Author Topic: July WARTY/Bikes & Boats Essex - Saturday 18th July (Read 19590 times)

Pippa · « **Reply #100 on:** 19 July, 2009, 11:04:41 am »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 19 July, 2009, 10:51:45 am

The sea at Clacton is wet, cold and salty. Pippa declining to treat it as an open water training swim.

Yebbut only cos I didn't have the correct bathing attire for swimming at pace.....or something like that....

Quote from: Tim Hall on 19 July, 2009, 10:51:45 am

Fiddling with Pippa's tool and learning she's watched videos on the internet. Hmm.

And a very productive fiddle it was too

Having lost the ability to properly pinch with one hand I may have had to resort to using my mouth at one point. Then Wow stepped in with some brute force

FatBloke · « **Reply #101 on:** 19 July, 2009, 11:44:21 am »

What everyone else has said!

CLICKY for a few pics.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #102 on:** 19 July, 2009, 11:53:38 am »

There seemed to be some sort of photography duel going on between Del and Fatbloke.

Hmm... I'm not so sure - could this be the beginning of a beautiful romance?

Jurek · « **Reply #103 on:** 19 July, 2009, 11:54:52 am »

FB - I note from your signature that you may be a fan of Get Carter.

Little known fact of the day alert..........

The mother of the two small children sitting opposite me while we had breakfast in Manningtree Station is the daughter of Ted Lewis who wrote the novel on which the film was based.

That is all.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #104 on:** 19 July, 2009, 01:46:20 pm »

Quote from: PippaG on 19 July, 2009, 11:04:41 am

Quote from: Tim Hall on 19 July, 2009, 10:51:45 am
The sea at Clacton is wet, cold and salty. Pippa declining to treat it as an open water training swim.

Yebbut only cos I didn't have the correct bathing attire for swimming at pace.....or something like that....

Looked fine to me. But what do I know?

Quote from: Tim Hall on 19 July, 2009, 10:51:45 am

Fiddling with Pippa's tool and learning she's watched videos on the internet. Hmm.

Quote

And a very productive fiddle it was too Having lost the ability to properly pinch with one hand I may have had to resort to using my mouth at one point.

"You're going to have to suck harder" (boggle)

Tim Hall · « **Reply #105 on:** 19 July, 2009, 07:15:36 pm »

A selection of my pics are here

Go for the slideshow for full screen goodness.

Jurek · « **Reply #106 on:** 19 July, 2009, 09:30:10 pm »

You and your long lens, Tim.

Some excellent shots there.

TimO · « **Reply #107 on:** 20 July, 2009, 07:58:34 pm »

Somewhat late, my photos from this ride are here. Some of the photos need to be straightened up, and some of the shots of the tower need to be stitched together. The final lot of photos, chronologically should go in the middle, at lunch, but due to finger troubles they were taken at 1600x1200 instead of the full 3456x2592 that the camera is capable of.

Anyway, cockups aside, enjoy!

Alfie · « **Reply #108 on:** 21 July, 2009, 09:10:35 am »

Fab Ride, fab company.

Regulator · « **Reply #109 on:** 21 July, 2009, 09:11:50 am »

Quote from: TimO on 20 July, 2009, 07:58:34 pm

Somewhat late, my photos from this ride are here. Some of the photos need to be straightened up, and some of the shots of the tower need to be stitched together. The final lot of photos, chronologically should go in the middle, at lunch, but due to finger troubles they were taken at 1600x1200 instead of the full 3456x2592 that the camera is capable of.

Anyway, cockups aside, enjoy!

Why is it that, in every photo, Delthebike's sitting down - and not on a bike?

delthebike · « **Reply #110 on:** 21 July, 2009, 09:14:41 am »

Quote from: Regulator on 21 July, 2009, 09:11:50 am

Why is it that, in every photo, Delthebike's sitting down - and not on a bike?

I've been rumbled

I was taking taxis the whole time and haven't ridden a bike ever! I don't know how to ride a bike. What is a bike?

TimO · « **Reply #111 on:** 21 July, 2009, 10:06:43 am »

No, not true, he is in this one, he did cycle the bit to the pub.

(You can see him more clealry in the original, but you'll have to tip your monitor on it's side!)

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #112 on:** 21 July, 2009, 10:35:07 am »

Quote from: Alfie on 21 July, 2009, 09:10:35 am

Fab Ride, fab company.

Erm Alfie, were you there? I don't recall someone by that name...

delthebike · « **Reply #113 on:** 21 July, 2009, 10:57:11 am »

Quote from: Regulator on 21 July, 2009, 09:11:50 am

Why is it that, in every photo, Delthebike's sitting down

I'm standing, well leaning, in this one from Tim Hall.

Jurek · « **Reply #114 on:** 21 July, 2009, 04:26:16 pm »

Quote from: Auntie Helen on 21 July, 2009, 10:35:07 am

Quote from: Alfie on 21 July, 2009, 09:10:35 am
Fab Ride, fab company.
Erm Alfie, were you there? I don't recall someone by that name...

I think you'll find that's most of 'Alfie' sitting on the barrier behind Del in this picture

EDIT: What is going on with Del's legs in that shot?

Tim Hall · « **Reply #115 on:** 21 July, 2009, 04:46:22 pm »

"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be Jake The Peg"

Jurek · « **Reply #116 on:** 21 July, 2009, 04:48:58 pm »

Diddle-iddle-iddle-um!

delthebike · « **Reply #117 on:** 21 July, 2009, 08:22:00 pm »

Quote from: jurek on 21 July, 2009, 04:26:16 pm

EDIT: What is going on with Del's legs in that shot?

It isn't my leg, too shapely and not hairy enough, I think it belongs to Jo.

Naggers · « **Reply #118 on:** 22 July, 2009, 08:47:33 pm »

Quote from: jurek on 18 July, 2009, 10:04:59 pm

Apolgies to Naggers for not having said "Hi!" - I knew I'd been out on a ride with you before - with Peli methinks, but it was a while ago and my brane sorely let me down today.

Same here, Jurek.
There were some faces I recognised from Peli's Mum's Ride and FnRttC but I'm so bad with names.
It never helps me that everyone has a real name and a forum name

Really glad I came along though. Always a pleasure to see Wow and FB
Shame I had to bail out at Clacton to get the train back to the office but it was a nice ride between two 12 hour night shifts.

I'm not sure if it was Sun burn or Wind burn I got on my bonce $:-\$

Tim Hall · « **Reply #119 on:** 22 July, 2009, 11:18:48 pm »

Quote from: Naggers on 22 July, 2009, 08:47:33 pm

It never helps me that everyone has a real name and a forum name

Jurek (real name Jurek) Pippa (real name Pippa) and me (real name...) were discussing this very problem over coffee at Naze Tower. Mrs. Hall (she hasn't told me her real name yet), looked at us like we were barmy.