Still like the smell outside if I get a waft but craving long gone. 35 years since I had one but I do like to roll one if anyone has tobacco and have a dry unlit suck ,once a year maybe.I quit 23 years ago at my sons christening "reception tea" in my local pub ..handed an almost full packet over the bar and said to give them to the next person who wanted to buy some ..
I hadnt really planned on it ..but I'd realised that if I continued smoking at the rate I was going I may not be around long enough to see him become a man ..
(about £4.00 for 20 back then ..)
I was 46 years old at the time ..and would even have a fag while out mtb'ing ..
Havent touched one since ..but strangely Ive always said that given the chance Id have one just before I croaked
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silverstone
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a pretty adventurous route...
HappyCamperIan
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A pack of 10 B&H used to be 60p when I was a first year at secondary school...no way I looked 16 at age 11, glad it was just a daft school fad and not a habit I picked up 
You only just about pass for 16 now!A pack of 10 B&H used to be 60p when I was a first year at secondary school...no way I looked 16 at age 11, glad it was just a daft school fad and not a habit I picked up
Strangely no one commented on padlocks since I thought it was a well-established culture around the world that couples in love attached a padlock to the bridge and threw the key into the water as a symbol that nothing could break their love but maybe this culture has perhaps been taken over by one-night stands on bridges and kitchen counters
HappyCamperIan
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The grumpiest, most tattooed bald 16 year old in the world maybe
I've not seen it in the UKStrangely no one commented on padlocks since I thought it was a well-established culture around the world that couples in love attached a padlock to the bridge and threw the key into the water as a symbol that nothing could break their love but maybe this culture has perhaps been taken over by one-night stands on bridges and kitchen counters
they'd probably be sawn off the by the council pretty quick
HappyCamperIan
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There is a bridge in Bakewell and another in London called Lovelock Bridge...doubtless quite a few others too
I stand corrected - looks like there's a fewThere is a bridge in Bakewell and another in London called Lovelock Bridge...doubtless quite a few others too
not sure I'd see it as romantic if I was of the female persuasion - kitchen sink connotations...
I'm not surprised since not all cultures is welcome today in UK.
indeed,
apparently there are a few around the UK
but yes, we do have a populist right wing gaining ground - we seem to follow the USA...
Although I went out on the bike on Sunday, on Saturday, me and the better half walked the dog up to Rivington Pike. On the way up, we saw this little lady. Not shy, even though the dog was about...
HappyCamperIan
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Not sure that is true...there are some-aren't there always- that are small minded and xenophobic...the underlying issue is the main political parties have been failing for many years and people are just pissed off with the established political parties.
Good to hear there is a couple of bridges with padlocks in UK and I totally agree Starmer is sending UK in the wrong direction.
Peace out to Henry Nowak
Todays route in the finance district by the seaside.
"GRACE" got hundred years anniversary next year and she loves to invite people with gold card out on the sea for a proper champagne lunch (me not included)
The King got his own vessel "NORGE"
Most of the other vessels here are owned by companies registered in tax havens, no one knows who owns them except the happy owners, sadly I'm not one of them but I definitely wouldn't mind this beautiful Riva "JAWS"
"GRACE" got hundred years anniversary next year and she loves to invite people with gold card out on the sea for a proper champagne lunch (me not included)
The King got his own vessel "NORGE"
Most of the other vessels here are owned by companies registered in tax havens, no one knows who owns them except the happy owners, sadly I'm not one of them but I definitely wouldn't mind this beautiful Riva "JAWS"
"I've heard people dismiss lovelocks as tacky, scruffy, difficult to remove and "just another form of litter". But that misses the point. Every padlock is a token of love or remembrance or hope. They are emotions given tangible form. They are semi-permanent memories written onto interlocking steel. They enrich the streetscape by adding a touch of humanity amid corporate overdevelopment. Long live the lovelocks"
By Matt Brown.
100% agree
Done in Germany as well, Love Locks. If I remember correctly they had to remove them from the railroad bridge in Cologne due to to much weight:Good to hear there is a couple of bridges with padlocks in UK and I totally agree Starmer is sending UK in the wrong direction.
Peace out to Henry Nowak
Seattle has some pretty quirky attractions "The Gum Wall"
All major cities should have a
Gum Wall
On my way home yesterday I watched this little guy for a few minutes.
Then my buddy tried to exit one of the lower trails. He had to wait several minutes.
Visited my son in Comox Valley this weekend. His view of my old stomping grounds for 40+ years. There’s a city down there with the Comox Glacier in the background.
Things have sure changed.
Then my buddy tried to exit one of the lower trails. He had to wait several minutes.
Visited my son in Comox Valley this weekend. His view of my old stomping grounds for 40+ years. There’s a city down there with the Comox Glacier in the background.
Things have sure changed.
No 533 Washington Crescent needs to tidy up the crap on his driveway! 
Had the woodpecker back in the garden in the last half hour... First pic caught him mid-hop!
Had the woodpecker back in the garden in the last half hour... First pic caught him mid-hop!
Gila Man
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Good thing you weren’t carrying pick-a-nic baskets. Yogi and crew may have been more interested in you.
My boring contribution, Solo bridge building. All weekend and this afternoon so far. Still got one set of rails to do but I need food and beer.
All recycled apart from the screws/nails and the 1.2m steel fence posts I hammered in to pin it all together.
Done it as a table for all those not interested to easily scroll past !
Zimmer old chum it’s a proper job you need instead of faffing about with logs and nails and rails
I quit 23 years ago at my sons christening "reception tea" in my local pub ..handed an almost full packet over the bar and said to give them to the next person who wanted to buy some ..
I hadnt really planned on it ..but I'd realised that if I continued smoking at the rate I was going I may not be around long enough to see him become a man ..
(about £4.00 for 20 back then ..)
I was 46 years old at the time ..and would even have a fag while out mtb'ing ..
Havent touched one since ..but strangely Ive always said that given the chance Id have one just before I croaked
I’m much the same old trail buddy, stopped when my daughter was born 42 years ago but sometimes I have a crafty one on holiday……once a smoker always a smoker after the nicotine gets a hold
You see I couldnt do that for fear of the craving taking hold again ...
They are very motivated by food. This guy started walking straight at me (“he was coming straight for me”)
. I left when he started that. Probably smelt my energy bar. A few years ago, during some trail maintenance, a big guy (Big Ben) took my pack. My iPhone was in there. Had to get my brother-in-law to ping my phone. Destroyed the pack, ate the energy bar. Found everything scattered around down a ravine. …but he didn’t make any long distance phone calls …wheew.
Those mountains that embrace your gaze fill your mind and chase away gloomy thoughts... it's almost therapeutic!!!
Where exactly are you based? I usually spend time around the Goriška region.
I own one of those tough, unkillable old beasts too—just show it a little maintenance love, and it'll treat you to an incredibly tasty morning.
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