tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post6405108614307977760..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: The Wasps of PendineRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-9310867265114264712011-08-15T23:26:43.525+01:002011-08-15T23:26:43.525+01:00Endo - that sounds scary. Although I had the hay-f...Endo - that sounds scary. Although I had the hay-fever/asthma combo when I was younger (and still have to a small extent), I have never suffered from anaphylaxis, thank God. No, my day ended undramatically with a slowish ride home wiping my eye, which was watering like hell, and hoping it didn't swell and force me to spend the rest of eternity in a Shoei. The sting location still hurts like buggery, though.<br /><br />ST - I would agree. Efficiency isn't everything, and electric motors, whatever their undoubted qualities, have no soul. Interesting the wasps were as far out as 200m. At the Beach Hotel they were thick and excited - in your pint, eating your chips, the lot. I did my usual trick of not bothering them, and they didn't bother me (which is why I was so disappointed when one attacked me later). Some of my mates did the girly bit of waving and squeaking and dancing about, which was fair enough as some of them were girls, and the wasps focused on them to a large extent.<br /><br />Next time, DEET, in industrial quantities.Richard (at work)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-66441650200444603702011-08-15T23:12:35.029+01:002011-08-15T23:12:35.029+01:00Hi
we were there on Sunday and saw the first run b...Hi<br />we were there on Sunday and saw the first run before it crashed<br />Somehow , i cant see F1 replacing V12s with electric motors<br />Not quiet the same noise or atmosphere<br />and yes , i commented to the wife at the time on how many wasps there were at Pendine, even 200 metres from the land out on the beachstapleford trainhttp://www.fsmr.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-6758382792843504372011-08-15T21:57:38.912+01:002011-08-15T21:57:38.912+01:00Last time I was stung by a wasp was in similar cir...Last time I was stung by a wasp was in similar circumstances - flew through my open visor and bounced off my forehead. Obviously a bit stunned by the experience, it dropped straight down through the chin bar and - as it turned out - into my jacket. Where it vindicively stung me a number of times as soon as it woke up, whilst I did some sort of frantic heavy braking-cum-contortionist activities. Then it flew off.<br /><br />The downside was spending the rest of the day in A&E being treated for anaphylactic shock and breathing difficulties, and I still have no recollection how I actually got to the hospital in the first place.<br /><br />Bastard indeed.<br /><br />Glad your day didn't finish quite that badly!endemoniada_88https://www.blogger.com/profile/13636529919686267714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-90748401288832500312011-08-15T00:34:45.720+01:002011-08-15T00:34:45.720+01:00Waspeze, first aid kit, waterproofs, multi-tool, p...Waspeze, first aid kit, waterproofs, multi-tool, pen, reading glasses, gaffer tape ... I miss those panniers on the Bonnie :)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-31320353881471131002011-08-14T22:57:37.992+01:002011-08-14T22:57:37.992+01:00P.S.
I ventured to the Ponderosa today to test ou...P.S.<br /><br />I ventured to the Ponderosa today to test out my new seat - hit drizzle and discovered that I had nothing in my panniers by way of waterproofs having unpacked completely from my big French trip. .... no first aid kit either so good job no vespas up the horeshoe pass (titter titter)Nikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119901226987582553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-54393192854333541242011-08-14T22:47:57.717+01:002011-08-14T22:47:57.717+01:00After the incident last year of a wasp flying up M...After the incident last year of a wasp flying up Mrs N's sleeve whilst in sozius position (pillion)(she was not wearing gloves), I now carry wasp-eze in my bike first aid kit. I must also learn not to laugh on these occasions......Nikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119901226987582553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-83723256171182457742011-08-14T22:41:27.490+01:002011-08-14T22:41:27.490+01:00Ah, no, Joe - her husband and two small children m...Ah, no, Joe - her husband and two small children might have objected!<br /><br />Thinking of your KU electric bike: one comment made more than once today was regarding the 150 mph top speed the Bluebird team were hoping to attain. Why doesn't one of us just get down there and ride alongside them? And then pull away ...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-34434356197497855552011-08-14T20:45:16.383+01:002011-08-14T20:45:16.383+01:00Y'mean she didn't kiss it better?
Awe shu...Y'mean she didn't kiss it better?<br /><br />Awe shucks. It could have been worse, your flies could have been undone!<br /><br />These 'leccy things are getting about.<br /><br />Took one of my grandsons to North Weald airfield today to watch the Straightliners & BikeFest.<br /><br />One of the competitors was Kingston University's Electric Racing Bike. It performed 'respectably' - getting into the 90's at the end of the 1/4 mile. (c.f the best Suzy @ 9.3 secs / 168 mph).<br /><br />The scary thing was, the 'leccy bike was silent! On the road that would be a definite hazard to pedestrians. Pensioners would at least hear the Suzy coming, they just wouldn't be able to react fast enough to avoid it. <br /><br />More info on the Kingston Uni project here:-<br /><br />http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/news/225/24-06-2011-green-bike-goes-bronze---electric-bike-gets-podium-spot-at-the-isle-of-man-tt-.htmlJoe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com