Keeping going...... today I am going to....

Have you any boxes today NellieJ?  

I've been home since just after 4pm and done naff-all!!! Not spoken to a soul all night #boredboredbored!! 

Work has been absolutely crazy this morning, you'd think it was the Saturday before Christmas full of covidiots!!!

Well done ladies. You have made plans Nellie. I am going to continue to go for drives, really destresses me and making arrangements to see a friend. So no not giving up. It seems like at theoment work won't change!!  Relief. Not thatbiind too much what I do and always happy to learn new things! 

Bootsy you sent to work and are entitled to a lazy evening. 

We are doing ok and all deserve a pat on the back 

Love and hugs Alison xxx

Have you been on your motorbike NellieJ yet?  Sounds fabulous, I’m quite jealous what would I do to go back to my motorbike days.  Nostalgia.

Back in the 80’s my favourite motorbike I owned was my Yamaha LC350 2 stroke, loved it, miss it, now ancient technology

Get out and ride have a great week

Hi NellieJ

i am in awe of you with your motorbike! 
I did my cbt and then started lessons on a 600cc but fell off and broke my wrist on my 3rd lesson! Very embarrassing and painful I wanted to pass my test, I’ve passed the theory, as my husband had a vfr which he said would be perfect for me. 
I feel like I’ve let him down. I don’t whether to start again in the spring, everyone is telling me not to and that I’ve had a lucky escape. 
Should I get a 125 cc and get some practice first? 

Sausagedog1 and Jebel you should both get back on your ironhorses again - re-live your youth!!! i have only been a passenger on a motorbike once in my life and never again !!! to say I was wooden is an understatement lol!! now if we were to go to the fairground I'd go on any fast ride there  xx

An adventurous bunch of ladies! I lovre the spirit!!! 

Xxx

Sounds like a great idea BootsyD.  In the meantime can reminisce with old photos.   God I was skinny in them days, and I had hair.  Carefree days.  Well you have more guts than me going on fairground rides well impressed xx

Jebel / Sausagedog - is it too late ? I had not ridden for 30 years and two years ago got a Vespa Scooter - my partner had lots of different bikes so talked me out of getting a big gear bike - wanting to keep me safe - irony there. 

I did a day riding with an instructor at a motorbike school three months after my partner died - just to see if I could get my leg over with my dodgy knees and then test rode a few. And have had sessions with the instructor once I got this bike. It has saved my sanity as riding means you have to be relaxed, focused, and it is mindful in a way. So I would say if at 57 I can do it, can you too ? Life is short as we know, and I have conversations with people about engines and stuff which has been really helpful in isolation times. I also ride out and bikers nod at eachother - 

Today, 1) am going out again on the bike 2) have arranged to see someone at the weekend who is a young widow from the group Way Up and lives near me 3) have made a friend a cheesecake and will take that over.  

I was in such a slump over the weekend I started to worry about myself and then realised unless I told someone, no one would know. Its hard to find a point or purpose sometimes. 

Bootsy - I cant do anything on a funfair apart from eat doughnuts - they all scare the shite out of me or make me feel sick. 

I came across a word today  Coddiwomple. Means  to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.

Got it from a motorbike facebook group which sums up what I do on the bike but also seems fitting for trying to get along with loss. 

love to coddiwomple I do   xx