Post run Yogi rest
Yogi. Seriously unimpressed that when I said "let’s go for a run" I meant it literally.
A stroll along the river bank
At last, some half decent weather. We walked into town. It was beautiful, but a little too far for little E.
Ewok trying to hide
Trying to blend in with the pile of straw at the bottom of the field. Not too successfully.
May in the garden
It's back, May in the Garden. Early May at least.
More May in the Garden.
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Maintaining Power
Power off so some awesome tree surgeons could give the woods a hair cut. I did offer to help, but they'd met Ewok.
Power packs to the rescue. We have experience of this.
Yogi Pause
Walks are two speed. Slow, slow, slow with Little E. And very much not so slow from Yogi. Yogi waits at the blue gate. Usually.
350D going strong
Trade in value: £18. Sentimental value: priceless.
Small, light, fun to use, and takes the Canon glass. But it's not upto replacing the 100v however much I might like it too.
Rads
Grabbing a coffee in the office and I noticed that they have the style of rads we're thinking of for half pint. Is that a coincidence? Or is the office style subliminally infecting my sense of decoration?
Haircut
Old little E is getting a little too fragile for the groomers. So surprise! My turn to do the trim. Are you impressed? Little E wasn't.
Fixed!
So exciting, the x100 returned from repairs. Except not. The part is no longer manufactured. Now to ponder what to replace a x100T with…
…might take a while
Tate
A trip to St Ives and The Tate.
The same spot in 2006 …
…and again in 2011.
This trip was much much better than 2014, but we had almost the same view stopper.
A treat for this trip: pictures by Alfred Wallis.
More St Ives from moments past.
Family Henley 10k
What's all this? A tag on my shoes?
So after seeing H complete a half marathon in Nottingham last month we somehow signed up for the Henley River 10k 🤔
Three PBs. A 5th, 24th and 83rd overall, with first prize to our support crew and the post-run Easter pint.
Next?
Passion Play
The best way from Paddington to Trafalgar Square? Two-wheels! You get fresh air (closed roads!) and exercise and all the sights!!!
The seats weren't too bad 🤩
And back to an old haunt for some food. Can you guess where?.
Too small and too big
The reviews were right. Even going up a size these were almost impossible to put on. I needed stick ankles and fat feet to fit. Shame.
Forty
The footpath is now cleared. So you don't need to step out into the road to get round the brambles, and for the first time lovely F and I could hold hands walking home from a night out. The speed limit is now 40. Which makes it a tad less scary when someone ignores my signal to turn right, or isn't paying attention when the driver in front overtakes me irrespective of oncoming traffic.
Anyone would think that gambling with someone else's life was a perfectly acceptable trade for being able to join the queue for the Shillingford Bridge traffic lights a few seconds sooner.
60k loop
Section 1: Wallingford to Oxford off-road, along the old Roman Road that linked Dorchester with Alchester.
Section 2: Along the Thames Path to Abingdon.
Section 3: Cycle highway 5 to Brightwell via Didcot and Long Wittenham.
Sun. Rain. And two flats (one white).
DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow | Bristol: Please respect those who would like to enjoy a device-free experience.
Construction incoming
The weir is still shut. But there are hints that steps are slowly progressing. Here's hoping.
The project update
A little update on the project. It's going to be a little bit more work than we thought; some of it is showing the wear and tear of 300+ birthdays.
Morning Run London Pt 2
Day 2 in London. Day 2 of morning runs. Earlier today because I didn't sleep.
Morning Run London
Up early for a 6k loop around Parliament and the South Bank. Quick stop at what was Oren in Coin Street for the memories ♥
Walking Back
I used to ride through Bank Junction every work day. It's now getting the pedestrian-friendly treatment. Welcome to a spot of calm in the city.
Squeezing along the north bank Thames path to catch a glimpse of the river.
Broken x100
It's been a while since a broken camera. But the X100 is locking up randomly. <sadface>
</sadface>. Hopefully the lovely Fuji techs can fix it.
Spaces
There are two platform-side bike racks at Paddington Station. These are the racks for annual commuters. Or at least they used to be. There's a lot more spaces free than before the pandemic 🤔
Opps. No shower
The universe, with its sense of humour, comes at you fast.
I should have known that gloating about being the only one would have its downside.
Almost that loop again
I really do enjoy this loop. Except this was slightly different because last weekend the bridleway along the river was flooded and I decided I liked the idea of dry feet for a change.
Very muddy. Feet didn't stay dry, but did stay warm. Enough.
Probably far from a fair test of Homethings washing up liquid. But hey, why not? It did a pretty good job too...
Showers
Most recently "showers" has meant being outside and getting soaked. Today was inside and trying to avoid getting soaked. Thank you Screw Fix (& sorry Colliers)
Just Me
For the first half of January I thought I was always late to the office because the locker room was so busy. Last week I realised it was all the new year resolutions. Because last week is when they stopped. And now there's always space on a bench.
H Half
A mini-trip: Loughborough and Nottingham to watch H in his first half marathon and raising funds for Movember 👍👍👍. Great fun!
The gap
Looking across to the gap from Hawker's Cove. Imagine this moving while listening to Coldplay.
Padstow, high tide at the outer harbour
The end of a long, downer of a week. Dragged myself out for the last of the daylight. Result.
Running to Hawker's
The top of the hill, now heading down.
Nearly back to town, with noone watching the ferry.
Padstow Reflecting
Editors note: does this make your eyes go funny too? The image is flipped so it's upside down, which makes your brain think that you're looking up to the boats, and that doesn't make sense because for that to be up you'd need to be under water.
Dog walk wading
At what point does a walk become a wade?
[Ed: don't ever enter flood water, it's dangerous. The RNLIs Flood Rescue Manual has a section on the study of water and hazards that explains why.]
2024 Floods Three
January blues beating idea: let's ride a loop along the river and see what's happening. First stop Shillingford.
Boats surrounded.
A little bit of flow through the arches.
But if you look downstream it just looks, well, "full".
After a near miss heading to Benson the road through Crowmarsh Battle looked sketchy.
Wallingford was looking damp too.
In some spots the river is now several fields wide.
2024 Floods Two
Yup, it got worse over night.
"Wow" said Ewok. I have to admit that he did look a little shocked.
Yes. Lake Gerald is back
Yogi on fire
...enjoying the glow in the evening sun.
(I had turn the vibrance down on this one. I know, no no filter.)
2024 Floods
We walked down to see how the river was treating the temporary parking for the lock keeper.
Not great.
"I'll sit here for scale" said Yogi.
Ewok wasn't impressed either.
