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treking
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 Posted - 16/02/2008 : 18:23:12
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Oh this sounds good --near to me too are the leafy lanes of Staffordshire--I'm coming in disguise as I don't want to get recognised by the locals on my bike
I've dug out lycra 3/4 length shorts and helmet, goggles, knee pads and elbow pads. A tin of elbow grease and cheese and pickle sarnies.
Trek
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treking
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 12:40:45
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Blimy I'm saddle sore this morning.
The other problem was --it ain't very leafy at the moment so the lanes of Staffordshire were bare
It was also icy and poor Pen went head over ar** after 1/4 mile but she's a game old bird and picked herself up and managed the rest of the ride--not without a few moans.
Trek
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 12:54:35
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The only reason I went head over ar** as Trek so delicately puts it, was because I was behind Toots and Flossie on their vintage tandem, and every time Flossie got abit carried away with the scenery she leapt up in the air, and everything in front of me went dark.
Those Bridget Jones drawers are a health hazard let me tell ya!... 
I have one other comment to make, and please don't take this the wrong way....."Trek, drop the lycra shorts"...
PEN... suffering in silence. xx |
Edited by - Carole R. on 18/02/2008 13:01:52 |
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Brian
Something Special
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 16:40:53
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THE TALE OF FLOSSIE DYER.
SHE PEDDLED AND PEDDLED AND PEDDLED
FLOSSIE WAS THE QUEEN OF THE BIKE
SHE STOOD ON THE SADDLE
..KINDA 'ACROBATIC' LIKE
..BUT THERE WAS JUST ONE THING
EVEN FLOSSIE COULDN'T MANAGE ON A BIKE
UP THE HILLS, DOWN THE DALES
AT THIS RATE WE'LL BE IN WALES
SHE RANG HER BELL, SHE SANG AS WELL
AS SHE WAS COMIN' ATCHA IT WAS LIKE A BOUNCING BALL
..BUT AS SOON AS SHE WENT BY..YOU HAD TO TURN AND FACE THE WALL
TOOTLE
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 17:36:01
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Wordsworth,Keates,Shakespeare and co..are at this moment spinning in their graves.
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 19:09:15
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Next Trip:
An 'Activity' holiday.
Somewhere we can learn how to write a half decent poem.
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 21:24:38
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Originally posted by Carole R.
Next Trip:
An 'Activity' holiday.
Somewhere we can learn how to write a half decent poem.
PEN TO -PAPER.
What a cheek! ...I'm a poet, and I don't know it (Paul Daniels 1981)...just before Debbie McGee.
Anyway - back to the job in hand....
Next Saturday we are off to the Brecon Beacons, for a short 45 mile walk (2 breaks of 15 minutes will be allowed). Obviously this will take 2 days, so Saturday night we will 'add' the activity people so desire. At Brecon Town Hall (7.30pm start*) there will be a dance like the ones we used to have in the late fifties/early sixties. It will be SO authentic, as the group will be Frantic Frank & The Fabulous Fritters (try saying that without teeth) - the group that introduced 'rock' to Brecon on the 7th April 1958. Yes!..they are still going weak. People in the area will tell you about the queue outside F W Woolworth on the day their first and only single was released. The queue stretched right past The Home & Colonial - right round to the town hall, with eager fans cluching their 6/3d to buy the said record. Of course those who were poor could get the alternative version for 1/9d on the Embassy label...but I digress.. entrance to the dance will be 2/3d in old money (the Bank in Brecon will exchange the new fangled decimal money for real coins before 4.30pm). There will be a full 'refreshment service' available in the foyer - milk shakes, onion & meat pies, lemon squash, chocolate bars and possibly 'Corona' if the delivery arrives on time.
DO NOT OVER-DO IT!...we need to be up and ready to go on the second leg at 7.30 Sunday morning.
TOOTLE
..of TOOTLE FORWARD LOOKING TOURS AND ACTIVITY BREAKS 2008
* Don't go by the town hall clock, as it's 15 minutes slow |
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treking
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 22:22:39
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The short 45 mile walk could take me 2 weeks, cause I won't have recovered from the bike ride.
In fact I'm still in lycra and I still have the impression of the saddle printed on my bum.
There's lovely.
Trek
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 22:35:42
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quote:
Originally posted by treking
The short 45 mile walk could take me 2 weeks, cause I won't have recovered from the bike ride.
In fact I'm still in lycra and I still have the impression of the saddle printed on my bum.
There's lovely.
Trek
Also known as Carole.
This is what's known as too much information...
