et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur
Ugley Women's Institute
*cue nuncio's joke about the Idle Working Men's Club (from his collection which includes Ugley Women's Institute and the Biggar picture).
Besides, it wouldn't be audacious if success were guaranteed.
Quote from: Salvatore on January 19, 2016, 12:03:24 pmUgley Women's InstituteI shall, hopefully, be riding past it (and the Ugley Women's Institute) at about 8.30am on the 21st Feb.
I see he's just ridden the mind-numbing stretch south of Sandtoft (Idle* Bank on google maps),
On the Mille Alba we encountered the village of Dull, twinned with Boring, Orgeon
(not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but I don't follow this sub-board too closely. thought this might be of interest to some here though.)Steve's attempt, as well as Kurt's, Bruce's and Katja's, are currently a topic on 'best of the web' site MetaFilter.
And remember that friends who organise things on Facebook aren't proper friends anyway.
Quote from: Dibdib on January 19, 2016, 03:01:47 pm(not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but I don't follow this sub-board too closely. thought this might be of interest to some here though.)Steve's attempt, as well as Kurt's, Bruce's and Katja's, are currently a topic on 'best of the web' site MetaFilter.Who is this "Katja" of whom you speak?
Who is this "Katja" of whom you speak?
To ride the Windcheetah, first, you must embrace the cantilever...
Quote from: Mr Larrington on January 19, 2016, 07:21:59 pmWho is this "Katja" of whom you speak?I suspect it is a typo, or mis-spelling (or mis-remembering) of "Kasja", which is the name of the current female year record challenger.[EDIT: actually its the name in that article on MetaFilter !]
I think Kasja is pronounced the same as we called my former German school teacher, although Google translates her name as Kate!