Freezing Problems

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Richard Fox — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:24:52 GMT

On a lighter note 3 pictures from Dartmoor in the snow - with an official Dartmoor Pony!

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Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:54:53 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]Wren I really admire you-hope that if I was in those circumstances,I would have your guts[/quote]

Wren - I'm sorry but I'd hope that under those circumstances I'd have the sense to stay out of there. What you did was brave and admirable. But if the shed had collapsed and killed you, you may have been a candidate for the Darwin awards......

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:25:00 GMT

It seems bad enough here,but according to the news, we're in the best part of the country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A pony fell into a ditch on the marsh, near here,but although pulled out,had tobe euthanased later.I alwys put food out for the birds, but there's none to be seen-I'm assuming they have all died of cold

Wren I really admire you-hope that if I was in those circumstances,I would have your guts

Wynne

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vs0u — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:01:25 GMT

Oh dear that sounds bad...whereabouts are you?

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Wren — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:43:33 GMT

[quote user="Malcolm Ness"]

Several of our neighbours have had stock sheds or barns collapse under the weight of snow, two of them with stock in, not all of which survived. Another neighbour is in hospital after falling from a roof while clearing snow in an attempt to stop the shed collapsing on his stock!

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Had to go out today to shoot some stirks trapped under a collapsed roof. It looked like TV news pictures of an earthquake aftermath. I took some pics on my phone but have no way of getting them onto the computer sadly. We couldn't decide whether it was safe to enter the remains of the shed to shoot them or not as the remainder of the beams were likely to go too. In the end I darted in and did it - they made me take out some hefty life insurance with my mortgage! I forgot to factor in the retort of the gun though and there was a bit of movement overhead when that went off so I got out pronto.

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Simon Neuhoff — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:53:02 GMT

[quote user="Malcolm Ness"]

[quote user="Simon Neuhoff"]very pleased once again that I chose a small animal path![/quote]

Never quite got large animal out of the system, so although SA is the day job, we have a bunch of sheep and a couple of horses to feed. No more snow last night (the existing four feet is probably enough) and temperatures dropped to only 12 below - positively balmy compared to the 20 below recorded a few days back.

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Wow Malcolm that does out our whingeing in the South East into perspective! We have had our share of snow and problems but not to the extremes you describe. We did have -11 one night but overall it has been a relatively mild -5 to -6. Trains didn't run all last week and we couldn't get the car out for a few days but overall we have coped with the disruptions.

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Mark Holmes — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:47:45 GMT

Would you believe a chicken can freeze to the ground? My wife noticed that our Cockerill had been in the same place for 3 hours. Went to check what was wrong and his feet were stuck. All fine today though he is bossing his girls around... not quite sure what his secret is there, as a hen pecked husband I need to get some tips!

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Malcolm Ness — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:35:37 GMT

[quote user="Simon Neuhoff"]very pleased once again that I chose a small animal path![/quote]

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Simon Neuhoff — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:33:55 GMT

[quote user="Wren"]

OK guys, so you've hijacked my thread and no-one's looked at my pretty snow pictures

I was once a racing cyclist (we're almost as hard as our tyres ). However my road bike is now in retirement with my father who does 50 miles with the chain gang every Sunday morning and harbours dreams of an Etape. My very-nice-thank-you-very-much Marin MTB, like Bob's, resides at the back of the tack room and is used solely for getting horses in from the furthest field - when it's behaving I can lead 4 from it at once!

There, credentials proved. Now can we get back to frozen Marbocyl please?

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Sorry Wren! But not much to contribute that end - though your photos are "interesting" in that they make me very pleased once again that I chose a small animal path! I AM out in the snow quite a bit t the moment - but only for "fun" on the bike!

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bob lehner — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:56:39 GMT

[quote user="Simon Neuhoff"]C'mon Bob - we'd love to see you in lycra[/quote]

hmm - I rather suspect you wouldn't......

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bob lehner — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:54:10 GMT

[quote user="Bob Russell"]Do cyclists know how amazingly sexy they look in lycra?[/quote]

M or F ? Wouldn't like to comment as I'm no expert on lycra - but I have made a lifetime study of the female derriere in jods. Sadly in Essex at least there are many that fail the test.

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Richard Fox — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:33:38 GMT

[quote user="Bob Russell"]

Oh I gave up wearing jodhpurs many years ago so no lycra here either. Do cyclists know how amazingly sexy they look in lycra?

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Errr. Who cares? And you are misinformed on my mountain bike I wear baggy shorts! Get with the times

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Wren — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:04:26 GMT

OK guys, so you've hijacked my thread and no-one's looked at my pretty snow pictures

There, credentials proved. Now can we get back to frozen Marbocyl please?

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Richard Fox — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:03:27 GMT

Erm - Bob - I'd rather have a bike thanks. At least It does not bunk me off and fracture my collar bone unlike a horse getting spooked by a car etc. I can put it in the garage and forget about it if I wish until I get on it again - can you do that with a horse?

