Commodores' Morning

Easy morning here too, kids are playing in the almost snow covered garden and the wife is making the tea

It won't last as we need to do more packing

The bright side is a roast in the oven later and the pub whilst it cooks

Beautiful day. Late start. Went spectating at tennis tournament, lounging about in the shade with a cool beverage watching other people sweat it out on court in the sun, then home for a swim late afternoon. Dinner and drinks done. I *may* need another wine however.

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19781067#p19781067]Veronese68[/url] wrote:

Nearly ran someone over on the way. I thought standing the bike on it's nose and not hitting him was quite impressive, he wasn't very happy though.

Yep, it's your fault when someone steps out in front of you without looking and it's your fault when a car driver/passenger suddenly opens the door.

Pinno's Sunday Jackanory

One upon a time in a place far far away, I was dawdling along at the end of a long hard ride in the heat, on a 2 lane one way street. I spotted a guy in a an MR2. He had noticed me in his wing mirror and decided to wait but in typical fashion thought I was going slow enough for him to open the door in front of me in time. The result was that I swerved into the path of a car who slammed the brakes on and beeped his horn furiously. Thankfully, he didn't run me over and I stayed upright. The MR2 driver waved his fist at me and mouthed something for some inexplicable reason. When I looked over my shoulder I could see him heading up the steps to the cash machine. I quickly turned left and left again to head back down the same road and said bloke was still at the machine and a good 40yds away. I unclipped, got off and after a quick glance saw that he hadn't noticed me so I stuck the 'boot' into the wing mirro, bending and breaking it the wrong way. The loud crunch was very audible but I concentrated on getting back on and cycling off as quick as possible to the sound of footsteps and a whole load of effing and blinding.
Chatting to a clubmate the following Sunday who happened coincidentally to work for the Toyota dealership, he asked me if it was a red MR2. Ha ha. Bent doorskin which had to be replaced and sprayed plus a remote wing mirror. Very expensive job. He said "Well done".
This particular clubmate is worthy of a mention on some other occasion...

The snow has now pretty much disappeared here in the subtropical Sarf East, although the hound as rather perplexed when I took him out this morning as he's never seen the stuff before. He likes eating it so will come in handy to clear the driveway next time.

Pop trivia time. We drove past the 'Zizzi' pizza restaurant on the High Street this morning and noticed that it had loads (and I mean loads) of floral tributes outside. Looked like somebody had just died there so stopped and took a look. Turns out this used to be the Three Tuns pub where David Bowie ran his 'Arts Lab' in 1969. A spot of googling shows he lived literally just down the road from where I do now and this is where he developed his 'Ziggy Stardust' alter ego. Small world eh?

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19781121#p19781121]Pinno[/url] wrote:

At least my Jackanory was about bike riding :roll:

At least mine is verifiable

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19781339#p19781339]Slowmart[/url] wrote:

Not as cold as yesterday, no coffee stop as I dislike getting back on the bike and getting going again.

Lazy pm, cooking for my girls and now crashed until bedtime.

Agree re coffee stop - would rather do the extra miles