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Golden drizzle!!!juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-41193347024250041522019-07-08T11:16:00.002+01:002019-07-08T14:46:33.416+01:00Parcevall HallAs it says on my Twitter profile (<span class="username u-dir" dir="ltr" style="background: rgb(230 , 236 , 240); color: #657786; direction: ltr; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/julesberrry" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #657786;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">@</span><span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="color: #657786; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">julesberrry</span></a>)</span>, I am a bad recorder player. This "skill" enables one to attend things like playing recorder weekends in big old houses with lovely gardens! The recorder is a nice quiet instrument so one really can't go wrong no matter how bad. But I still feel fortunate for not being a bad french horn player.<br />
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juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-17492318596405025792019-06-15T06:41:00.002+01:002019-06-15T06:41:58.458+01:00World TriathletesJames kindly <a href="https://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2019/06/24641.html" target="_blank">blogged</a> my amazing triumph in the British Triathlon Championships... the triumph being not dying during the event and also BEATING HIS MARATHON TIME!! (hurrah!)<br />
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Cycling (not the lead group)<br />
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Georgia Taylor Brown won in the end (she is in second in the running pic here). Katie Zaferes was second, and Jess Learmonth was third.<br />
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The location can hardly be in doubt. But why? Here's a clue!<br />
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(And no, the clue is not only what massive hypocrites we climate change scientists are flying hither and thither for <a href="http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2018/10/that-ipcc-thing.html" target="_blank">no reason at all</a> )<br />
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Cottonwoods instead of ash trees<br />
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Muffins instead of cream cakes (but still cappuccinos)<br />
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Universal toileting singly occupied, thus much less frightening than a Dutch version I experienced recently (where I had the bizarre experience of a man I know proffering me a paper towel that he had extracted from the machine, apparently as an act of chivalry. Ewwww!)</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMIP2017?src=hash">#PMIP2017</a> was held in Stockholm. Maybe it was the unusual warmth and sunshine, but Stockholm seemed like a very happy kind of place.<br />
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Construction is always good sign of prosperity...?
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Private yachts.
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Public life saving.
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If you let them keep your contact details then, as well as sending you news on their latest fundraising scheme, your Oxbridge college will invite you back for din dins every decade or so. These days it isn't entirely free, but still a good deal considering the liver damage they try to cause you. Maybe the college is hoping the experience will make us all feel more mortal and rush home and make generous legacies in our wills. Although I matriculated at two Oxbridge colleges, I've managed to miss all these college din dins, due to being in foreign, and so last night's was my first. I only really went because I hadn't been to one before, but it exceeded expectation. Twenty five years on and it was very interesting to find out about the paths people had taken. Everyone I spoke to seems to be making good use of their talents, although ... how can a country need that many corporate lawyers? </div>
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When in Japan we liked to boast about the high humidity. My Dad was unimpressed, pointing out that British humidity is often well over 100% -when it is foggy. Our Japanese friends didn't seem to understand the concept of ground level cloud, and I wondered if this explained the low-level cloud problems in MIROC climate model. After a couple of dodgy experiences recently, I have decided that fog, spectacles, and mountain biking (or fell running) are a dangerous cocktail, but the internets told me that contact lenses now cater to most types of eyesight. So, on Thursday I headed to <a href="http://www.welcometoskipton.com/">Skipton</a>, our local megalopolis. As well as hosting about 5 opticians, there are too many charity shops to count, a Poundland(!), and the rest of the town is occupied by coffee shops. Oh, and a canal.<br />
