The new damaged cooker which is currently acting as a road block in our kitchen is supposed to be replaced with a new undamaged version tomorrow. We will have to wait and see if it happens or not, just prey the replacement one is not damaged.
Been out on the bike again this weekend, twice to be exact, did not get out for as long as intended yesterday as the wife’s knee was hurting still from last weeks close inspection of the pavement. So after yesterdays short ride, I went out again today. I can now change gear after the front gear was adjusted in the week, still don’t think its is quite right but I will see how it goes and mention it when it goes in for a service at the end of the month.
The good news is I am not sporting “painful butt syndrome” any-more, a cheap gel filled seat cover and the lowering of the seat a little more has made all the difference to the feelings in my butt…………or lack off. I’m also sporting a new cycle helmet, the helmet I was intending to use was OK but it was not comfortable, so a new brain protector has been acquired.
This week ride was on forest land, there a very long section of gravel track with a few small hilly bits so it was a little more taxing than the flat footpaths and roads of last week. Not sure how far I cycled but looking at the map and some rough calculating I did between 12 & 14 miles.
There is only one problem with cycling in this area, it one big dog toilet, bloody dog owners bring there dogs out for a walk and then just let the mutt shit where it likes and just don’t bother to clean up after it. All ready had to give the wheels on both bikes a damm good wash off as I was unable to avoid some of the shit.
I realised that I am not as agile as I used to be on a bike this weekend (should or realised that last week…), messing around in the car park and I nearly ended up on the bonnet of a BMW, just lost my balance. Minutes before that I stopped on a narrow track to let some people past and forgot to get of the saddle, nearly fell side ways into a bramble bush! they tried not to laugh and asked if I was OK.
I am just concerned that some peoples idea of cycling is a bit different to mine, saw this guy stood outside a cycle shop
, not really the sort of attire that I want to be expected to be seen riding in, anyway, pinks not my colour.
Moving back to house hold appliances, the central heating boiler was serviced in the week and a quote for some central heating repairs was submitted, thankfully it was pretty much as we had expected, but still damm expensive enough.
That’s the good thing about our house it is warm we don’t normally turn the central heating on till close to the end of October and then we still have about half the radiators turned off otherwise it is like a Turkish bath in our house.
