Pedro

Took @Sofia’s bike for a post wash bimble yesterday. It is a cool bike! And did me good after a very sad morning in which I helped with putting a big dog to sleep. He was a big 45kg Serra da Estrela shepherd, they’re shepherds but more dedicated to protecting lifestock from wolfs in the mountains than actually herding sheep. He was a fierce dog and an absolute killer of a guard dog, he looked like a wild thing yet had the most amazing relationship with his human. Having visited their farm a few times he never even pretended to like me and was the reason I never got out of the car without checking for him. He also gave you proper eye contact while growling instead of acting cowardly. He died a proper dog, almost completely paralized but still giving me a serious growl in the distance, only distracted by his owner lovingly giving him steak pieces. I appreciated his spirit, that he kept to the last second.

Mushroom ragu rigatoni, with an adequate amount of sauce…

Would like to have mine tuned like that but don’t trust anyone local.

I liked the first season of The Recruit, it’s a comedic view on a new lawyer working for the CIA. Will keep watching when the second comes out.

Nice ride, big sceneries, nice roads, nothing to not like about that!

Quality service!

To be honest, if that didn’t make it I probably never will be MOTY.

I love that, happened to me yesterday a few minutes after looking at this post

I’m happy to have nominated you!

I had an amazingly great red wine yesterday! Proper great stuff grown 2km away from this location: I took no pictures though.

It’s got it’s name going for it, though.

Good man, Bob!

You two constipated twats, I’ve been nothing but well mannered this year.

Shut up and eat your pies

I don’t know what it means that I’m in the running for both

My vote went for Bob, and seems like I was right in nominating him.

Good stuff, Bob. are those plains the Sainsbury Plains? I know nothing of the UK but that name I read often on forums. Eating sandwiches on a barn cover sittingon hay bales sounds very Christmassy, might as well have a donkey and a cow for warmth too.

You can sense the Christmas spirit in that sentence!

I bought those spices from a group of ladies that all went for a ride around town on the GS, you wouldn’t know anything about that.

Oven roasted codfish and potatoes. The onions and caramelized garlic, and the good olive oil make the dish. It's a portuguese thing, I love it.

The RS! Did you have a closer look and a sit? What did you think?