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Appointment at 8:30am, the day started at "Bean Loved".<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool">Blackpool</a>, located out on a pointless bump on the west coast of England, remained a little village until the Victorians invented tourism. Later on, tourists discovered that there are beaches in other countries that are warm and sunny, and Blackpool has been in relative decline ever since. However, despite being 50 miles away, it contains the local <a href="http://www.violinshop.co.uk">violin shop</a> so all the violiners in <a href="http://www.settleorchestra.org.uk">Settle orchestra</a> have to go there some time (my last visit to the shop was in about 1987 when Kevin had recently taken over the shopwork from his Dad.). We were kind of dreading having to spend a day there, but the violin and both bows needed a bit of work, so eventually we went this week. It was nothing like as bad as expected. In fact it was fun. All doors have a lot of locks on in Blackpool, but once we gained entry to the violin shop everything went very well. The violin jobs were done in a few hours, Starbucks was clean and shiny, the Chinese buffet lunch was very relaxing, and we pretty much bought up Poundland. And there were blue skies! It is a bit like San Francisco. Lots of ethnic restaurants, some tourist traps, trams, and a sea front, but the police cars are much <a href="http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/01/pride-police-car-to-wear-rainbow-stripes-in-preston/">prettier</a> (we saw this beauty right away as the only car park that our van could get into was next to the police station - all the others have a 6'3" limit to stop people staying in camper vans instead of the local B&Bs). juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-42384287297225949142016-11-18T18:08:00.000+00:002016-11-18T18:08:17.944+00:00Winter Wonderland<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yesterday it was cold, grey and snowing so we stayed at home a fought bitterly about climate sensitivity all day and then enjoyed the cultural experience of attending our Condominium Management Meeting. That was fun. Today it's back to business as usual, only the landscape has changed colour, and it is freezing cold outside instead of boiling hot.</div>
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It was a lovely ride and we finished it off by riding to the nearest pretentious cafe to NCAR where we enjoyed coffee and pastries. The only problem was that then we had to ride up the hill to NCAR, in the hot sun after already having done 2:30h of bone shaking cycling. </div>
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Strava trace <a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/777386475">here</a>.
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Summer isn't supposed to last this long in Boulder. Snow usually falls in October, but the first snow is expected tomorrow. Am very excited, as the temperature is max 26C today and expected to reach only 6C tomorrow. Anyway, forecasts seem to be easier in this part of the world, with tomorrow's precipitation already being predicted this time last week! So, to make the most of the dry weather, last Friday we cycled via Magnolia Drive to Nederland, stayed overnight in a luxury hotel, did a bit of mountain biking and then freewheeled down the hill home.<br />
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Naturally the adventure started at a pretentious Boulder cafe.
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Packed lunch stop was near the top of the road section of Magnolia Drive
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Luxury hotel was the Boulder Creek Lodge, 1st of 1 hotel in Nederland!
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Mountain biking the next morning was tough on our rigid all-rounder bikes, while carrying overnight gear at even higher altitude than Boulder (2600m). But we made it round the West Magnolia loop and then had brunch at the conveniently located Sundance Cafe.
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The reason I am looking so happy in this pic is that the Magnolia Drive ride has been a long time coming. Nineteen years ago we came to Boulder for a couple of weeks on the way back from a conference in San Francisco with the idea of doing some cycling. One ride that James had planned was the Magnolia Drive dirt road. But, unfortunately, we got knocked off our bicycles by a motorbike on one of our first rides, on our way back from Ward, and that was the end of the cycling for that trip, although we got to experience lots of other interesting Boulder things, like ambulances, dentists, surgeons, hospitals, state troopers and lawyers.
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Strava traces <a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/772584291" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/773627127" target="_blank">here</a>.juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-87819398567218544822016-11-08T22:12:00.000+00:002016-11-08T22:12:01.420+00:00Autumn in Boulder County<div style="text-align: justify;">
Normally when in foreign, one can send emails to other continents and not expect a reply for a day. Not so today - all the Britishes are still awake, but not just to send me emails. They are waiting to see if the USA takes our crown of<a href="http://julesandjames.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/brexishambles.html" target="_blank"> most idiot electorate evs</a>. </div>
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juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-74697208155794040582016-10-26T18:05:00.002+01:002016-10-26T18:05:55.571+01:00BlueSkies, GreenTrees, YellowGrassThe BlueSkiesResearch is going awfully well.
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All the tea shops shut in Dent so brushed the dust off our feet and carried on to Kirkby Lonsdale via Barbondale
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After a delicious luncheon, back to Settle via nowhere in particular.
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juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-27722329742127068002016-09-25T18:09:00.000+01:002016-09-25T18:09:22.030+01:00Three Peaks Cyclocross<div style="text-align: justify;">
The <a href="http://3peakscyclocross.org.uk">Three Peaks Cyclocross</a> - the bizarre sport of riding an unsuitable bicycle in an unsuitable place in unsuitable conditions - was this morning. James and I (and two other members of the Settle Wheelers) were marshalling at "Little Ingleborough", an important junction in the paths, at 630m. It wasn't cold. At least not until one had been stood in the howling wind on "Little Ingleborough" for an hour. We must have had it easier than some of the other marshals however, as Ingleborough is the first peak of the three so the field would be much more spread out later on. There were about 550 competitors with finish times ranging from 2h 58m to 6h 24m. 31 retired, mostly because their unsuitable bicycles were not suitable for the unsuitable conditions. At our relatively early stage in the race, we saw just one with what looked like a broken collar bone although a quite a few others that were still riding were bleeding from their shins.
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606 - Joanne Jebb finished 502nd in 5h31minsjuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-61504834854988468762016-07-29T18:36:00.000+01:002016-07-30T07:34:47.175+01:00Highland Hols #4And then the gardens... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverewe_Garden">Inverewe</a> (that's weird - Wikipedia has photographed the two of the same vegetative artefacts as me - there are SO many more!) and <a href="http://www.attadalegardens.com">Attadale</a>...
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And we can't miss out Glencoe - just a snap from the roadside on the long journey home...
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One day we rode through and around the Applecross Peninsula.
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Lunch in Applecross - the Scottish answer to a plate of sashimi.... at least 7 different types of seafood.
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For example, here is a Scottish A road, and an English A road (photos by jules and George Hatton, respectively):<br />
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In order to make it to Torridon by the appointed hour we had to drive diligently, and only stopped off for a couple of hours to tourist around <a href="http://www.eileandonancastle.com/" target="_blank">Eilean Donan Castle</a>. We were, of course, still bruised, and it was also raining quite a bit. But it was a fun stop.<br />
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For our honeymoon we stayed at the Loch Torridon hotel, a hotel which was then of similar stature to Ardanaiseig. However, it has at some point in our lengthy absence been rebranded as the "The Torridon" and now sports a dark grey and white sign at the entrance. As those of you who follow interior design will know, dark grey signifies an over-adherence to current fashion trends. And sure enough the prices have gone through the roof, and we no longer found any point at all staying there. Instead we opted for <a href="http://www.aurora-bedandbreakfast.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Aurora B&B</a> in nearby Shieldaig. The owner is a real stickler, with extraordinary attention to detail. You feel you really must obey the rules, but as a result it is an extremely comfortable place to stay and we would gladly return.</center>
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juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097113747071900340.post-28688374255217756712016-07-03T15:49:00.000+01:002016-07-03T15:49:27.695+01:00Highland HolidaysFor our 20th wedding anniversary we returned to the scene of the crime, staying overnight at <a href="http://www.ardanaiseig.com">Ardanaisaig hotel</a> near Oban before heading north for a few days near Loch Torridon.
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On the way up, we stopped off to fall off our mountain tandem in the rain at Arrochar.
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Very bruised but feeling fortunate not to have broken any bones, overnight in a luxury hotel was very much appreciated. The decor seems a little more subdued,
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but the gardens and views are still lovely, the bed comfortable and the food spectacular.
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The continuing rain was unimportant. It would be selfish to expect otherwise as we had glorious weather 20 years ago when we got married on a hill behind the hotel.juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.com0