Horses and Tractors aaaarrrrgggghhh!

Now I know I live in the country sort of, but we do have cars and main roads, which leads me to the question why do horses and tractors have to use them?

Three times today i have been held up on major roads, miles away from any fields or open areas by a tractor (twice) and a horse (once).

What pleasure does a horse get wandering around a main road? Then unlike our dog friends the horse is allowed to crap everywhere far worse that any dog could muster, but the owner doesnt have to get out their poop scoop. I think I shall have to look on Facebook to see if i can find a group Keep horses of the road and make them pick up their own Poop!

When Im gone I am coming back as a farmer and i will spend all my time going up and down the A38 on a Friday peeing all the matelots off who are going home.....

The Post office have been subject to my rants today as well, i went shopping used my M&S credit card and had it refused. Initially I was told I was in arrears, until I informed them I had paid my first bill last week which wasnt due till 4th Feb anyway so could not be in arrears. They backtracked and it turned out the post office had returned a letter from M&S unsent, so Marks thought there was something dodgey and blocked my card.

Thats ok of Marks, however it would be nice if they phoned me to check rather than letting me be embarrassed in front of a queue of customers. Even worse is the Post office not delivering the mail in the first place, that institution is getting worse, yesterday I put a letter which came through my door wrongly back in the box, and today it was back through my letterbox! So I can get other peoples mail but not my own!

why cant 36 long be 36 long?

Back to my running tonight, havent done any for a couple of days after spending the weekend at my Mums and then lacking in motivation the last two nights. Not sure if it was wise to have a break, but the timings of the run thanks to Runkeeper show an improvement even though it doesnt feel like it at the moment.

Really impressed with the Runkeeper, I have a couple of other similar applications which I havent fully tried yet, but as I have a record of stuff at the moment I shall stick with runkeeper. As you can see from the pic it even gives me a satellite view of my run through google maps.

Bike riding day tomorrow, doesnt the week fly by, its also the end of the month and that seems to have gone so quick too. Not sure I will have time for a ride tromorrow as I have a few things to do in town, my car needs sorting, I have a deal with the mileage on it and with 7 months of the deal to go I only have 2000 miles to play with, I dont know where they go either. I am hoping the garage will let me cut my losses and change it for a newer one.

Got to take some stuff back too, mum had this really good gadget that your sat nav sits in so it doesnt have to be stuck on the window leaving tell tale marks when its removed, though doesnt everyone have a sat nav these days? Anyway ordered one online and get it home and its useless the sat nav still has to sit on its bracket, then it lies down almost so you cant see the screen. so back that is going, its a new David who is not going to hang on to junk when he buys it!! Still have a load of stuff to go on ebay though which I haven't got round to doing yet.

Also got some jeans to go back which dont fit, I know I am trying to lose some weight but when you buy a size which all your other trouser are then it should fit, why do manafacturers mess about with sizes? 36 Long should be a standard 36 long not variable according to make... even so all my other Autograph (yes its my age being a Marks and Sparks man) trousers are 36 long so why should these jeans be different are they trying to make savings by using less material.

Rant over off for tea healthy food too, though may sneak in some snacks during the football later...

Why Why Why

This is what everyone looks like when reading Man City stories.

Bike Ride

After a hard slog at work this morning well at bit of PAT testing, I decided to get the bike out for a ride. The afternoon though a little nippy was ok for cycling. I got home prepared a flask and some crisps and packed my bag. Rosie then phones (i am sure she has a camera in my house and when she sees me doing something she doesn't approve off, she rings. Its usually just as I have flashed up my Xbox 360) anyway she was back from her appointments early and did I want to go for lunch? That was ok I could tie meeting her and going on the ride too, still don't want to overdo it legs are still a little stiff. On the way to meet Row the front tyre is wobbling all over the place so on investigation I see it's all shredded on the insides aarrgghh! Someone trying to stop me enjoying my afternoon off?Luckily there is a bike shop in town and they could fix it, but I would have to wait half an hour! Aaarrrggghhh they still trying to stop me!Anyway it's given me chance to write a few lines on here and have a coffee so let's hope it's ready and I can get on the way!
Well Thank you to Freebird Cycle - Surf - Skate of Bideford for their speedy repair and reasonable cost too. If you are reading this in the area go to http://www.freebirdonline.co.uk/ and see what they offer. I was finally away at 14.12 and the weather was still fine, so nothing really lost. The next obstacle i came too was a flooded trail, I took my heart in my hands and decided to plough through it and luckily as you can see in the picture, although it looks like a river it wasnt really.
On arrival at fremington which is about 8 miles from Bideford and far enough for this week, I took the time to have a play with my camera and took a 10 second delay shot of myself and my trusty steed. It looks OK that picture but that was one of many attempts, thanks too digital cameras.
I had a spot of soup (well it was in my rucksack so it would be silly to carry it all the way back. It wasnt very warm so in the rush to meet Row I dont think I got the heating right, nether the less it was very welcome.
The trip back from Fremington is always into wind, even though when coming into the quay you still think the wind is in your face too. It was a struggle as always but once back at Instow it seems to be a bit more downhill and a little easier. I finally arrived home and according to my Run keeper I had done 15 and a bit miles, the run keeper was interupted slightly when I had a phone call from Row again, checking her diary dates.
Still this weeks activitys look good on the computer lets hope I can keep them up, i have a little break this weekend as off to see my Mum up in Shrewsbury though I am thinking at the moment I may get up early and have a short run before we go and if not will try and go when we get back.

Miserable Day On The North Coast

Today was a strange one, didn't really see a forecast that predicted it but after deciding to walk to work I soon found out that all the roads were icy and slippy.
I had to walk today as my legs were still so stiff from yesterdays run, i was very good though even though the weather turned bad this evening I still walked home.
Had to laugh at my brother today, sorry Ian but he is a massive Man City fan and I made some what I felt relevant comments that his club was a bit of a laughing stock much like Newcastle where there is too much in the press and not enough happening on the field. I was then accused of having Man Utd goggles which really he had those same goggles on. I think football is about balance and not just money, when Utd have spent big it has not always worked, the same with Chelsea and even City are showing that with Robinho. If you start airing your washing in public it takes it's toll on the team. City should use their millions to buy players that are ready for a scrap not who have title ambitions there will be plenty of time for that once the battles this season have been done! That was from a football fan who does not want to see the south dominance take over the premier league again.

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Back Again

After a long time away, thought I might try and get this iPhone working for the money I throw at it. I have updated lifecast and got this brilliant feature too called Run keeper. Basically when you go out for the run it locks onto the GPS and shows your route on google maps giving you distance and speed etc too.
Yes it's another thing I have restarted running. I am sat on my sofa after two days of small runs with my legs stiff as a board full of latic acid.
The runkeeper let me down today though did a four mile run and found out halfway round that the GPS had not kicked in at the start of the trip.
Been pestering people today, BT Vision turned my sport off I only found out as I settled down to the Liverpool derby. The nice people turned it back on but not in time to watch the match. When I checked tonight it still wasn't on, phoned them up and after being told last night it might be 24 hrs, they managed to do it in 5 minutes tonight. Typical and such a pain, the OU are next on my list, they haven't given me access to anything even though my course starts in a week. They harp on about preparation, how can you when not given the tools to use.
Well enough of my rant football is on sky no trouble watching this all subscriptions are up to date.

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