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Today I have bought a workshop stand from Aldi's for £24.99. It is a heavy duty steel affair with all the mod cons. I have used it too. Highly recommended. Cheers to all, Ken

Re: I was just about to buy my Eroica tickets when this arrived by email: http://www.planetx.co.uk/news/events/q/ ... -customers 20% discount on the tix, chaps. I'll be there on my Claud Butler. See you!

Re: Re: Some of us are just misfits :roll: You are right though, two rides is plenty. I have to say it very kind of everyone to overlook my arithmetic failure in my last comment. :oops: Looking at the weather forecast for this weekend it seems we were incredibly lucky with the weather :D...

Hallo Martin, welcome aboard! I think Matthew71 has just planned our summer for us:

I think it is well worth while having multiple rides. If the speedsters averaged 16mph, then that is about double what we managed on the outward pootle, even allowing half an hour for our puncture stop. 20 miles in 3 hrs overall. On a well attended event, might it be worth including a medium...

A public thank you to Karl for laying on the beer and sunshine. Thanks also to my fellow pootlers who put up with the hills and potholes with such bonhomie. A public apology to Keith who we eventually abandoned by the roadside with a clutch of inner tubes. Sometimes even a spare spare inner...

It's great grub in the Bull's Head, but maybe not as good as that!

Two things: 1. Have confirmed table booking. I've said 12:30, which is something to aim for. 2. I'm sorry about all these sausage jokes. It's not even as if the "Love Sausages?" place is en route!

It is one thing to be full of natural fats, quite another to be dipped in.

I thought you were a sausage lover?

Karl and I rode the Pootler's Loop yesterday. A pleasant ride, even in the rain. We averaged about 14.5mph, Karl leaving me standing on the climbs as usual. It turns out to be a longer route than I first advertised, 39M rather 36M. Easy terrain though. 22M out, 17M back. From the above it looks...

Re: I rode a sort of extended figure eight version of the Pootler's Loop today. Bright sunshine, peacock butterflies and a sign at Haseley Knob promising "Love Sausages?" In response to popular request, I have booked at table at the Bull's Head. Four beers on today and one pie. Woodforde's...

Re: I shall ride the Pootler's Loop, as I am calling it, over the weekend calling in to find out about lunch. If the Bull's Head can't accommodate us, there are other fine hostelries en route. If it goes badly, I may be in for something of a pub crawl. Here's hoping. Cheers, Ken.

Today is the first morning after a hundred mile ride for me. My symptoms were much alleviated by an enormous bacon & eggs brekkie. Thence to the supermarket where I could rely on to the trolley for support, then snooker practice where I used my cue mainly as a walking stick. Absolutely...

I have just been round the block to test The Conditions. The puddles are filling up nicely. Have fitted Bluemel's mudguards, height of fashion. I was thinking of saving the tea stop for the return journey. It's going to take four hours each way because I'll be needing to ride like grandma, yes...

The Stow option sounds good, esp with a cuppa into the bargain, thanks for the invitation. The thing is, I have afflicted myself with a little sportscar into which a bike cannot be bundled. Also, I have spent the day psyching myself up for the ton. If Boris Imperator of Londinium can do it...

Usually I get told about arse and gear during and after the ride, but not before. :D That is a cunning ruse about using the car. :idea: Ideally, I could hide it behind the pub, ride a lap of the block and claim an average of 17mph. :idea: Seriously though, I will be cheating somehow because...

Daj, When I said 50m, I meant 50 miles.

:o 17mph is more like my max than my average. If that's what you've got in mind, I may follow in the illustrious wheel tracks of Maurice Garin and tackle the return stretch by train.

Evening All, I have got a voucher for a tour of Hook Norton's brewery somewhere. I'll have a rummage if anyone wants it. It's about 50m from me to the Pear Tree, which is just my sort of distance. The trouble is with the 50m back again which I fear is not. Even so, still two weeks to get...