Jonny69
Senior Retro Guru
Made some nettle soup which my kids are HYPER excited about trying for the first time. It’s my first time too and I’m also quite excited (I’ve only ever made nettle wine or tea before). I left it a few weeks too late to pick my nettles though, so I’ve got stung to ****, bad enough that I actually went back to my flat and got some gloves!
Anyway, I needed some onions and bread for the soup and I actually kinda needed to put some miles on this bike before committing it to my commute, because it’s hard on any bike let alone a 75+ year old one, so it seemed fitting to get all my vintage gear on and try out the front rack as well with a bit of shopping at the supermarché which is on the route to work. Bag of onions and I felt a French boule badly squashed by a bungee seemed more fitting than a sourdough. I got passed on a downhill bit by a fella in full Rapha on a carbon bike who, to his credit came up next to me quite fast and hit the brakes and looked me up and down and was nodding in approval and we exchanged pleasantries, but I caught him up on the next uphill bit where I was in that embarrassing position where I was riding faster and I didn’t have the heart to pass him. Luckily he turned off and I could continue at my own pace.
The soup was good. The bread was the right choice. Also, the elder is out early this year - I wasn’t sure if it would be any good this early but it is!
Anyway, I needed some onions and bread for the soup and I actually kinda needed to put some miles on this bike before committing it to my commute, because it’s hard on any bike let alone a 75+ year old one, so it seemed fitting to get all my vintage gear on and try out the front rack as well with a bit of shopping at the supermarché which is on the route to work. Bag of onions and I felt a French boule badly squashed by a bungee seemed more fitting than a sourdough. I got passed on a downhill bit by a fella in full Rapha on a carbon bike who, to his credit came up next to me quite fast and hit the brakes and looked me up and down and was nodding in approval and we exchanged pleasantries, but I caught him up on the next uphill bit where I was in that embarrassing position where I was riding faster and I didn’t have the heart to pass him. Luckily he turned off and I could continue at my own pace.
The soup was good. The bread was the right choice. Also, the elder is out early this year - I wasn’t sure if it would be any good this early but it is!
