Today’s flower is a chive I went with my golfing partner Arthur to Peebles today to play in a 6 man team competition. We got there in plenty of time after a pleasant drive along the beautiful Tweed valley and enjoyed a bacon roll and a cup of coffee before we started. I was veryContinue reading “Playing around”
Category Archives: Cycle outings
Wild life
No flower photo today as there is a gallery instead. We had a leisurely breakfast that morphed into elevenses and then I made a quick trip to the High Street to buy spare inner tubes after yesterday’s puncture. Armed with one of these, a few tools and a snack, we put the bikes in theContinue reading “Wild life”
Not up in the air
Today’s flower is not a flower. It shows a cotoneaster in front of some zebra grass. Mrs Tootlepedal is very fond of grasses. The back was much better today so bicycling was back on the menu. Dropscone is busy preparing to go on holiday in France and take his youngest daughter off to university soContinue reading “Not up in the air”
Dumped
Today’s flower is the seed head of a Danish Flag poppy from which Mrs Tootlepedal has retrieved enough seed to cover most of Langholm with poppies next year. Still no cycling because of back troubles. They were less this morning because of the treatment yesterday but because they were less today, I promptly did thingsContinue reading “Dumped”
A quiet day
Today’s flower is an Astrantia There was no blog yesterday as we attended our neighbour’s funeral in really gloomy wet weather and there didn’t seem to much to add to that. Today dawned much brighter and I started the day with a quick visit to the dentist to check on the well being of myContinue reading “A quiet day”
Bad knee
Today’s flower is a sunflower I went round the morning run with Dropscone again today for the fourth time this week in probably fractionally the quickest time of the four. He was unsatisfied with his picture in the blog yesterday so I will have to capture him again in a more flattering pose. We recentlyContinue reading “Bad knee”
Tamara Drew us to Carlisle
Today’s flower is the frost affected Fuschsia in full bloom Although the weather was wet, after a telephone consultation, Dropscone and I embarked on the morning ride. Apart from being nearly drowned by the bow wave of a passing lorry on the A7, it wasn’t too bad. However, we were wet enough at the finishContinue reading “Tamara Drew us to Carlisle”
Talking the talk
Today’s flower is a yellow crocosmia Dropscone came round this morning to help me test my back on the morning ride. The weather was cool with a light wind, ideal for a gentle run. We took it steady up the steep little hills and didn’t rush down the downhill and did the trip a minuteContinue reading “Talking the talk”
Back again
Today’s flower is a Michaelmas daisy Although I managed to get round the morning cycle ride with Dropscone quite comfortably, a little back pain from when I got out of bed got progressively worse during the day and it has certainly ruled out cycling tomorrow. I am hopeful that it is just a spasm andContinue reading “Back again”
Twice as much fun
Today’s flower is a climbing nasturtium seen on a yew clipped to look like a chessman This is the flower of the climbing nasturtium seen above. Mrs Tootlepedal is particularly fond of this delicate flower and was anxious in case it did not come into bloom before the end of the season. However, it hasContinue reading “Twice as much fun”
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