Bank Holiday Heatwave

A heatwave coinciding with a Bank Holiday weekend is a dream come true for most British.  The British loves to frolick in the Sun, it is possibly a common Northern European pasttime.

On the other hand, it is a bit of a nightmare for me.  Maybe all the supermarket shopping is a subconscious response to the heat...

Peanut Brigade

Someone called me "Peanut Brigade". As it turned out, it has a history and specific, it early supporter of Jimmy Carter, which I am way too young to do.

What that person meant was that I goes to free events. When I was younger, they were catered by pizzas, these days they are catered by pastries.  So if anything, I am pizza or pastries brigade.

Spring Growing

I always want to bring forward the growing season by starting in March, from the solstice, but in reality, it only really starts one and two months from the solstice.  Maybe I need to remember for next year. 

On the other hand, there are only so much brown bin space I could prune.

Cardboard Collar

I saved some cardboard to make some cardboard collar for the new plants going into ground. Let see if the tomatoes survive the upcoming heat wave...  I just have to hope for the best for the carrots.

Scandinavian Mile

A Swede told us about "Swedish Mile", it is 10km... I guess Scandinavian Mile just never caught on, for the better...

New Self-Checkout

New Self-checkout counters have been installed in the local shop.  It took me a minute to realise how there was nobody at the cashier, and I proceeded to the self-service checkout.  Then a man still didn't realise it was self-checkout thought I jumped the queue. 

When the cashier came back to remove the tag from another customer, he explained that these are new, and he later apologised.

GLME Arrochar 2026 - Day 4

The departing day of the camp.  I got up to have some breakfast, final packing and left.  Some of them are staying on for the NC 500.

My first stop was Lock Lomond Shores, they just introduced parking charges, there does not appear to have motorcycle exemption.  It doesn't appear to have blue badge exemption either!  

I took the opportunity to visit the Sea Life Centre.  It was quite small.  Coincidently, they also have a market on, I bought some Lorne sausages.  I packed away my rain jacket, what a mistake.

By then my tank is blanking empty, as planned, I went to the Sainsbury's I stopped on the way up. In the short 10 miles, I was soaked.

I made a stop at Cairn Lodge again, I saw a couple familiar bike, when I popped in, I saw them and said hi.  After my sausage roll again, I got back to the bike, another familiar looking bike, but I couldn't spot the owner this time.

I stopped at the ASDA in Carlisle, the same one on the way up, then it was straight home.  The weather was looking good, but I didn't want to tempt faith again, so I had the water proof on all the way.