Be grateful it aint the impression of a dartboard...
PEN xx
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treking
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/02/2008 : 22:56:26
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Bulls eye, Pen--bulls eye
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Brian
Something Special
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/02/2008 : 07:13:26
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*NEWS UPDATE*
The Corona lorry has delivered
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/02/2008 : 00:27:49
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Originally posted by Brian
*NEWS UPDATE*
The Corona lorry has delivered
TOOTLE
"Izzy Wizzy, Lets get Fizzy"...
Dandelion and Burdock, anyone?
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dave d
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/02/2008 : 00:31:07
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 24/02/2008 : 08:09:56
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Originally posted by dave d
do they still give you tuppence if you take the bottle back?
They DO in Brecon...I'm 4d up already.
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 24/02/2008 : 16:11:56
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****MAY DAY****MAY DAY** (or should that be FEB DAY?)
Any mountain road up - we are in trouble
Pen has slipped down a ravine and cracked her...nail varnish
WE NEED MOUNTAIN RESCUE. Can someone please go into Boots and get it organised? We are 46 degrees north, and 23 degrees south (i.e - up the creek).
The day started well - everyone was up on time, despite rockin' the night away in Brecon Town Hall. Trek won the spot prize for her 'twist', Dave got second for his portrayal of the 'biker' during 'Leader of the pack' and most probably would have won if he hadn't acted too well when he came off the bike... Pen thought he'd gone ar*e over t*t for real, and called the fire brigade and ambulance (Trek said it was something to do with a 'fetish' for a man in uniform), but if that was the case she'd have gotten off with Digby the doorman, despite him having the hots for Anona Wynn.
So, this morning we set off singing mountain type songs and having a jolly good time. Now THIS...we are looking down at Pen, lying there in the mist shouting 'It's chipped, I tell you it's chipped'
Trek TRIED to get her out - but can only manage to get a hole in one - not one out of a hole
I'll report again when we get back to basecamp.
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/02/2008 : 09:14:35
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At the time of writing I am in traction at the University Hospital of Llandidnott..close to Aberlotafunn...
I am in unimaginable pain after sliding down a mountain track whilst following Tootle who was looking for fossilised sheep dung.
What is that man on?...
Any road up, I ended up spreadeagled on the footpath like a beached whale...until the paramedics EMERGENCY vehicle showed up, eight hours later.
By this time, I'd been flattened by a herd of cows and one or two stray sheep.
The Insurance that I was sold on booking this holiday, is as useless as a chocolate teapot and I'm mad let me tell ya I'm blazing mad!..
Anybedpanup, I'm here, and I suppose I have to grin and bear it... but just let that scally, Toots, wander in here with a bunch of grapes, and a couple of satsumas...
He'll be sorry, a say "He'll be sorry"..... 
PEN....xx
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 25/02/2008 : 10:42:50
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Some of our party are a bit ungrateful don't you think?...I take them out as they don't get about much, and they fall down mountains Of course we all paid a visit to the hospital bearing gifts...Trek took a chocolate orange in the shape of a golf ball, Dave had a grease gun in case something needed lubricating, and I had grapes and satsumas, plus a copy of The Beano. Luckily I was at the hospital when the 'accident' happened...the nurse was very kind, but even she thought it was a strange place to put your '5 a day'! We are now on the way home - we stopped in Brecon again on the way back to get Pen a 'Get well - whenever' card
We expect her to make a full recovery...just in time for the next trip.
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 25/02/2008 : 10:44:57
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P.S - I manage to get just over 2lb of fossiled sheep dung which I'm going to put with the others in my cabinet.
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Brian
Something Special
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Posted - 06/03/2008 : 21:24:24
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I have it on good authority Lady P has recovered and is itching for a trip Certain members popped over to Portugal in the meantime as they were browned off ..well they SHOULD be now
So - onwards & upwards - where shall we go next?
I KNOW! ...let's go back to FRINTON
You remember the fun we had last time , and before the season starts we ought to sample all it has to offer before those blessed tourists get there....so pack a bag and make your way to Liverpool St station for 9am Saturday. I've booked us in for two nights at Mrs Hiltons 'HILTON HOTEL'...don't forget to tell your friends (if you have any), your staying 'at the Hilton'
TOOTLE
TOOTLE EAST ANGLIAN BREAKS LTD 2008 |
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treking
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 22:25:13
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Now my tan has been topped up, I'm ready for Frinton--even though the forcast is for wet and windy.
See you all on the pier--has Frinton got a pier?
Trek
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Where shall we go next ?
