Val's Cafe

had a great ride out this afternoon. I actually felt good for the first time in ages. Dropped off a parcel at our ‘local’ post office which is now 10 minutes ride away since the high street one closed down, then rode on to the next town via a very twisty road and had a coffee and snickers bar, and a look round the bikes for sale, and got chatting to an ex military guy with ptsd. He says he only talks to 3 types of people, bikers, girls, and bikers that are girls, thought that was mildly amusing.
the race Beemer is now all dialled in with the complicated suspension set up. I normally have to have a radically different set up from recommended as I am so light, sometimes needing springs changing out for softer but this one is spot on according to the manual recommendations and the damping rates are all dialled down and it is working so well i am so pleased that I can ride it without it causing me more pain.

I did my two jacket spuds with a choice of fillings for dinner. I am not putting the oven on until this hot weather has calmed down. I absolutely love this weather but it makes the house so hot if i do an oven dinner. We were supposed to have the aircon unit drilled through the wall but i cancelled it coz since the new windows went in the house just doesn’t get hot like it used to and i didn’t want the mess. I don’t like mess, especially diy type mess that breaks the hoover, ooops 😡

waffling again.

Laters everyone.

Having a rough time, aches & pains, IBS neighbours are having a 5yr old party next door & now feelin 🤢

Bonne nuit all, far too late so just to say am ok and off to bed, not before time 😬.

Catch up tomorrow hopefully 👋 xx

So sorry you're having such a grotty time Stuart, really hope things improve very soon 😔 xx

Love to all sorry so brief 😘 x

Did I post this one Keef from our first stop? - this is just now

If Sleek would come I'd go no just like your FIL

Guess who got first on a new page? yes YOU!!!!!!

I'm so glad the bike is spot on for you ad on really good days you can ride to your heart's content. How long do you reckon you could drive at a time? Nice to have a chat and a cuppa hope the snickers didn't cause too much trouble?

Bikers girls and girls who are bikers🤣like it. Glad he is getting out with his PTSD.

I agree no cooking of really hot meals in this sort of heat. Best to stick with easier things like baked spuds/pasta/salad etc…

Have a good day ((())) xxx

Jojo when Lucy had leukaemia all her bones her (she ended up having him surgery and a replacement shoulder by 19) between us we needed 7 wheaties in and out if the microwave. As you can imagine I was also pushing it sleeping on a camp bed next to her in the hospital. Treat yourself to another. ((())) xxx

Morning Joan how are you doing? Longest day today and we are here in France how lucky we are even if it is really rather too hot! We got up to 34 here cooler just now Kari says Sleek is fine how is Pepper coping? ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi I'm very glad to ear your heating is off and it's cooling down.

Paul reckons potatoes have vitamin C in them.

Thanks for the tea it helped a lot.

Loved the poem BR can come here anytime at all for some vegan ham even when the weather is cooler and we are behaving more 'normally'! Sleek wouldn't like the coffee granules though just her cat tuna! How clevr you are imagining this heat sending us all a bit squiffy😁

It was ludicrously hot here when we arrived(on the edge of the Saone) will go a walk or bike ride in a bit when Paul is up and while its cool. Then off to our next stop.

Take care and keep cool ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart how are you today I hope you slept a bit. Horrible being in pain isn't it? Get outside while yu can even if only to sleep there Joan reckons it might be cooing down in the UK ((())) xxx

Morning Toady Need to get me to a market and supermarchet today for some veggies.

Elfie is having a great time here in the trampoline and other children's toys no big boys!

Here he is peeping out of the bedroom window.

Off on our travels again today🙄 Take care ((())) xxx

Morning all 🌞

Onto my 2nd cup of tea, not necessarily all that awake yet though 😴

Lovely hearing about and seeing some of your travels frog, and thank you for posting Elfie for me to see 😀 he looks happy as a sandboy, lucky little elf, and his tricolore shirts are the business aren't they 😀. I expect he is sending postcards to Sleek, or are postcards old hat nowadays you did say there were things and froings between them on catsapp, maybe that has taken over 🤔 glad he is having lots of fun. Motorhome behaving itself nicely I assume 👍 definitely need the air con, happy with what we're having here but 34 would be too much for me - your pics & from previously look deceptively shady but that's not the full tale in a photo is it. Hope you get to somewhere handy for your bits of shopping and have a lovely day. Didn't get a lot done yesterday but got a rug washed and the garden bench up finally 🤭 so I can have a sit down 👍. Take care all 😘 xx

Morning Joan, that rose is an absolute smasher 😀🌹😍. That's a lovely arrangement too all your pots I love garden pots 👍. Hope your freezer swap over all goes to plan 🤞you will want an ice-cream when you've finished! Thank you about my ankle I only looked up a few things about sprains and I think it said not hot baths so I stuck to ice packs rather than hot but I will look again about hot & cold. It's a bit less swollen overall it's round the outside under the ankle now mainly. Have to give it time I suppose 🤞. Take care love to Pepper 😘 xx

Right time goes on, better get a late breakfast, love to everyone see you in a bit 😘 xx

Good afternoon Toni the traveller!
how are you today?

