West Beers : Every Thursday @ The Lamb Brewery, W4 4PH

I really want to come back, this time with ppl there.

Oh, Iain. I guess it's much of a muchness whether it happened after Wests or where it did happen, but get better soon.

Up for it tonight. Bike a bit broken but just about rideable, so hopefully there won't be any further issues en route.

Bike a bit broken but just about rideable

Well, there's this evening's first topic.

Not to mention the homework.

Seated at the furthest corner of main courtyard.

Warmest evening since July,
we did not have to retreat indoors.
UNESCO ShUM German Cities, Speyer, Worms & Mainz
Peoples' Crusade
Recently instaled antiskid surfacing in Highgate with a distinctive odour

Edit,
Forgot the blue/green stained Oak
and have changed the previous 'u' to a 'o' as below.

"Worms", not "Wurms". A "Wurm" in German is a worm (although the plural is "Würmer", not with an 's' as in English 'worms'). "Worms" is pronounced differently than English 'worms' and instead almost rhymes with 'forms' (plus a voiceless 's' instead of the voiced one on the end).

The term for this pogrom, the first one of this size against Jews, I think, is Gzerot Tatnó (various transliterations are common):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland_massacres

It's such a sad story how they were continually discriminated against, expelled, and murdered over centuries in many separate incidents. These cities in their modern guises now welcome the designation as UNESCO World Heritage sites. Let's hope that it'll lead to a continued and lasting revival of Jewish life there.

Here's the web-site associated with the successful bid:

https://schumstaedte.de/en/

There are more good summary articles on the history (only in German) here:

https://www.schum-staedte.info/die-schum-gemeinden/mainz-magenza.html

This week?
28-30C weather due to break tomorrow lunchtime,
but,
might be dry by the evening.
Acton Swan remains the venue.
@ffm @hamrack @hippy @Sifta
@skydancer @moorhen
@NorthLondonLight @Regal @Alex_Ch
@seager @jdmitch
@SwissChap @morgasm
@thebrenthamtaffy @ChewyCheeks
@fasih @timages
@goosenoose @ChainBreaker

Thursday lunchtime bump.

I'll be busy later in the week, so here is an early notification.

Weather still looking promising, no rain, maybe 21C during the afternoon.

19.30 at The (Acton) Swan.
(There might be damsons).
@ffm @hamrack @hippy @Sifta
@skydancer @moorhen
@NorthLondonLight @Regal @Alex_Ch
@seager @jdmitch
@SwissChap @morgasm
@thebrenthamtaffy @ChewyCheeks
@fasih @timages
@goosenoose @ChainBreaker

Late Thursday lunchtime bump.

I might be able to make it.... Maybe...

See you there

Weather's looking fine!

Maybe ...
Are you healed up?

Weather's looking fine!

This is why I'm keen...

What times sunset?

Sunset: 19.14,
Dusk: 19.47.

I'll be setting off at 18.30 with a light front & back.
These (very) outer west London drivers need all the advantages I can give them.

LOL

Also, whats the lock situation? thin travel cable lock or D-lockand cable?

Bike is being prep'd as i am. Ill probably be there earlier.

And yeah, healed up but fitness of a geriatric buffalo. Will wheeze and splutter the full journey.

Plenty of railings nearby across he street.
I use a cable (for front wheel) and D-lock for cable end, frame rear wheel

There is adequate onstreet bike parking and some additional nearby railings.

Ah! Found it! What's the normal course of action, we near our bikes or not? Wish I could find my hip lock pouch...

We're normally attempting to resemble civillians in the courtyard beer garden.
Never seen any indication that any bike has been tampered with,
(except for local residents halfords bso in gradually worsening state).

Arrived. Bikes through back. Out back.

That worked well!
A 2nd debut for @ChainBreaker at a(nother) Wests.

@NorthLondonLight can at some stage regale us with the heritage apple varities planted earlier in the year, and, maybe, this time, next year, bring along some edible samples.

(Damsons; not at peak ripeness, and I'll need to take a short step ladder with to reach those remaining).

So after all this talk about my aftershocks, they're now broken... Really annoyed about it.