Maybe if jo public did proper exercise like cycling or running, swimming etc then there would be a lot less people who are over weight or have coronary heart disease. I wonder the last time most people got their heart rate above 140bpm?

Why can't this thread be about biking the freezing conditions as well as frozen drugs?

BTW my bikes include my Orange Five, Kinesis XC Pro3, Ribble Winter Audax and Ribble Sportive Carbon Oh dear more about bikes sorry

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Mark Hedberg — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:28:09 GMT

Thursday night I managed 7 miles in an hour and ten. There's the A20 for you. :p A lorry got stuck going up a hill; the lorry (#2) behind him decided to pass Lorry #1. He then got stuck EXACTLY next to him in the inside lane. (cue sounds of head slapping.)

Lorry 2 driver actually managed to tease that thing a further 10 yards ahead; just barely enough to let the cars sneak through between them. I sort of had to admire the driving; very elegant - even if he was a bit silly trying to pass Lorry #1 in the first place. :p

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vs0u — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:05:05 GMT

[quote user="Bob Russell"] Do cyclists know how amazingly sexy they look in lycra?[/quote]

Why thank you Bob!

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Julian Earl — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:04:52 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"]

OMG this is turning into the most boring discussion ever - anyone who rides a bike for pleasure is bonkers in my estimation - get a horse - it's a lot less like hard work and you don't have to wear silly shiny lycra pants.

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You stick to wearing your elasticated jodhpurs, your shiny knee-length boots, and your pudding-basin hat then...

Edit: damn, too slow!

And yes, our sleek muscled thighs are very sexy thanks.

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Bob Russell — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:58:45 GMT

Oh I gave up wearing jodhpurs many years ago so no lycra here either. Do cyclists know how amazingly sexy they look in lycra?

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Bob Russell — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:53:35 GMT

I have a horse and a Subaru. The horse (and me) has been stuck in bogs on several occasions. The trusty Subaru has never got stuck!!! I have a bike - it has its own special place at the back of the tack room where I will never be tempted to try it out!

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Simon Neuhoff — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:51:33 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"]

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C'mon Bob - we'd love to see you in lycra!

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Simon Neuhoff — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:50:55 GMT

At the risk of incurring more ire from Bob - have you seen L'Eroica? Just the ticket I would think for a man who rides an Orange Vit T! I'm hoping to take it on in 2012 - just need to find a suitable bike!

[quote user="Julian Earl"]

[quote user="Simon Neuhoff"]

I do marathon type rides (Merida series etc) mutli day stage races (TransWales, Sani2C) and Gorrick type short distance races, as well as road bike sportives (160-190K) including two Etapes and the Marmotte - and am mediocre at all of them! I AM good at finishing what I started. My wife and I did win the mixed class category at this year's TransWales - but that's cause she's well 'ard ;-) To be fair I did hold up my end of the team I think!

I am on STW - but very seldom get on there, spend more time at Bikeradar though STW is very good for specific questiosn, especially the racing type. I just find their format very non-user-friendly.

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I didn't know there was a cyclists group on here. Arlo, I think we need a cycling sub-forum, if you wouldn't mind terribly.

Last Wednesday I tried getting to my CPD about 100 miles away, and managed 750 yards before getting stuck in my Subaru. So much for reaching the main roads. My friend who helped rescue me then managed to get stuck in his Land Rover. After about two and a half hours I eventually reached home again.

Not to be thwarted, on Thursday, I did manage the seven and a half miles to work on my mountain bike - the joy of vehicle-less roads, snow-covered or not! My Vitamin T laughs in the face of drifts!

On the subject of Etapes, I've done two, plus the Raid Pyreneen which is like four and a half Etapes on the trot. It's not against the clock in the same way as an Etape - unless you go with your club mates, when it most definitely is, and it is just as tough at 105 to 115 miles per day, with eleven thousand metres of climbing mountain passes on the way.

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bob lehner — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:44:01 GMT

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Julian Earl — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:24:07 GMT

[quote user="Simon Neuhoff"]

I am on STW - but very seldom get on there, spend more time at Bikeradar though STW is very good for specific questiosn, especially the racing type. I just find their format very non-user-friendly.

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I didn't know there was a cyclists group on here. Arlo, I think we need a cycling sub-forum, if you wouldn't mind terribly.

Not to be thwarted, on Thursday, I did manage the seven and a half miles to work on my mountain bike - the joy of vehicle-less roads, snow-covered or not! My Vitamin T laughs in the face of drifts!

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Wren — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:11:05 GMT

And today's casualties: an entire polysterene encased box of tuberculin frozen solid, TT guns again (and yes, they're stripped down and oiled at the end of each day Michael - or at least the nurses tell me they are ;)) and one farmer who unwisely slammed a shed door and was nearly killed by a falling icicle which muct have weighed >10kg. It slit his jumper from top to bottom!

Hope these work, this was today's test:

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Simon Neuhoff — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:55:13 GMT

The TransWales is definitely within your reach. There is very little difference solo or team in terms of effort with their new format - it really just increases the number of categories. It is great fun and I highly recommend it. Only downside can be the weather which in 2008 was simply dire.