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I'm being a kill joy working Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon then Wed. Off for 8 days after

As far as I know it is a saltwater pond just behind Par beach. Don’t think there is much in there worth catching.

I got back from my walk for the day and I decided to take the bike out for the last ride of the year. No far really about 30 miles just had a look around a couple of beaches then out to the hamlet of Trenarren near Black Head point. Also stopped at Little Harbour for a picture. Tis a sort of sad place, a children’s hospice but also a fantastic place for the brilliant work they do. We raise money for them in the choir as do many other local groups.

Good Man

7k today with the Dear Boy. Stormy weather boys. Bit of a lump on, pictures are not that dramatic but the sound was awesome. So much so that it freaked the ginger fella out a bit. Also noticed that our bus stop has a new theme, it gets decorated every two or three months. I like that the community puts the effort in to keep things nice.

Have a look at The Circle on Netflix. I watched it last night. I thought it was really good accurate and scary prediction/observation of the social media society/hellscape that is developing before our eyes.

I am not sure of the poop thing, he seems to like getting covered in sand, my girls call it "Getting his dog glitter on". Perhaps he likes to be a salty sea dog

Finally managed to get out for a walk today with the Dear Boy. Been off the treadmill for 19 days and not feeling that good. Eating too much crap and inactivity are not good for your waistline or mental health. Combination of Christmas, work and gout just took me away from the right path. But today was the first day of the new regime back on it as both Odie and I need to shed the Christmas chub. Only managed 5.5 k but start small and often will make it sustainable. Anyway we went to Parbados did the community fields then a full circle of the beach. Noticed that the rivers are full shame the reservoirs down here aren’t. Something wrong somewhere.

My would be 'Stop fucking singing".

Nah I'll keep this one, I have a couple of others that could go back but my Kady is the good one

Had an Amazon delivery. Of course I didn’t order a delusional 17 year old who thinks she’s a cat but that is what I got.

Here you go Six

Na I didn't want to be there let alone take pics.

Fooking expensive morning, took the Mrs to the local Equine store as she had to have a new coat and boots. I had a bit of a head from yesterdays out out antics which didn't help. Anyway 300 quid lighter, and that was in the sale and a 'bargain actually' the Mrs tells me I was going to raise my blood sugar by going to the in store cafe. Only to be told that the breakfast menu is only served until 11:00 and the lunch menu starts serving at 12:00, given it was 11:19 I could only have coffee, so off I flounced elsewhere. I hate these bloody posh places I really don't fit in there. Now chilling watching rugby, on the bright side at least the Mrs is happy.

Well Odie is pretty joyful with his new Hare.

Well done Bob.

Working overnight all weekend, first shift last night. Not moaning my kids are big and I want the triple time. Boxing day will be my day down the pub singing carols.

Great ride report Bob.

I didn’t sit on it. To be honest I don’t think it would be for me. A very nice quality bike to look at but for me I am not a fan of it’s styling or size. Also if, and I have given it a lot of thought, I were to change my bike I would only be comfortable spending 5 or 6 thousand not 9. I don’t want to borrow any money and to spunk a big chunk of my savings on what is effectively a toy for me is not something I am going to do. It’s not fair to my family. I think I got sucked in by the last salesman I talked to about what I could do rather than think what I should do or even want to do. Sorry if that is a boring answer and perhaps I should keep my thought processes in my head rather than live them out on a forum. Just got excited about getting a new shiny rather than thinking first. If I have sent you to sleep with my naval gazing you can thank me when you wake.

I did notice

Going a bit stir crazy this morning as I still can’t walk far so decided another Bimble on the bike was on the cards. Wind and rain but that doesn’t really matter if you have good gear so I set off. Originally I was going to North Cornwall Motorcycles in Bude, but changed my mind on the way out of Bodmin as the link road to Camelford was closed so I headed for Wadebridge instead. Had a ride around Wadebridge but the town was packed, hardly surprising given the time of year, so I didn’t get off and headed south again to Newquay. Thinking on the way that Newquay would also be overrun I turned off at Indian Queens and headed to Dameralls Cafe for a cup of tea and a bacon roll. The cafe is always busy there, not because of bikers although that is there target audience but with builders and workers from the local industrial estate. Today there were also 4 armed police officers there as well. Doesn’t feel right seeing policemen wearing guns on their hip, alien to normal experience. Well as I was at Dameralls it would haven been daft not to go in and have a look at the bikes. The have a very healthy turnover of bikes there always several new and different bikes for sale. Interesting. Anyway in contrast to the Kawasaki centre the staff don’t grill you there, always say hello but leave you to your own devices unless you ask. I think I prefer that. They had a nice R1200RT which was a coincidence giving that Pedro mentioned one. It was nice and at 9k seemed reasonably priced. I did notice that they had sold a z900RS and I can see Pete’s point of view from certain angles it does look quite bulbous. they had some Harleys as always but they are a bit odd looking to me. I saw a lovely Triumph Speed Twin, very nice indeed. Also saw a Royal Enfield Hunter in the flesh for the first time. They also had a couple of very low mileage Interceptors for sale, one with 555 on the clock and one with 600 miles. I don’t understand why you would sell a bike after just doing 500 or 600 miles. Gonna spend the afternoon washing the Himalayan now the sun is out. It may me smile when I filled the bike on the way home as I worked out the mpg and was surprised to see 97. Obviously the last tankful covered the cold snap we have just had, mucho careful riding does benefit mpg.

I dunno at 17 she prolly doesn't have to worry about that just yet.

I like the single seat police version of the RT, seems a bit to much bike for most of what I do, I saw a real nice one for sale the other day inside my budget. Oil Heads are cool though but not sure I want a big shaftie again.