tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post732054918541557010..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: 22 mile picnicGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-91566739876745090722011-05-12T01:00:06.376+01:002011-05-12T01:00:06.376+01:00Absolutely wonderful story. Beautiful ride!Absolutely wonderful story. Beautiful ride!Beccahttp://www.beccaandbella.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-63172393037260842572011-05-11T13:48:06.457+01:002011-05-11T13:48:06.457+01:00Thank you Gretel for sharing your day with us. I l...Thank you Gretel for sharing your day with us. I love getting a glimpse of the English countryside. I think we all felt like we were there with you. I found your blog when I started needle felting and was searching for how to's. Your work makes me smile and I am so glad they are the subject of your book. Thanks!KrisKeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14089040478941205801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-84169437665713461302011-05-09T13:43:38.322+01:002011-05-09T13:43:38.322+01:00Just followed a trail of links,(as you do), and en...Just followed a trail of links,(as you do), and ended up here.......and what a wonderful, picturesque here it is. Loving the cycle-along-picnic, reminds of camping holidays with the Girl Guides......you would surley have won your adventure badge for that tremendous 22 mile ride........well deserved cider!<br /><br />lily xsarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220714435321638017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-87835916591425919552011-05-07T09:28:11.247+01:002011-05-07T09:28:11.247+01:00Oh, I so enjoyed going on that journey with you! ...Oh, I so enjoyed going on that journey with you! Thank you for doing all the peddling! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-80849529949759022652011-05-05T23:37:28.544+01:002011-05-05T23:37:28.544+01:00impressive!impressive!tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-57843620382498853092011-05-03T13:19:02.526+01:002011-05-03T13:19:02.526+01:00Oh Gretel, how did this post slip under my radar? ...Oh Gretel, how did this post slip under my radar? Sometimes they pop up half way down my blog roll instead of up the top where new posts usually are.<br /><br />Looks like you had a lovely day, but 22 miles, yowsers.<br /><br />Were you sore the next day?<br /><br />Lovely photo and beautiful countryside.......<br /><br />Claire :}Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-81752938457268915332011-05-02T04:11:36.487+01:002011-05-02T04:11:36.487+01:00I love the ride, even though I am a bit late. The ...I love the ride, even though I am a bit late. The scenery, as always, fills me with such joy..and damn, envy. The picnic lunch, yums. My legs and rear end, ouch!<br />Dearest Gretel, you are a wonder.<br />Love to you as always, e.ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245099394863979981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-23395317372212174412011-05-01T21:26:06.716+01:002011-05-01T21:26:06.716+01:00I'm enjoying the new blog-topper cupcakes - ch...I'm enjoying the new blog-topper cupcakes - charming!<br />What a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Marjorie (looking smart and well-equipped)is carrying you far.<br />Such a lot of beautiful views to sketch - did you take the moleskine along for a workout too?Frances Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300498036210195590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-28946624254740418532011-04-30T10:29:58.028+01:002011-04-30T10:29:58.028+01:00A quintessential Spring day! You certainly seem to...A quintessential Spring day! You certainly seem to be in a 'good place' in your life at the moment Gretel - long may it continue!jfidzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691707855117125800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39383285583398776922011-04-29T14:17:22.666+01:002011-04-29T14:17:22.666+01:00thanks for taking us along for the ride - hope the...thanks for taking us along for the ride - hope there was a cup of tea waiting for you!Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638424388530718289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-27069822414799703732011-04-28T10:44:19.554+01:002011-04-28T10:44:19.554+01:00I'm very impressed ... we did 5 miles on Sunda...I'm very impressed ... we did 5 miles on Sunday and I was exhausted! xVintage Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695570690989980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-60808451601152455792011-04-27T20:06:47.665+01:002011-04-27T20:06:47.665+01:00That's a perfect way to see the world .... and...That's a perfect way to see the world .... and even more so since you did the pedalling and we could just come along for the ride . Pic-nic and cider both look delicious . <br />You'll have to go again soon . <br />The fresh air will do us all good !SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-34444283648286140982011-04-27T16:55:52.509+01:002011-04-27T16:55:52.509+01:00What a beautiful place you live in! I am envying y...What a beautiful place you live in! I am envying you greatly today :) especially because my part of the world is not nearly so green or warm, yet.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13440658754416289147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-89220964142800130262011-04-27T14:32:43.535+01:002011-04-27T14:32:43.535+01:00Ooooh what a cozy nook of the web you have here! A...Ooooh what a cozy nook of the web you have here! And how pleased I am to have stumbled up to the doorstep :) Already feeling inspired...<br /><br />Well met, new friend!Tiffany D. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709739637831945313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-7260428874525006292011-04-27T04:27:13.498+01:002011-04-27T04:27:13.498+01:00Lovely, lovely, lovely. Reminds me of all day cycl...Lovely, lovely, lovely. Reminds me of all day cycles through Kent,<br />I think it was hundreds of years ago. Halcyon days and the cider was good back then too.School on the Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646261663308402644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-85216710029889869332011-04-27T03:05:46.991+01:002011-04-27T03:05:46.991+01:00Gretel, you are a dear to take your camera along f...Gretel, you are a dear to take your camera along for this amazingly long bike ride.<br /><br />I love all the photos of the roads, lanes, paths, whatever you might call them, and the way that your words and photos give us a sense of the pace of this journey and picnic on a glorious day in late April, that wants to be recognized as early summer.<br /><br />Just beautiful!<br /><br />And the final photo of that welcoming party...sublime.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-76771216105650647482011-04-26T21:58:35.024+01:002011-04-26T21:58:35.024+01:00Oh, good for you Gretel....
