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Post by JohnV on Jun 20, 2017 18:57:11 GMT
Third day of blazing sunshine but fortunately a breeze coming up the creek from the estuary. I have had a tarpaulin rigged as a sunshield from the front of the wheelhouse to the cranes. The breeze keeps flapping it round, and I reckon another day or two and it will be totally trashed. Still it is doing a grand job of keeping the sun off the deck and keeping the temperature down, although today is a little cooler than yesterday
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 20:52:46 GMT
I love it! At least I don't have to go to work in it, and I'm lucky enough to be able to buy a cold beer. All too soon we'll be whittling about ice on the canals again. It can stay like this until christmas for me.....and then warm up a bit Rog Mind you it's a bit hot for running
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 20:58:17 GMT
An historic occasion today as we propelled ourselves over the Barton Swing Aqueduct. It is looking forlorn with paint peeling off. The Trafford Centre was more impressive. We were lucky enough, a few years ago, to arrive there as a guy was operating the bridge. As I was interested he invited me into the cabin to watch, and explained about the original steam operation and the later conversion to electrickery. Marvelous to see it in operation. It must be due a paint job, they do it every few years. Rog
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Post by naughtyfox on Jun 20, 2017 21:07:13 GMT
Where is everyone? The L&L Leigh Branch just us on it. Spent a few hours visiting an old friend in Lowton near the Leigh swing bridge, ex-driver from Hertford bus garage 1986-89. Exciting to be parked beside the West Coast main line railway in Wigan, home of ukelele player George Formby.
I am not leaning on a lampost and you can clean your own fucking windows!
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Post by Jim on Jun 21, 2017 6:50:28 GMT
Where is everyone? The L&L Leigh Branch just us on it. Spent a few hours visiting an old friend in Lowton near the Leigh swing bridge, ex-driver from Hertford bus garage 1986-89. Exciting to be parked beside the West Coast main line railway in Wigan, home of ukelele player George Formby. I am not leaning on a lampost and you can clean your own fucking windows! Fair enough. But what on earth are you doing with your little ukelele in your hand. It will drop off!
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Post by patty on Jun 21, 2017 11:26:27 GMT
Rog Mind you it's a bit hot for running Well not in the gym with air con...but despite all these mod cons running remains a mystery ........
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 12:29:18 GMT
I have tried one of those indoor running machines. I found it really, really boring. What's more, having done my session I decided to run back to my office, and discovered something weird had happened to my legs. I seemed to be incapable of propelling myself forwards. I'll stick to outside and the song of the birds Rog
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Post by patty on Jun 21, 2017 13:59:29 GMT
I have tried one of those indoor running machines. I found it really, really boring. What's more, having done my session I decided to run back to my office, and discovered something weird had happened to my legs. I seemed to be incapable of propelling myself forwards. I'll stick to outside and the song of the birds Rog I do my walking/wombling/meandering outside to birdsong and Ma Natures little surprises..I decided that if Im gonna do this silly 100k I have to up my fitness..what I did not want to do was wreck the wonderful sauntering through outside and turn what for me is heaven sent into hell...if u get my drift..the fitness thing has to be separate to my outdoor time..So the gym is clinical to get fit/headphones on plug into trash TV medicine time. guess its daft really...I do not want to turn into a obsessive fitness freak who sees every bit of exercise as summit to prove... Im a womblier and thats really all I wanna be..... It can take me hours to get round local woods cos they have a stream to sit by....I take notebook and pen and build my rafts and write bit prose/thoughts etc and Im content.
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