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When a psychopath came after me, and tried to kill me, twice, by driving her car at me, at 100mph, I was very surprised when she got a 'warning' for attempted murder. Despite having boasted about her plans to kill me all over the internet, and boasted afterwards that next time she would get me.
Then it turned out her partner was a senior police officer.
Hmmmmmmmm !
Coincidence, I am sure !
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Had a bottle of Old Tom last night. 8.5%. Very pleasant indeed.
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Going back home this weekend coming to have a look at a Series III County, it'll be the second I will have owned but the first since I've had a driving license. Apparently the chassis is a bit rusty so I'm going to have a poke around before I commit to it, but if I get it I'll probably switch everything over to a galvanised chassis, strip the paint off the aluminium and try and build a silver and matte black tank for doing stupid shit in.
My last one would barely hit 50, even after putting an overdrive in, but I just love old landies. Plus, the location of my parents house lets me get on NFU insurance which is peanuts in comparison to what more mainstream insurers would charge for a kid my age.
I have a 1977 Series III County. With galvanised chassis. It was used by BA at Heathrow for many years, so had a very easy life. Then lived on the Isle of White, until I bought it. Love it to bits.
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Builders were working in a pub that I worked at in Winchester doing quite a major refurb. They took up the floor in the cellar and discovered a very old well- given the town centre location etc it was possibly extremely old.
The foreman visibly panicked about the delays that informing the proper authorities would bring, so they chucked an iron plate over it and poured a fuck load of concrete over the top, then denied all knowledge.
Contact the County Archaeologist, who has a lot of power in such situations. Winchester may have a separate town/city archaeologist too. They probably won't do much, but then again, who knows. The builders may have prior form in destroying archaeology.
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My parents live near the scene and just told me the sad news. Its quite a tricky, potentially dangerous junction.
RIP
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When I was still an archaeologist, a few years back, it was reckoned that in Britain, one archaeological site was destroyed illegally, every day ! I doubt that has changed now. They may be mainly minor sites, but its still a disgrace.
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Rider with critical head injuries
Heal up quickly.
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I have always split the chain as you would with a standard, solid pin chain. Used the same chain rivet tool. Never had any problems.
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The bit where he made the joke about a group of people in a photograph looking like 'foreigners'.
There was a silence, and then some nervous laughter from the audience. But it was chilling too. The real voice of the Tory party.
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Thats nuts ! Good to see how a member of the public came to his rescue !
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The CTC have started a campaign. It only takes a few moments to take part;
http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/demand-proper-sentence-for-driver-who-killed-twice
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The weather is perfect for bike riding. California really is perfect for cycling. I prefer San Diago myself, but Santa Monica is pretty damn perfect. You've got a great choice of riding from there. I am seriously jealous.
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^ 'Wotever Next' should have been 'The Other', no?
They brew quite a range at the Talbot. This, That and T'other are the best known.
Very good beer.
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Anyone remember K-Passa, from Bristol ? One of the bands that played the soundtrack of my life in the nineties. Great gigs. Not pure folk, but some great fiddle and accordion. Hard to believe its 20 years ago.
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Gaz Brookfield is worth looking up, if he's gigging in your area. Not pure folk, but very agreeable. Often found in the Bristol area, and supporting the Levellers, despite being unsigned.
Gaz Brookfield - Be The Bigger Man (Official Video) - YouTube
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I saw the picture of the driver and thought to myself "I've seen him before". Is this him? Wearing the same shirt?
Well spotted. Looks very similar !
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Don't really think age had much effect on riding fixed gear, as long as the bike is set up correctly. But if the bike set-up is wrong, fixed gear will magnify any problems. So saddle height, top tube length etc are more important, in my opinion.
I'm 46 and was still racing on fixed until two years ago, too busy to train hard at the moment. But I was still going under 21 minutes for ten miles, which is pretty quick.
Get the bike set-up right and you'll be ok. And don't over estimate your strength, initially. Keep the gear low until you've adjusted back to fixed.
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Some people believe in 'recovery rides', modest levels of effort, keep the cadence up (not high, just don't mash up hills, pootle up in your lowest gear if you have to), apparently the increased blood flow is supposed to accelerate the repair of muscle micro-damage and flushing of metabolites which is what's causing your legs to feel dead, meaning you can get back to proper training sooner.
Although my last coach used to advise us to rest completely, and to be honest, it suited me better. I guess recovery rides can work, but for most people, we go too hard on the easy days, and too easy on the hard days, and end up being mediocre. The temptation is always to ride too hard.
If I had my time again, and I was a full time bike rider in France for two years in the 1980s, I would take more days off the bike, and do less pointless recovery rides.
Feet up on the sofa would have been better than slow rides out to a bakery, eating cakes and drinking coffee and then riding home. Thats how the pros do it, but I suspect its because they don't know any better. Thats how we did it too. A walk to buy the cakes would have been better.
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Don't forget;
She allowed people to buy their council houses as a tactic to stop people striking. People with a mortgage can't afford to strike. The people she despised walked straight into the trap !
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I'm glad I lived to see this day of days !
Rejoice Rejoice
As a historian, its clear that Thatcher and her legacy will not be viewed kindly, once the right wing press and media have finished their revisionist bullshit.
She was a Monster.
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On this day of days, may I ask.....
When will Blair die ?
Maybe we are on a roll ?
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Its a really simple job for a frame builder. I've had exactly the same problem in the past. A sleeve would be more difficult, even if there was such a thing.
No idea on price, but a drop out is cheap. Maybe 30 minutes labour ? Less than £100 all in, I imagine.
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Yes, a common complaint with ale. Of course Joe Bloggs seems to prefer not to taste anything so ale gets chilled with everything else in the cellar. Even the Tadcaster pub was serving cask a bit cold but I s'pose it could have simply been brass monkeys in the cellar rather than actually chilled. It soon warmed up in front of the blazing fire and the flavour really opened up.
I find Sam Smiths often tends not too travel well and acquires a slightly funky taste. However well worth seeking out if you are ever in West Yorkshire. I really want to go on a brewery tour there. It is brewed using a very vigorous, flocculent yeast popular in in Yorkshire which is actually a bit troublesome and tends to clump up so they invented these things called Stone Squares which allow the yeast to rise into a seperate vessel where it is periodically re-mixed with the fermenting wort. It worth the trouble as it lends the beer a creamy sweetness which is distinctive to the region. Think Black Sheep, Theakstons, Timothy Taylor and so on. In other words fucken delicious. That is all.
Agreed.
Its getting easier to find pubs selling good beer. But its still not easy to find a landlord who knows how to keep, and serve that beer to a decent standard. I hate being served ale that is chilled. Seems such a waste.
Had a few in The Cock Tavern, North End Road, Fulham, on friday night. Its a Young's pub, although they do some Sambrook too. Well, kept and served at the right temperature.
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Just had two pints of cask pulled Sam Smiths Old Brewery Bitter in the Bay Horse in Tadcaster, a stone's throw (literal) from the brewery. Never mind all these fancy beers; for me, a Yorkshireman, its damn near perfection.
Had some of that down in Isleworth yesterday. Tasty, but served too cold, chilled, in fact, which took away some of the flavour.
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Froome was so impressive today. Can't see anyone beating him at the Tour.
I'd even say Froome will be one of the best Grand Tour riders of his generation. He looked so easy on the climbs today and yesterday. And his acceleration is very impressive. Few can follow him when he goes. He'll get this years Tour. And I suspect a few more Grand Tours too, before he is done. I saw my first Tour in '83, and i haven't seen many riders that have impressed me this much.