Tour de France stage 1 Leeds-Harrogate *Spoiler*

Macaloon

skylla wrote:

Well to be exact they take the C out of CO2 u c...

I was assuming, from a perch of towering ignorance, that these carboniferous dooberies were the precursors to dangerous fossil fuels?

skylla

Macaloon wrote:

skylla wrote:

Well to be exact they take the C out of CO2 u c...

I was assuming, from a perch of towering ignorance, that these carboniferous dooberies were the precursors to dangerous fossil fuels?

No no no no no! Pay attention in the back there! Plants capture CO2 from the atmosphere and [well at they least used to - another interesting story but i digress] put it safely away underground... until ddraver et al got their grubby hands on the C-iferous layers with an eye on extracting $$$ and CO2 in the process...

Macaloon

Exactly. Carbon cycles don't ride themselves.

skylla

Macaloon wrote:

Exactly. Carbon cycles don't ride themselves.

That's right. especially so for the deep rim types.

Macaloon

kleinstroker wrote:

Dont forget the great Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, not to mention the infamous Rhubarb Triangle!

Fantastic, atmospheric, BBC radio profile of the triangle's rhubarb forcers.

skylla

Macaloon wrote:

kleinstroker wrote:

Dont forget the great Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, not to mention the infamous Rhubarb Triangle!

Fantastic, atmospheric, BBC radio profile of the triangle's rhubarb forcers.

That's interesting, isn't it. Full circle conversation about carbon fixation and release. During enforced 'dark respiration' rhubarb plants produce CO2...

Macaloon

skylla wrote:

That's interesting, isn't it. Full circle conversation about carbon fixation and release. During enforced 'dark respiration' rhubarb plants produce CO2...

Can I get that in an inhaler?

ddraver

The F**k is this sh1t!

People questioning my rock skillz now?!?!?

FJS

philwint

Macaloon wrote:

kleinstroker wrote:

Dont forget the great Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, not to mention the infamous Rhubarb Triangle!

Fantastic, atmospheric, BBC radio profile of the triangle's rhubarb forcers.

Thanks, that was really interesting. Carlton (where that was recorded) is only 2 miles from me. I'm smack in the middle of the Rhubarb triangle, there are Rhubarb sheds just round the corner. But I've never really found out much about it.

alanp23

philwint wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

kleinstroker wrote:

Dont forget the great Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, not to mention the infamous Rhubarb Triangle!

Fantastic, atmospheric, BBC radio profile of the triangle's rhubarb forcers.

Thanks, that was really interesting. Carlton (where that was recorded) is only 2 miles from me. I'm smack in the middle of the Rhubarb triangle, there are Rhubarb sheds just round the corner. But I've never really found out much about it.

Some of the growers do tours.

This sounds sad, but it is quite interesting visiting the sheds that are kept in the dark and only lit by candles. You can actually hear the rhubarb growing.

Macaloon

Yorkshire sets the Tour standard for culinary curiosities: listening to rhubarb.

Let's be having you, France.

above_the_cows

alanp23 wrote:

This sounds sad, but it is quite interesting visiting the sheds that are kept in the dark and only lit by candles. You can actually hear the rhubarb growing.

This is not sad at all. This is fascinating! I want to go and hear rhubarb growing. I love rhubarb. We need some good rhubarb recipes. Rhubarb parfait perhaps? Or a Tarte a la Rhubarbe?

Give me more

I wish I could be up there this weekend. Looks like it's going to brilliant.

Not sure if the glorious sunshine I'm getting down here on the south coast is holding further up north, but I hope it does for the weekend (although some blustery wind across the dales might be fun)

mechanism

At the moment the BBC is going for a bit of everything weather-wise at Harrogate

markhewitt1978

Not really, about the time the race is due to arrive it's

Coriander

Above The Cows wrote:

alanp23 wrote:

This sounds sad, but it is quite interesting visiting the sheds that are kept in the dark and only lit by candles. You can actually hear the rhubarb growing.

This is not sad at all. This is fascinating! I want to go and hear rhubarb growing. I love rhubarb. We need some good rhubarb recipes. Rhubarb parfait perhaps? Or a Tarte a la Rhubarbe?

You need rhubarb crumble cake with a side serving of crème fraiche. Oh, my!

adr82

Hoy and Fotheringham riding bits of the stage, including Buttertubs.

UncleMonty

Mechanism wrote:

skylla wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

A cow on the Moors, or are those the Dales...? Anyway a cow from Yorkshire.

Anyone want a recipe for Yorkshire puds?

Not sure about puds. How about some dry-cured York ham?

Any other ales than those from the Black Sheep deserve a mention?

Theakston is also in Masham.

The Black sheep brewery was born out of the old Theakstons company, the family sold out to one of the big breweries then set up the Black Sheep brewery on the old Masham site. I believe one of the brothers then bought back the Theakstons name and is now in competion with the other brother, not sure if they are based in Masham though.

I went on a brewery trip there from work when it was the original Theakstons, lovley spot in an open square, I bet it's rammed on Saturday.

ddraver

The story I head is that the brother did nt like that the Theakstons Family had sold out so left and set up his own - hence he was "the black sheep of the family"....

FJS

Lotto did stage 1 recce yesterday, OPQS stage 2. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/T ... verkenning . Both surprised by the difficulty and how hard the hills are

alan_a

ddraver wrote:

The story I head is that the brother did nt like that the Theakstons Family had sold out so left and set up his own - hence he was "the black sheep of the family"....

This is true.

UncleMonty

ddraver wrote:

The story I head is that the brother did nt like that the Theakstons Family had sold out so left and set up his own - hence he was "the black sheep of the family"....

I like this, tis a much better story.

alan_a

00:01

It's today, it's today..... It's p!shing down here in Wharfdale.

But it's today.

I came to the realisation tonight that the reason we love this compared to footy or rugby etc is the not knowing, the preparation of where to watch etc. I love it,

Night night.

RideOnTime

Raining at Boroughbridge .
Not long to go now... so excited... trip up Swaledale yesterday - round Reeth was mental - has there ever been this many people in the Dales!!

Lanterne_Rogue

Happy Tour Day!

About to put on my kit and head the 30 miles or so to catch it - depending on how I feel I may either head home afterwards or try and catch it again further north. Enjoy watching everyone!

mm1

"Yorkshire is beautiful" Christian Proudhomme on BBC Breakfast just now.

frenchfighter

I hope it stays dry for the fans. Downpour all morning in London. Would be a real shame - doesn't do this country any favours just like the rain in Ireland. Its been warm and sunny almost every day the last few weeks!

blazing_saddles

Yorkshire, like the West, isn't London. Our Sun disappeared two days ago.

The Harrogate forecast is dry, but cloudy until midday, but from then on, out
comes the Sun, with a cloudless final couple of hours.
17-18C.

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

^

OK so I'll have to go hunting for some cows now will I...

Who's doing horses? No tA Doc should be on horse duty no?

Sorry, but cheese and beer are closer to my specialist topics. Horses are basically just large animals with teeth like Suarez that seem to be a bit psychotic at times and make me nervous. They're nice to look at from a distance though.

I could probably find a picture of a pit pony for tomorrows stage (having now read DD's geology primer).

Does Yorkshire have any special horses?