. There's still another good drop in the bottle. I think I'll save it.

I don't know what the fuss is about. Whisky doesn't age in the bottle.

As to what I'm doing, I'm sitting still so that the damage from yesterday's ride doesn't hurt any more than it has to.

Nope, but equally it doesn't bottle age, so this is in effect a 20-ish year old whisky; when I bought it the price was commensurate with a very special bottle of that age. As to the current price? Well, it is unique (obv) and most entirely excellent. As to being sufficiently different to warrant that price? nah.

[David Martin]

Feeling glad I bought a refurbished laptop!

I'm now on the Isle of Skye for the week, staying at Ullinish.

I had a nice walk out to Oronsay last night (wasn't sure of the tides, so didn't risk the tidal causeway out to the island)
Got back to the studio flat. Used darktable / hugin / gimp to quickly process some of the photos. 

That is an impressive walk from Skye. Last time I walked to Oronsay it was from Colonsay (and we were paranoid about the tides so went a bit early and got a bit damp.)

ETA: I didn't realise there were two Oronsay islands. Both accessed by a tidal causeway.

[BrianI]

Getting kit organized for a bike ride from my accommodation in Ullinish to Portree via some forest gravel tracks! (as recommended by the hubby of the owners of the accommodation) - he has a garage full of fat bikes and gravel bikes, and he fair admired my 8 year old dawes horizon in gravel mode with 42mm schwalbe land cruisers!

[BrianI]

Just saying "Good Night" to Skye, before traveling home tomorrow 

A nice weeks holiday, even if a bit lonely at times 
Drove to Elgol today. Stunning location, even if hoaching with tourists!