The weekend thread

[Clive]

7 minutes ago, Pedro said:

The Bol D’or is on Eurosport 2 right now. I suppose every country is different with broadcasting, so you might not get it for free.

I love these endurance racers with lights on!

We no longer get Eurosport, TNT took over, have to subscribe (£32) to it monthly..

[busabeast]

1 hour ago, Clive said:

We no longer get Eurosport, TNT took over, have to subscribe (£32) to it monthly..

Yeah its a rip off

[Clive]

23 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Yeah its a rip off

Trouble with it is your are paying for many sports that you have no interest in watching......

[Saul]

1 hour ago, Clive said:

We no longer get Eurosport, TNT took over, have to subscribe (£32) to it monthly..

I binned it for that reason.    When I first signed up it was £6 a month then just went up and up.   I like following Premiership Rugby but I am just not willing to pay over £30 a month for it.    I just watch what I can when I can now.      Been enjoying the Women’s Rugby World Cup for the last few weeks.  

[busabeast]

9 minutes ago, Clive said:

Trouble with it is your are paying for many sports that you have no interest in watching......

Yeah like poxy bloody football,  I dont understand why they have to show so many games of over paid fairies kicking a bag of wind and falling over pretending they are injured, yet rugby we're lucky if they show a couple of games a week

[KAYZ1]

1 hour ago, MooN said:

I did this today344km round trip tp drop off No1 daughters bank card.  

Last time i saw your Girls they were tiny,,,now they have Bank cards. God i am old.

[Saul]

12 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Yeah like poxy bloody football,  I dont understand why they have to show so many games of over paid fairies kicking a bag of wind and falling over pretending they are injured, yet rugby we're lucky if they show a couple of games a week

Never have I got football,  cheating bunch of soft boys.  

[busabeast]

12 minutes ago, Saul said:

Never have I got football,  cheating bunch of soft boys.  

No im exactly the same, I cant stand football, to the point if the lads bring a football to training I get it and kick if over the hedge, I detest anything to do with football 

[Nute]

8 hours ago, boboneleg said:

What stretch are you fishing ?

We did Home fishery, Dean and Chapter and The Old Harp … I think, all close ish to Ross on Wye, kipped at the Royal Hotel RoW.  I didn’t organise it and just turned up at the what three words locations and fished. Five of us, 45 or so fish all Chub and Barbel, best Chub around 5lbs but they were all 3-5 lbs, best Barbel just under 10lbs. Just got home bloody knackered & somewhat muddy. Makes up for all the trips in the past where we have blanked or arrived to find everything flooded 

 

[Saul]

53 minutes ago, busabeast said:

No im exactly the same, I cant stand football, to the point if the lads bring a football to training I get it and kick if over the hedge, I detest anything to do with football 

Funnily enough pre season we used to play what we called 70’s football which was basically just kicking/tripping/elbowing the shit out of each other.    Was a bloody hoot.   Almost a relief to get back to rugby training after.    

[Pedro]

36 minutes ago, Nute said:

We did Home fishery, Dean and Chapter and The Old Harp … I think, all close ish to Ross on Wye, kipped at the Royal Hotel RoW.  I didn’t organise it and just turned up at the what three words locations and fished. Five of us, 45 or so fish all Chub and Barbel, best Chub around 5lbs but they were all 3-5 lbs, best Barbel just under 10lbs. Just got home bloody knackered & somewhat muddy. Makes up for all the trips in the past where we have blanked or arrived to find everything flooded 

 

What do you do with the catch?

[Nute]

10 hours ago, Pedro said:

What do you do with the catch?

Put it back. No idea if you could eat it or not, but it’s been in a muddy river which the UK water utilities are not above occasionally dumping sewerage into. The water must be pretty clean or you wouldn’t get the amount of wildlife on and around the river that we saw but the rules are catch and release. 
 

The point of barbel fishing is that they fight so hard once hooked, very exciting and you might not see what you have hooked for quite a while. 

[Saul]

Chilly out first thing this morning.   Chose silver this morning.   Haven’t rode the Hornet for 3 weeks or so, sometimes I forget what a bloody good all rounder it is.   I will get others but the Hornet is a bike for life for me I reckon.

[Pedro]

51 minutes ago, Nute said:

The point of barbel fishing is that they fight so hard once hooked, very exciting and you might not see what you have hooked for quite a while. 

So basically just torture then 

[Pedro]

35 minutes ago, Saul said:

Chilly out first thing this morning.   Chose silver this morning.   Haven’t rode the Hornet for 3 weeks or so, sometimes I forget what a bloody good all rounder it is.   I will get others but the Hornet is a bike for life for me I reckon.

Perfect weather here. Cool but perfect. I just can’t be inspired to get out on sunday with all the sunday morning people on the road.

[Saul]

23 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Perfect weather here. Cool but perfect. I just can’t be inspired to get out on sunday with all the sunday morning people on the road.

I was up and out early so most of them were just emerging when I was heading home.  Only did  90 miles or so  . Bike all washed and away now. 

[Saul]

29 minutes ago, Pedro said:

So basically just torture then 

Lot of people call that sort of thing sport, bit like bull fighting across the border from you.  

[Pedro]

8 minutes ago, Saul said:

Lot of people call that sort of thing sport, bit like bull fighting across the border from you.  

So is bullfighting sport? 

[Saul]

1 minute ago, Pedro said:

So is bullfighting sport? 

Not in my opinion, 

[Pedro]

8 minutes ago, Saul said:

Not in my opinion, 

I got what you meant wrong then, sorry.

Didn’t mean to be too critical of costumes, I just found it funny that people fish for things they won’t eat just as a fun activity.

[Saul]

2 minutes ago, Pedro said:

I got what you meant wrong then, sorry.

Didn’t mean to be too critical of costumes, I just found it funny that people fish for things they won’t eat just as a fun activity.

I'm just soft when it comes to all living things, don't like to think of anything hurt for entertainment.  Suppose I am hypocritical in one way as I eat animals but if I had to do the butchering I am pretty sure I wouldn't.   Used to fish, to eat, when I was younger won't now.  

[Nute]

2 hours ago, Pedro said:

So basically just torture then 

If you want to view it that way. They were all returned safe and sound and handled with great care when out of the water for the minimum possible time.  

The money I pay to be able to go do this contributes to clean ups of the rivers, breeding and stocking programs for the fish, works to encourage rare or endangered water/ water side animals and management of the overall habitat. I'd like to see it go further than it does, but without it our countryside might not be as attractive as it is. 

[Pedro]

37 minutes ago, Nute said:

The money I pay to be able to go do this contributes to clean ups of the rivers, breeding and stocking programs for the fish, works to encourage rare or endangered water/ water side animals and management of the overall habitat. I'd like to see it go further than it does, but without it our countryside might not be as attractive as it is. 

I get that. Same thing can be said for the bullfighting and keeping the landscape like it should be. It's a complex matter.