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BG dinner not until this sat. evening Merry, you take it easy on those shins mate, it takes longer to repair than it does to damage;) I have to keep on the right side of 'er indoors or my BG dinner will be tongue and cold shoulder:DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I have decided not to race Langdale... Too unfit, it would have taken me something like 5 hours and that would have buggered my legs up for the relays next week:eek:
Still going up to the Lakes though for a little run around, so Al, I will see you wizz past at Esk Hause then :D what vest will you be wearing?
Keep an eye out for me H, some considerable way behind Al:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
I'll be careful mate, enjoy your BG dinner everyone:)Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
I will look exactly like my blog photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
I will look exactly like my blog photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Although with way the weather is at the mo, i could be in full bloody waterproofs.:(
What, with a hoop??:D Oh soz that's your avatar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
I thought it was a penny-farthing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
[actually, I think I'd pay to see a fell race conducted on penny-farthings...]
It would certainly be interesting watching them trying to stop.:eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
It is beautiful and sunny down here on the Welsh Borders :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Last year the weather the day before was atrocious and it took me something like 8 hours to get to Ambleside from S Wales, through floods and storm... Everyone said the race was ging to be cancelled... But lo and behold, the weather on the day was absolutely perfect! Even though the going was a bit wet in places... Had to drag a bloke out of a bog on Martcrag Moor... Saw him disappear up to his armpits a few metres in front of me. That is exactly why I like to follow someone along there :D Perfect bog detectors :D
I have ridden a penny farthing... actually, I have ridden a penny farthing more than once... Twice is was a small one, so I could put a fut on the road in case of wobble/having to stop quickly...Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
The third time it was a proper sized one... as in you had to have 34 ins inside leg length in order to reach the pedals! It was damn scary, I tell you! First, in order to get on, you run with the thing, with your hand on the handlebars high on top of that huge front wheel... then you sort of hop skip and jump via a small pedal thing sticking out, onto the saddle and quickly find the pedals that are turning around, to put your feet on them to gain control of the bike. Riding the thing through Chelsea, in London, down a narrow one way street with cars parked on both sides. Most scary was having to turn the corner :eek: and hit King's Road :eek:
Defo a never again thing, I tell ya!
The guy who owns the penny farthing tends to hold onto lamposts and the like when stopped for traffic lights, as it is such a b*gger getting on and of...
Hanneke - sounds scary enough riding one on a road then? :eek:
actually I thought of you yesterday after I found I'd won a Runner's World competition for a pair of shoes and a long sleeved top, see here:
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/comp/Comp.asp?C=139
:cool:
Oh, cool top Daz :) and congrats on winning, I always wonder if these competitions actually get won by real people, so now I know! Think I MUST have one :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
I have a pair of bright orange Saucony Grid Fastwitch racing flats already :)
Best thing about riding a penny farthing in London is that absoluetly no-one will overlook you, as the thing is so tall and obvious, you get given a wide berth by all other road users... You should see peoples faces when they see it coming past!:cool:
Maybe we should all get one and re-name them Pony Farthings:cool:
Can just imagine Master Boneboy atop one with a flat cap on:D
And just what makes you you think i dont already own one sir?Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
But you wont get me wearing a cap, hats are for girls
Ah, so you have one already, carbon fibre?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Master
Thought caps were for Dutch people, Han?:D
minding my own business on an out-and-back bit of the Dave Bray race over Tintwistle today, pleasantly surprised by a "Well Done Fell Pony!" shout :cool:
twas Manhar coming the other way (well ahead of me I might add) :D
Well done Daz, and nice to see Manhar getting some fitness back:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Cheers Daz & Merry - although I must confess I am now (& I do have The Masters blessing - "Once a Pony always a Pony") an erstwile Pony.......
Being a pony is a state of mind mate;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhar
Many runners are ponies and don't even know it:D
Where's Ricky?
He got eaten by a Fellmonster:eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bo Peep
No caps for me, thanks... hats are for ballbags :pQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I am hiding him away from you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bo Peep
He sent me a text yesterday, in reply he got Fu&K O&&!! hope he was not to upset with my loving reply, then again i am not that bothered:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bo Peep
so he is alive but in hiding i am sure he lives with the master in some gay square thing, Ricky are you in Spain??:eek:
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Originally Posted by Amex
whats a gay square
Well it coud be The Master, he may be gay and he's certainly not " with it ":eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Many ponies are Donkeys, I include myself in that list.:p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
i was going to say a tringeell ??Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
tringelleez
trigel
oh bugger that three sided shape thats hard to spell:mad::eek:
He was highly amused by your response you golfing ponce:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Amex
I hope you are not calling Bernice manly??:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
He's painted his bedroom walls black, with orange skirting boards and is listening to Pink Floyd with the lights off a lot...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bo Peep
Oi......that was me.................30 odd years ago :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Master
I don't believe it, they are going to brew Newcastle Broon in Yorkshire, what is the world coming to, it was bad enough getting brewed in Gateshead and bottled elsewhere but now,,,, fact is stranger than fiction, Merry you will be now closer than me to to Broon stuff .................. :)
I may run Saltersgate on Sunday, hope its not foggy again went off track last year or was it the year before, oh well hope you lot are deeing ok, and you Nee Bother.
Good luck at Saltergate AK its a nice run that one.
I'm off to the lakes for a change at the weekend :D (i'm gonna handicap our V50 team et the FRA Relays :eek: )
Yorkshire Broon Ale eh, hair of the sheep n stuff like that...the only good thing to come out of Newcastle is the A1 :p
...and the best thing to come out of Manchester is the M62 and they both converge.....?.;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
Could be an ideal job opening for me marra:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ambrosia Kid
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Originally Posted by The Master
Oh dear. Terribly sad news. Hope he gets better soon.
Who me, I wouldn't dare:eek: she may be small but she's explosive, bit like dynamite.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Master
In the worst possible place, Yorkshire.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak