LOL Steve.     I don't feel so bad now I know others aren't living the high life while I am stuck at home vegetating                                                                                                                                                                              

Hi Sandi,   I'm supposed to be working at home, but in between working I'm pacing haha   Any excuse to buzz off into the sunshine and I'm there lol   Steve :)                                                                                                                                                                             

Well I am about to don my thermals and head off out for my motorbike lesson...... so hopefully have a bit of a ride-out for an hour if nothing else..... then again, looking out there, it looks like we may be in for more snow.   Nooooooooooooooooooooo                                                                                                                                                                              

it's tricky when all we live for is biking and being out there havin a darn good larf and adventures with biking mates!!! to find anythign else that replaces it....   go to bike shops/dealers, go to gigs, go to pubs where you know like minded folk will be  ... and wait for the bad weather to pass.....   hoep ya lesson goes well NGB matey an ya got darn gooood thermals... its still snow and ice all around here!! xx                                                                                                                                                                                 

Is there a alternatives?
                                                                                                                                                                             

nope ... i dont think there is Rags.....                                                                                                                                                                              

NOTHING COMPARES                                                                                                                                                                             

Lesson was good thx Suzi but cut short due to ice and the fact I couldn't feel my fingers!  And I had thermal under-gloves on!!!  Getting there though :)                                                                                                                                                                             

  Well looks like I didn't get far in finding out what others do to relieve the boredom, when the snow stops play    I don't get out much, even in the warmer weather, as I have to rely on generous folk giving me a lift; so going to a biker cafe, or anywhere bikers may be, during the bad weather is even less likely than in the warmer weather.   Oh well, back to the crossword puzzles and the repeat programmes on telly Zzzz    lol                                                                                                                                                                               

If you can't be a riding, then you could be a fettling ............................... your bike

  Sandi when Im stuck at home sick or off the bike etc I make jewellery or bake lots of cakes and buns, its a very satisfying hobby and very therapeutic...plus you can sell what you make                                                                                                                                                                               

Send some this way Lulu !                                                                                                                                                                               

Cakes or jewellery Rick? LOL                                                                                                                                                                               

Ah point taken.  Cakes, i was never confused .   Although they say don't knock it till you've tried it                                                                                                                                                                               

Bike taken to workshop to get heated grips fitted. Might try em out tomorrow. Replacement sorted for broken tent pole....so bike comfort sorted and tent fettled for when it's fit to camp again                                                                                                                                                                              

  David, I aint got a bike anymore     Lulu, I'm too skint to buy the materials/ingredients to make jewellery or bake (I'd burn the buggers anyway lol)   Altho maybe if I did bake I could start up a bike *puck business   *my cakes would be rock hard, hard enough to withstand any weight of bike                                                                                                                                                                              

Ah no ye wouldn't burn buns Sandi...easy peasy to make, Ill pm you a great recipe of easy muffins that doesnt cost the earth, all ya need is flour, eggs, milk, butter and whatever you are flavouring them with....bananas, cherries, choc, nuts etc etc ....or have them plain if you like. Cheap as chips hon. Most expensive thing would be the muffin tin itself but you could use an ordinary bun tin. I will PM you it in a while once Ive written it out.....                                                                                                                                                                              

indoor bowls...!!                                                                                                                                                                             

When is all this white stuff going to stop. I have a car as i work in a car all day so still go out in it. Went out in the high winds at weekend, not ideal but it's better than being indoors doing chores or my accounts as self employed                                                                                                                                                                             

still go out in bike that is