Mums ok 👍 In the bs way

but unfortunately she has got backache, she thinks it was due to bad sleep position

Thanks I’m glad you liked the poem

BR had a tantrum recently on the way to nursery as he was jealous of big bro’s sunhat

He was of course wearing his own sunhat but a stylish young gentleman of four needs to keep up with the latest fashions you know, so tears due to sartorial silliness in the morning- oh dear

(Meanwhile mima is wearing any old milliner’s misfit of a hat she finds at the bottom of her bag, outrageous- don’t tell the littleys 🤐)

I’m glad you’re enjoying your trip

Vitamin C in potatoes lol

Just like I occasionally partake of a pasty due to it’s known and effective power to reduce my cholesterol 😂

Ok ablutions- time

Bye for now Toni tc xx

👋 greetings also to toady SK Joan Jojo and S knee x

Hi again 👋 just popping in for afternoon tea at Poets' Corner 😁

Can't argue with the theme of cafe oddnesses bosh yes it's the summertime, whatever next I wonder 🤭 best to be alert, I may start speaking well of the phantom neighbours, you will know the heat has got to me. I did have a few words to say about them this morning, went out the back door (other side lot) and heard such loud male voices I was horror-struck that I was going to come face to face with some sort of cohort of workmen 😱 they were just further enough down the garden luckily, ugh, Saturday morning when you're miles away 🙄. No time whatever to alter into a recognisable life form 😂😂 excellent. I like yesterday's pic with the fridge too that's very witty. Hope your day has been going ok, and your mum's backache is easing off. Sorry to hear about the hat wars 😬😄. I was trying to buy not a hat but boots off nosegay, an auction later today, the seller took them down this morning as no longer available 🙄 wish people wouldn't do that. Never mind I think me buying boots before healed ankle is v much cart before horse 😬😂. Hope you're managing to eat something light & sensible this weather, meant to ask about the veggie burger you mentioned you had the other day, was it the sort that's made to be like a replacement burger as such, or just like recognisably vegetables made in a burger format? just out if interest. Have a good evening :) xx

Glad you had such a good trip out Keef 😀 and your suspension and technical adjustment thingys are working well for you. I missed your post this morning, clicked & didn't refresh sorry. I nearly posted earlier yesterday but my calculations told me it would indeed be fpop so I pulled out of the running I'm only a pacemaker 😂 but mainly I had nothing worth posting. Hope your afternoon is going ok so far 👍️ yeah post offices not what they used to be here either, the nearest one (in-shop type) is ok but such a small post corner bit, if you take parcels they're often just piled up the public side of the counter, not ideal 😬. Do miss a proper PO, lovely old stamp machine etc etc. Have a good evening hope all well xx

Hi Stuart hope the party didn't become too rowdy I guess with 5 year olds there's a limit, or is there 😬. It gets you down not being able to just do what you want, sorry you are having to cope with the braces etc, take care hope you have a better evening/night. xx

Hope you got to your mum's ok Jojo and everyone as well as poss today, it is really v hot though it did manage to break here even though the forecast said otherwise, tried to rain on my washing and on my newly done up garden seat 🙄 (ok I know the seat has to expect to get wet but it was the principle, first day out 😂). Take care hope you have a good night 🤞 xx

Hope Carol is doing ok love to anyone else not in 😘 xx

hi everyone.

Not too bad considering the heat Reshmi thanks for asking. Hope you all good. Has your dad tried any more shoes lol?

Toady bike suspension should be taught at Hogwarts as one of the Dark Arts, it really is complicated, race bikes more so, I don’t profess to be an expert, but I keep detailed notes and use the trial and error system.

Hey Toni, motor home shots look really good. I wish I could still tour, maybe this winter I will get away for a bit.

Stuart, hope you’re bearing up. I know exactly the thing about trying to do stuff but it all just means more pain. It’s 15 years now for me being in constant pain that never goes away, first it was osteo, and not wanting to do things by half I went for the double and added in inflammatory too. Pain all the time really sucks doesn’t it???

Hey Jojo, just a wave to not leave you out 😁

And Dachshund too, I did the watering of the garden tonight, I offered expecting Anda to decline and do it herself but she said yes.

Is that everyone? Sorry if i’ve missed anyone but I am so tired I am nodding typing this. Already dropped my fone once falling asleep.
wppt xxx

hi Skinny Keef

I’m glad you’re not feeling too bad
I am I am more or less okay too Thanks, considering the hot weather

Bill is a not so secret code for my brother-in-law, So yes he is trying on more shoes ha ha, at least in my imagination

I hope you have a good rest tonight. Bye for now take care x