What are your jeans doing today?

[Double 0 Soul]

The kids were doing some 'Escape Room' thing this morning so we had an attic full of teenagers last night.. I was too tired to go to work.

Got up and yawned.. then yawned again.

Then i Pepsi Challenged some nut butter

..and headed out to the Peaks

..tried to find a route from Padley Gorge through the woods..

..to Nether Padley

..but it was more of a push and carry over rocks than a rideable trail so i bagged it off and rode up to White Edge

..all the way to the trig point

..nailing it through the Devils Elbow on the way home

..i got barged out of the way by a herd of cows... cows eh?

4hrs later... I stuck the headphones on and walked to Abbeydale road, it's Pakistani mango season.. i nearly hooked up with @MJF9 here once upon a time

Tagging is a middle class affair in S11

through the park

Feeding the ducks

..along Sharrow Vale Road

..restored garden furniture at Gilberts junk emporium

..kept walking

..past Kenwood Road

..and down to London Road wearing Supreme work shorts, Blue Lug t-shirt and Odd Future Vans.

If you were going on Springer in the 90s you'd need a couple of hair pieces

"Jerry, Jerry, Jerry"

Drooooool!

..and home

Edited July 14 by Double 0 Soul

[MJF9]

^ ahhh yes... and a fine part of the world tis too... in fact, me and the lad are somewhere around the Peaks for a couple of days at the end of the month getting away from it all... nice Supremes, the colour is giving me Michael Portillo trouser vibes from Great Railway Journeys

Can't beat mango season... reminds me when my daughter was a tiny tot we used to give her Pakistani (and also Indian alfonso) mangoes all mushed up - she'd get so excited she'd do a "mango dance" in her high chair.  Certainly worth dancing for imo.

[Geeman]

@Double 0 Soul too tired for work.... but went on a bike ride and a long walk eh... 😉

 

Edited July 14 by Geeman

[MJF9]

I might try that one tomorrow @Geeman and then collect my P45 on the way home

[Double 0 Soul]

I have to use my brain at work which doesn’t work too well after only a few hours sleep..  the body is still pretty good at dealing with tiredness tho..

[smoothsailor]

Did our annual bicycle camp trip with mini sailor( not so mini anymore)

this year was our eight edition. We cycle about 45 km and camp in the Woodson a little campground, we brush our teeth twice if we think about it, change our shorts once and swim in in a local lake. The lake is a sand digs, looks like a Norwegian picture.

previous yrs I had to push my boy along the way, not going so fast , this year we flew both ways

we agreed to keep doing it even when I ride a scootmobiel 

 

[MJF9]

@smoothsailor brilliant... love it!! 

[Double 0 Soul]

Early morning walk down to the Sunday market in the pissing down rain

Paramo, Buco, Supreme shorts, Vans

[rbeck]

Bathroom is at a standstill while we figure out what we're doing about the floor. Have ideas for new tile, but gotta pick a contractor. So in the meantime I started working on patching the water damaged plaster on the ceiling of what will become our master bedroom.

Cut along the joists with the sawzall yesterday. That was messy as hell. Then today I sistered some studs to the joists and hung drywall. Only reason I used the mold resistant boards is cos I had a sheet leftover from the bathroom. 

Then I went for a bike ride with my girl and found a pump track a mile down the road from our house. My parents will be pleased that this means I will be getting my dirt jump bike out of thir basement sooner rather than later. 

[CSL]

Earlier this week Mrs. CSL and I decided to escape the heat and head to the California Coast for a few days.

We had no definite plan other than to stop wherever seemed interesting and fun.

Half Moon Bay was our first stop. After a night in a very smoky hotel room (from a fireplace apparently without adequate venting) we found a nice row of horticultural shops. Lot's of nice orchids here. We bought a few. 

 

Then we headed to San Carlos to visit Brogueshop (I lied when I said there was no definite plan...).It's a beautiful store and perhaps the only place in the US that stocks Freewheelers? Definitely the only one that stocks Timeworn/AtLast Co. It was great to see their products in person. 

A cap and glasses that I didn't buy.

I did snag some things however, and Mrs. CSL got a sweater (already put away). I really didn't need another FW flannel shirt but as I've now become fond of saying, "Sometimes even when you don't need it, you need it..."

 

We headed back to Miramar Beach, had dinner and searched for lodgings, finding a nice B&B by the ocean. 

 

Obligatory seagull pic

 

His tracks and mine (Paraboot as usual).

 

I think these structures are some kind of an art gallery made to look like a viking stave church I think.

 

The next day we headed south planning to stop somewhere around Monterey.

Encountered what I'm told is an authentic British pub along the way😉. 1st wear for the new FW shirt. Now it'll be in the closet until November probably.

 

After this we encountered some LA grade traffic around Santa Cruz. After driving round in circles trying to get to a Starbucks, mainly for the bathroom we took a random road and pulled into a parking lot to regroup. By a complete coincidence we were at the Universal Audio facility. Those involved with music and recording will no doubt be familiar with the brand. 

 

Braving the road again we started our search for the night's accommodations. We found a place in Pacific Grove which worked fine as we weren't bothered about being in Monterey proper. (I visit there every year for a music festival).
We enjoyed the neighborhood. A good selection of restaurants, record shops (one with a bar), and an art museum focused on local artists of the Steinbeck era, most or all being associated of his.

 

I was very keen on this guy's work, of which I was previously unaware.

 

After that we had lunch and visited an antique mall. I didn't buy these books but thought them cool enough to photo.

 

Then it was back to the 101, and gradually rising temperatures, before arriving home at sunset.

 

Since I can't figure out how to delete these extras let's call them bonus pics.

 

Edited July 21 by CSL

[MJF9]

Day 2 in the Peaks with my lad

Walked up Mam Tor… the plan had been to do it early but it was lashing down with rain… we so went later and there were tourists everywhere (ironic I know)

Next year, I expect to be the smallest

A present had been left at the car pfffff

Even more ironically, passed this sign driving back… I did feel I’d been…

Denime 10^th anniversary ‘37s, Tezomeya and McCooys Daisy Mae… plus more meat

Next day, we were in the lido at Haversage before 8am... dodging the blue-rinse old dear brigade swimming two abreast like CHiPs... only different as there were no motorbikes in the pool ... it was a invigorating start to the day

Haversage main street

And a really nice breakfast… (even more upmarket than Sharrow Vale Road Neal!!)

Only 48 hours away... but it felt rejuvenating… the end!

Edited July 27 by MJF9

[Double 0 Soul]

I've just got back from the Peaks.. you're right, there are a lot more tourists out today, it's sign it's the school holidays.

Good and bad experience for me.. the bad part was, i had an argument with a National Park (i thought he was more of a national socialist tbh) Ranger about whether or not i should be riding where i was riding.. a fat rambler joined in taking his side.. i showed them on my phone that i was indeed right.. they said, "ah, but that's the internet.. it was probably written by a spotty teenager".. well that's where you're wrong, i can tell you who wrote it.. it was Derbyshire County Council ..

F'kin little Hitlers!

The good part was.. i was so annoyed, i pedaled faster to get it out of my system and did a PB for the route

Where did you get the parking ticket @MJF9 ?

[MJF9]

Near Mam Tor... my fault in hindsight... there were cars parked up on both sides of the road in what I thought were little lay-bys... it turned out my side of the road wasn't a lay-by, the other side was.  It was chocka with cars so I thought I'd got lucky a bit further out... parked and went... wrong!!  I see what you mean now about the big cars, narrow (and bendy) roads and bellends driving fast <insert fist shaking emoji>   

[Double 0 Soul]

It's all the crazy instagramers, they want to park as near to the peak as possible, take a selfie and go home, like they've accomplished something.. my neighbours have been living in a van out there, they've said there has been an increase in parking tickets, to dissuade them.

I like it when you see a car club out on a Peak District run out.. a convoy of Impreza WRX's for instance. The best car is always at the front, the worst at the back.. 40 something yr old men with 17yr old girlfriends.. alas, 40yr old women don't tend to hang out in B&Q car park on Friday and Saturday nights so their options of finding an age appropriate partner are limited.

[Maynard Friedman]

They’re not even proper mountains, just hills (you owe me £5 for saying that @Duke Mantee)

[Double 0 Soul]

Don’t accept a Scottish fiver they’re only worth 3 quid

[Maynard Friedman]

But that is counterbalanced by their rarity factor (usually firmly rooted in the pockets of dour-faced owners or stuffed into mattresses) which makes them worth £5.01

[buler]

Drying...

New UES 400WW on the left. My new favorites!

[smoothsailor]

Delivering two cargoforks , I made two for someone in Denmark , and my friend can bring them with him on his holidays there. Turns out he is holidaying around the corner from where they need to go.

 

[MJF9]

@smoothsailor great work mate... and always love seeing your Lee jacket... top notch!

[smoothsailor]

Thank you @MJF9. 
I wish I knew how long I have it. But close to 15 yrs and I bought it used from a member on denimbro forum