tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post1086539732316342835..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Yorkshire Dales cyclingSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-86453613076733859902012-05-02T12:58:42.867+01:002012-05-02T12:58:42.867+01:00L da P -Thanks you for your comment. Once again wh...L da P -Thanks you for your comment. Once again when starting to respond I realise I have the makings of a new post, so I will save my thoughts. Watch out for the next post, which may be delayed a bit as I go to hospital tomorrow for my knee op on Friday - it seems they want me in the day before - perhaps to force feed me with pots of tea?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5024261908695069152012-05-02T06:58:15.227+01:002012-05-02T06:58:15.227+01:00When touring France I usually included a bit (some...When touring France I usually included a bit (sometimes a lot) of the car in the foreground of my reluctantly taken photographs; it helped a decade later when I tried to work out what year the pix were taken.<br /><br />There are several (rather more obvious) reasons why I couldn't accompany you on these bike trips but one significant stumbling block is the fact that they are punctuated by stops for nothing more encouraging than tea. And not just a cup but "a pot of". I realise that coffee is a non-doing substitute since it leaves a bitter after-taste once one starts breathing through one's mouth - and that would happen sooner rather than later. But the cosiness of tea! Its vapidity! The likelihood of finding oneself talking about The Archers with a fellow tea-drinker. A sad transition from the hugger-mugger, knotted legs world of the hard cyclist into a tea-room, it's too hard to bear. Extending the metaphor (and invoking the memory of a well-loved mutual friend) it's as if one had spent one's time cycling round a garden centre. But perhaps I exaggerate.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com