hahahha...for a tick...Oh, good for you Gretel.... <br /><br />hahahha...for a tick of a second there, I was thinking oh, my.... her friend Marjorie certainly has hairy legs and arms....but, then...I remembered....the bike...... hahahha....BumbleVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272892605379537233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-66570625011781607702011-04-26T18:28:22.782+01:002011-04-26T18:28:22.782+01:00I would join you for the picnic - but not the cycl...I would join you for the picnic - but not the cycling!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-15656820141085998812011-04-26T15:29:23.669+01:002011-04-26T15:29:23.669+01:00Well done, I love cycling picnics as well!Well done, I love cycling picnics as well!Bibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246428227691589916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-17840630473796527122011-04-26T13:59:27.885+01:002011-04-26T13:59:27.885+01:00Dear Gretel,
I'm hot, tired and sunburned.....Dear Gretel,<br /><br /> I'm hot, tired and sunburned...just reading this post!!<br /><br />Another beauty of a picnic<br />;-><br /><br />janet xox<br /><br />PS...does Andy know his arse is posted all over the internet..he..heJanet Metzger, Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004040279820041203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-62475429662674029932011-04-26T13:57:44.541+01:002011-04-26T13:57:44.541+01:00Oh! Did that cider look good! Cider is my favori...Oh! Did that cider look good! Cider is my favorite drink too, and I could just imagine how cold, crisp and refreshing that glass was after that long ride.<br /><br />Thanks once again for taking us along on your rambles. It's much less work than if we had to do it all by ourselves!<br /><br />It looked like a lovely day. It's funny that we're having the kind of cool, drizzly spring I usually think of as British weather. The early garden is loving the wet though.Trailshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091315786366864065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-86270534098053081832011-04-26T13:38:57.389+01:002011-04-26T13:38:57.389+01:00Can't remember the last time I cycled 5 miles,...Can't remember the last time I cycled 5 miles, let alone 22! Oh I do, but it was to work, nowhere near as pleaant as a pub. May leave any future cycling till I live in Norfolk!Toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740360046558563158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-89401131942122165862011-04-26T13:37:50.684+01:002011-04-26T13:37:50.684+01:00Oh, my, I cannot imagine cycling 22 miles...mercy ...Oh, my, I cannot imagine cycling 22 miles...mercy child., you are energetic, healthy ones. Proud of you.<br />I so enjoyed coming along. Perhaps it became trying at the end realizing you had bloggers tagging along. LOL<br />One thing I noticed about your UK is every roadway seems to have hedges, trees, etc. Is this done for a particular reason other than as 'eye candy?' It is always so gorgeous traveling with you. You are very fortunate.<br />BlessYourHeartsDarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-50962971459168324092011-04-26T13:34:44.204+01:002011-04-26T13:34:44.204+01:00Wow...that's a beautiful ride, & well wort...Wow...that's a beautiful ride, & well worth the pub & picnic treats! lol<br />Wouldn't like to try & ride 22 miles here...Cornwall's landscape is a little more 'lumpy'! :) hehe<br />xxJulia Guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787796895825399492noreply@blogger.com