Posts by Gareth
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SWMBO and I cycle purely for fun and fitness, because our commutes are the 10 metres from bedroom to home offices. A friend told us that if you cycle 150 km a week, you can forget diets and eat what you like. Sounds good, and seems to work.
Being deeply rural, we tend to rely on the services of Ground Effect for most things. I have some baggy shorts with removable chamois for rides that involve lunch or socialising, and lycra for training and long rides. I tend to sweat a lot, so shirts are all technical materials (god knows what, but they wick the sweat away very effectively, and dry really quickly). One day, I'll buy one of these to wear on the long stuff.
We did the Grape Ride for the first time this year. I thought I did well to finish in a bit over 4 hours for the 100km, but there was a bloke over 70 who did it in three. On the other extreme, our friends Pauline and Hugh have been known to average 100km a day. They're in Azerbaijan at the moment, on the way from Cumbria to China... Never known a couple who could eat so much at a sitting.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Nora Leggs,
I don't think it would be possible to be surreptitious in that particular spot!
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Just the one. But the rain earlier this week should mean more soon.
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OK, summer's over...
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to ChrisW,
Is that a grafted nut? We have Rex and Meyric trees - very tasty nuts and easy to crack.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to JacksonP,
What you said, Jackson, except that I prefer Camera+. The iPhone is great for being there, and the pix are good enough to use off the web (at a pinch).
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to ChrisW,
If they never showed in NZ, then you were very, very lucky. ;-)
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Some bum, Post Office Pt, Feb 2013
The observation post was a wonderful frame...
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to ChrisW,
Gun site, Post Office Pt, Pelorus Sound, Feb 2013
The observation post was a wonderful frame, but the gun emplacement was something else again...
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to ChrisW,
I couldn't resist the hands reference, which I drew from from here - but I take your point.
