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  1. saxonaxe

    Iron Bead

    The continuing hot dry weather is producing some interesting results locally. My daily routine is a wander down the lane that leads to home and in places the rough Tarmac has melted and shifted. Yesterday I spotted something protruding from the displaced gravel of the verge. [/url...
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    Rolling stones

    After spending the morning on the Air Rifle Range the other day my usual daily woodland wander began rather late afternoon and being entirely ignorant of the camera setting tricks I didn't bother taking the camera so late in the day. Returning home along the side of the lake I heard a strange...
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    Day Out Deceptive Sun.

    Bright sunshine and frozen fingers after a morning on the Airgun Range sighting in a couple of my Air Rifles. I wimped out and scuttled off home when frozen fingers eventually made it too difficult to load properly. A beautiful morning though and the temperatures locally are just hovering...
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    last and first

    A weather forecast predicting local temperatures not too Icicle friendly, prompted me to extend my usual monthly two or three nights camp out to four nights. The bonus was that the extra night under the stars would see me though the annual celebrations when people get legless drunk, swear...
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    Making their mark..

    Just returned home after a couple of nights at a Farm commercial campsite. Quite a long drive, but I thought it worth investigating as apparently it is favoured by people 'Who do Bush Craft', or so I was told. A wooded area close by a river, one of many in Wales. I thought at first it was...
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    Day Out The end is nigh...

    It's ok, relax.. I just thought the title would fit in with a trend I have noticed on the forum of late...:happy: The end of Summer I'm referring to as I've just seen a weather forecast for the week ahead, but the signs are there in nature anyway, at least locally. There are plenty of routes to...
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    Trip Report Saved by the sun.

    A trip of a few days ago, a break from all things nautical and a chance to spend a few nights in a greenwood some distance from home and close to high ground where this lovely musical river has it's source. I know Himalayan Balsam is an invasive species and attacked with vigour by those who...
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    Planning Fitting out.

    For the past week or so I've been working Tropical Routine on the boat, a few hours in the morning then hide from the sun until late afternoon before putting a few more hours in aboard. Even then I had to rig a sunshade...Well it was an Umbrella really, and it took off in the only gust of breeze...
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    Trip Report Tread softly

    After some light rain a couple of days ago and a brief drop in temperatures, yesterday, although overcast was back to very warm weather. Due to the conditions I've been using a Meths burner on my overnight trips, not that my cooking is affected in the slightest by what stove I use, it still...
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    Day Out Around home.

    Nothing special. just some photos taken on Sparky's travels in the sunshine today. An interesting aspect of an electric bike that I have discovered is not electric power, but will power or self control if you like. You have the choice, whack the electric assist up to full power and life becomes...
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    Day Out Random ramblings.

    10.30 am and the heat coming off the stonework of the old bridge as I cross the lake is palpable, I love the sun but will be thankful to get off the track and into the cool green of the woods. A brief but hot climb up the hill along the farm track and the greenwood offers a welcome. I'm headed...
  12. saxonaxe

    Sparky's travels

    Sparky..that's my electric bike...:roflmao: and me , ended up on a cliff top mild off road session today. At least outward bound, but I came home via the narrow Tarmac lane which runs just inland of my outward cross country route. Fourteen mile round trip with a stop for photos and a flask brew...
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    Saddle sore...

    Since becoming the owner of an electric bike I seem to have spent most of my time happily pedalling the quiet back lanes and cycleways in my area. I joined the 21st Century and bought a small computer type gizmo which attached to the handlebars tells me all sorts of startling facts. How fast I'm...
  14. saxonaxe

    Today's lessons

    Learn the turning circle of a new pushbike...E Bike has a wide turning circle, wider than my Mountain bike and the Stinging Nettles beside the lane are vicious if you are wearing shorts.....:bawling:...:nurse: Electric cars creep up on you and are not easy to hear when it's windy...bought a...
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    A present to me...from me

    Birthday next month, so before I went away on my recent trip to the Brecon Beacons I ordered this wonderous machine.. I spent this morning assembling it, without any difficulty as it only required handle bars, front wheel and pedals fitting, using the good quality tool kit supplied. First...
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    Touch the Dragon.

    I wasn't at all sure what my mate meant when he said, 'Touch the Dragon' but it became clear later. I'm sure most people on the forum know just how changeable the weather in the Brecon Beacons can be at any time of the year, so I took the appropriate kit for the walk, just in case I developed a...
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    Trip Report Testing the curve

    I am still in touch with a friend that I worked with many years ago, he was, in fact still is to a certain extent a fitness Guru. Not a 6 foot 2 inch muscle bound Gym Bunny, but a 5 foot 8 inch racing snake seemingly made of hardened spring steel whose powers of endurance were legendary...
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    Out of their depth...

    I went off this morning to get my forth stabbing courtesy of the NHS. As a wrinkly I've had two vaccinations and now, two boosters. Later I went down to my boat where while pottering about on board, I heard an onlooker on the shore remark to her companion, " Doesn't the Tide come in slowly...
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    Day Out Tread lightly.

    Today I can honestly say was hot, not warm, hot. I don't know what the temperature got up to but as a Sun Bunny it was off T shirt when I eventually stopped for a brew at one of my favourite spots. The last rainfall was over a week ago and the season seems to be advancing quickly. The Lilly Pads...
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    Trip Report A last look.

    I've spent the past few days on a 600 mile round trip to attend a re-union of former work friends. As on previous occasions I turned down offers of accommodation, as I prefer to combine the visit to Sussex with a camping opportunity. I also wanted to try out a new tent and to stay at a small...