Post Holiday Blues
dragonontheedge
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Sigh !
I resumed commuting this morning by bike having returned from a two week cycling holiday in Spain.
What a contrast. I have gone from 40c + temperatures and no traffic whatsoever with roads as smooth as a babies bum to temperatures in the teens, the usual shite roads and congestion.
What with the post holiday blues I am feeling sorry for myself. I need a hug !
Ho hum, life goes on.
I resumed commuting this morning by bike having returned from a two week cycling holiday in Spain.
What a contrast. I have gone from 40c + temperatures and no traffic whatsoever with roads as smooth as a babies bum to temperatures in the teens, the usual shite roads and congestion.
What with the post holiday blues I am feeling sorry for myself. I need a hug !
Ho hum, life goes on.
Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!
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"Temperature in the teens" - lucky you, I would cut my right arm off for temperatures like that. "sh1t3 roads" - well, I would berat up my old grandmother with a rolling pin to get roads as good as that.
You sir, are just ungrateful!!"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Dragon, I feel your pain. I wasn't cycling but have recently got back from 2 glorious weeks in the Tuscan hills. Now back to reality, I've got to pay for it, the EPO's been laid off, lots of things need to be done around the house. I need my afternoon nap by the pool about now.
Wallace, however right you may be. I'm not listening.0 -
Me too...... I actually had that little mental conversation this morning "What if I just handed in the office keys and walked away - how long could I live in the tropics on the proceeds of selling my worldly posessions?"
Sigh.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
It is bad. I've been to both Italy and France this summer for some riding, and it's just not the same in London. My motivation to get out and ride is really lacking right now, it just doesn't seem enjoyable to be on bad roads, with awful traffic going along what are pretty dull routes.0
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I got the post-holiday blues quite baldy this time.
Only thing that kept me going was that I was going on another in October....
Not sure how I'll cope coming back to a cold October UK with no warm weather prospect for 6 months.0 -
I've got pre-holiday blues.
I'm planning our honeymoon and alternately looking out of the window at a grey W London industrial estate and at Google images of Koh Samui . . .
Making me rather depressed/quite excited at the same time.0 -
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I've hardly been out on the bike at all this year. Haven't really been on holiday either
Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
I'm on holiday this week 8)0
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yep, just back from 2 weeks in Croatia, went from 37C to this. The last week was on the island of Losinj, swimming in the Adriatic, morning, noon and evening!0
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Haha I too have been to Croatia last month this month I'm in Florida and boy is it hot here, when I get back I'm off to cornwall for a long week then NY and SF for work.
Hating every minute ;-)Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
itboffin wrote:Haha I too have been to Croatia last month this month I'm in Florida and boy is it hot here, when I get back I'm off to cornwall for a long week then NY and SF for work.
Hating every minute ;-)
When did you start working in the public sector?FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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There is one way to avoid the post holiday blues... don't go on holiday.Bianchi Via Nirone Veloce/Centaur 20100
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pst88 wrote:There is one way to avoid the post holiday blues... don't go on holiday.
That's the answer!
I didn't go and I must say I was quite happy to get on my bike at 5 am after the long weekend (UK). I didn't do any riding during these days, also my route is totally opposite to all those big city traffic struggles: quiet, scenic roads and double rainbows all the way! Woooow! 
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Up at 6am this morning, three large cups of fresh Monmouth coffee and out on the road. What's not to like about that?
Some fettling now and then perhaps a BBQ oh and maybe a beer or 2 :roll:Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Whereas I'm washing away the taste of the islands with rum and ginger beer - after going for a little ride and a pint of Stella with Gtvlusso.
Bermuda it ain't though.....Oh well...FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
I'm not looking forward to this 'Post Holiday Blues'. Fortunatly it is three weeks before I have to combat it . Of to Greece on Monday and I'll be visiting you lot in two weeks time. Any good looting planned for the third week of September? 0
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Libraio wrote:I'm not looking forward to this 'Post Holiday Blues'. Fortunatly it is three weeks before I have to combat it . Of to Greece on Monday and I'll be visiting you lot in two weeks time. Any good looting planned for the third week of September?
London?FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
Yup, spending a couple of days visiting museums and doing a bit of shopping.0
