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williredale said:
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ks. I forgot my shirt for work. bks.
I'm now an honourary member of the caretaking team for the day as one of them lives on site and has lent me a polo shirt.
lol good shoutks. I forgot my shirt for work. bks.I'm now an honourary member of the caretaking team for the day as one of them lives on site and has lent me a polo shirt.
When I worked in Reading there was a retail park by the office, several times I had to wonder over and buy whatever I had forgot in Next, usually trousers
Had a mass ironing and washing spree over weekend, drove yesterday and brought in about 10 shirts and trousers....except I forgot socks and belts, so today I have no belt , one white cycling sock and one black one....I nearly forgot pants as well!
Really nice ride in today (pants in my pocket because I remembered my drawer of drawers at work was empty).
Early in the ride, just outside my village, I cycled alongside another rider and we got chatting. Turns out he has a similar Lingfield starting point to his commute but he travels on a further 8 miles after I'm done in the city to Ilford. We slowed each other down with a bit of chat but it was good to compare notes, I followed his route which gives me some new ideas.
Early in the ride, just outside my village, I cycled alongside another rider and we got chatting. Turns out he has a similar Lingfield starting point to his commute but he travels on a further 8 miles after I'm done in the city to Ilford. We slowed each other down with a bit of chat but it was good to compare notes, I followed his route which gives me some new ideas.
TwistingMyMelon said:
lol good shout
When I worked in Reading there was a retail park by the office, several times I had to wonder over and buy whatever I had forgot in Next, usually trousers
Had a mass ironing and washing spree over weekend, drove yesterday and brought in about 10 shirts and trousers....except I forgot socks and belts, so today I have no belt , one white cycling sock and one black one....I nearly forgot pants as well!
When I worked in Reading there was a retail park by the office, several times I had to wonder over and buy whatever I had forgot in Next, usually trousers
Had a mass ironing and washing spree over weekend, drove yesterday and brought in about 10 shirts and trousers....except I forgot socks and belts, so today I have no belt , one white cycling sock and one black one....I nearly forgot pants as well!
Drove in today with enough shirts for this week and next. I already had everything else here.
I'm lucky that I have a locker at the office, and I'm not customer facing so am expected to be "reasonably smart". In practice this means chinos, shirt and smart shoes.
I have an emergency change of clothes in the bottom of the locker, and then keep my shoes and two pairs of trousers, (taking them home one at a time to wash periodically.) I then bring in ironed shirts with a pair of pants and socks all held togehter. I have about 7 shirts at the moment for this, and usually take a rucksack each way one a week.
The rest of the time I get to ride with just a phone, wallet and keys in a jersey pocket, as there are (relatively) cheap catering facilities on site. Doing most days without a rucksack is very pleasant, and there is a (rubbish) iron at work for if the shirts come out of the bag a bit creased.
We have a gym for a bit of a stretch and showers too, which all makes it more doable.
I have an emergency change of clothes in the bottom of the locker, and then keep my shoes and two pairs of trousers, (taking them home one at a time to wash periodically.) I then bring in ironed shirts with a pair of pants and socks all held togehter. I have about 7 shirts at the moment for this, and usually take a rucksack each way one a week.
The rest of the time I get to ride with just a phone, wallet and keys in a jersey pocket, as there are (relatively) cheap catering facilities on site. Doing most days without a rucksack is very pleasant, and there is a (rubbish) iron at work for if the shirts come out of the bag a bit creased.
We have a gym for a bit of a stretch and showers too, which all makes it more doable.
South Wimbledon was flooded & i foolishly went through against the advice of the cute WPC, fking soaked.
Couldn't believe what i saw at Tooting Broadway, smack bang in the middle of the CS7 route was an uncovered man hole , the cover was completely off, at first i thought it was surface water or a piece of wood as i got closer ,Just unbelievable cars were just avoiding it by inches, if a cyclist or god forbid a bus had hit & gone down it then things would have been pretty nasty. I felt like Bruce Willis ushering cars around it, i did manage to put some bin bags & part of the cover in front of the hole to alert my fellow CS7 users, so bloody dangerous. Shame i wore my Batman t shirt yesterday because i felt like i was saving lives as well as cycling to work & saving the planet.
No need to thank me , all in adays work for us planet saving , life saving, South London cycling super hero's
king soaked.Couldn't believe what i saw at Tooting Broadway, smack bang in the middle of the CS7 route was an uncovered man hole , the cover was completely off, at first i thought it was surface water or a piece of wood as i got closer ,Just unbelievable cars were just avoiding it by inches, if a cyclist or god forbid a bus had hit & gone down it then things would have been pretty nasty. I felt like Bruce Willis ushering cars around it, i did manage to put some bin bags & part of the cover in front of the hole to alert my fellow CS7 users, so bloody dangerous. Shame i wore my Batman t shirt yesterday because i felt like i was saving lives as well as cycling to work & saving the planet.
No need to thank me , all in adays work for us planet saving , life saving, South London cycling super hero's
Interesting couple of days this week.
Yesterday evening I had a run in with a young kid, probably 7 years old or younger, who threw a rock at me as I rode past. He soon backed down when I asked where he lived and what his mum would think about it! Fortunately hit me on the back, not my head!
Left work tonight to find a pin through my very flat back tyre. No repair kit or spare tube with me. A very nice colleague gave me and the bike a lift home. Away all weekend so will have to fix it before work next week.
Yesterday evening I had a run in with a young kid, probably 7 years old or younger, who threw a rock at me as I rode past. He soon backed down when I asked where he lived and what his mum would think about it! Fortunately hit me on the back, not my head!
Left work tonight to find a pin through my very flat back tyre. No repair kit or spare tube with me. A very nice colleague gave me and the bike a lift home. Away all weekend so will have to fix it before work next week.
Off to work today. Not happy about having to work on the weekend. Getting 1.5x TOIL, but still, I thought I had given this up when I left retail, but we have some work on the servers that can only be done when we don't have a bunch of users in, and apparently it's not ok to just boot them off for the day. On the plus side I am starting late and get a nice Saturday morning cycle in, and I won't have to wait an hour for the showers. On the minus side it may rain this evening. Fingers crossed.
An hour wait for a shower? Lots of people or only 1 shower?
I knew I was lucky with my shower situation at work (I only have to wait 5 mins 1/20 times I would estimate) but I didn't realise anyone would be regularly dealing with that! I'm lucky because the shower I use is in an area at work that is only accessible by a small percentage of people due to the sensitive stuff produced there. I think only 4 people including myself use it
I knew I was lucky with my shower situation at work (I only have to wait 5 mins 1/20 times I would estimate) but I didn't realise anyone would be regularly dealing with that! I'm lucky because the shower I use is in an area at work that is only accessible by a small percentage of people due to the sensitive stuff produced there. I think only 4 people including myself use it
BadgerBenji said:
Rode in this morning, wet roads in places with plenty of gravel and debris dropped by tractors, won't be riding now for 4 to 6 weeks, crshed and broke my right wrist, gutted.
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No way. Sorry to hear that. Heal well Benji, hope that you're back up and riding as soon as things have mended.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff