CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

[elma]

Welcome back Jim.
I hope the cyclings better out of holiday season.

[CitroJim]

Welcome back Jim.

Thanks James, it's jolly good to be back

I hope the cyclings better out of holiday season.

No, the roads are still incredibly busy and full of kamikaze drivers intent on getting from A to B in the shortest possible time...

Honestly, the folks down here drive like they're being chased by the very devil himself

[CitroJim]

Having an excellent break and short holiday down here in the New Forest

Lots of running, cycling and walking has been enjoyed! Weather has not been too bad...

Each morning I've run at least 10K and had some cracking rides in the New Forest...

Tomorrow I'm doing nothing at all - tapering off my training ready for the big New Forest 100 cycle sportive on Saturday...

I also need a very quiet day as it's going to be a very busy weekend. As soon as I've completed the sportive - all 60 miles of it - I then have to get home and get ready for the Chevrons rally where I'll be handing Gabriel over to Davie and then, at the end of the rally, cycling home.

That's why it's going to be a totally idle day... I need to prepare otherwise next week will not happen! Especially given how difficult driving is for me these days... I was unwell for several days after the last journey back from down here so great care is needed...

Meanwhile, I spotted this on the back of a VW in Highcliffe this afternoon

Own Work

I can claim to have ticked off three of them.

Another will be ticked next year but the final one may take a while longer...

[Fake Concern]

Glad you're enjoying your break. I know what you mean about the sea air and the wind, I got plenty of both on my ride yesterday. Didn't get a chance to go out today.

https://www.relive.cc/view/1181818519

[daviemck2006]

You need a day of not a lot Jim. Chris and I finished our jaunt on Saturday afternoon when he dropped me at my car. I was actually unable to drive home on Saturday and had to overnight before getting home on Sunday. Ive ended up with a cold, and not done much all week, preparing for this weekends jaunt. I will not be driving all the way home on Sunday, I will aim only to do 3 or 4 hours max before finding a bed somewhere, and maybe get home on Monday. I was at the bank getting some weird banknotes with bank of england 20 pounds sterling on them for you. Some of your shops down there dont like our bank of scotland 20 spondulaks notes. I got a good exchange rate though.

With a bit of thinking going on in my head the last couple of days (always dangerous) im glad that Gabriel has been proven up here in the wilds when Zel owned her. Its not every car that has the strength of character to work up here. Ive decided to shorten her name to Gabby once she gets here, and i think shes going to get a bit of a makeover with vinyl wrap or plastidip, depending what is easier and what I think of her when I see her in the flesh. Although I like red cars it is possible this could also see a colour change, or a partial colour change. This will not be known untill I see her. I have always wanted to try wrapping a car myself, a panel at a time, I have done bits before. The good thing about wrapping is if its crap a hairdrier removes it without trace again. This could be fun! Should start a vote for a colour scheme, although at the moment I have 3 ideas lol.

[Fake Concern]

Get yourself rested Davie as it's not just down the road!

And I vote for a colour scheme something like this

[CitroJim]

You need a day of not a lot Jim.

Definitely do Davie! It know me too well now I want to be in top form for Saturday and especially Sunday. Really looking forward to seeing you

Most intrigued by your plans for Gabriel! I'll be watching with great interest if you do have her wrapped as that may well be something I'll do with the Activa if I can afford it...

Had an excellent meal out last evening in the company of James (Elma) We went back to our favourite restaurant overlooking the Solent. It was a lovely clear evening and the Isle of Wight looked so close to us it looked as if you could swim over to it. It was magical to watch the sun go down and then see the lighthouse on the end of the Needles start up

It's not a good picture but you can just see the IoW and the Needles in this picture taken from very close to the caravan I'm staying in down here...

Own Work

[Zelandeth]

Definitely an interesting idea on the wrap Davie. Something I'd pondered once or twice but never really got that far with looking at.

Still pondering the multicoloured look if I wind up with a cosmetically challenged car at some point myself. There actually is one of those 90s Polo Harlequins going around here somewhere, still looks the part I think (one that works better in person than in pictures I think).

[daviemck2006]

It really does depend on what I see on Sunday Zel. I may not do anything to her. But at the least I have always wanted to try wrapping bigger things than I have in the past so I'm thinking black roof for a start

[Hell Razor5543]

You need a day of not a lot Jim.

Definitely do Davie! It know me too well now I want to be in top form for Saturday and especially Sunday. Really looking forward to seeing you

Most intrigued by your plans for Gabriel! I'll be watching with great interest if you do have her wrapped as that may well be something I'll do with the Activa if I can afford it...

Had an excellent meal out last evening in the company of James (Elma) We went back to our favourite restaurant overlooking the Solent. It was a lovely clear evening and the Isle of Wight looked so close to us it looked as if you could swim over to it. It was magical to watch the sun go down and then see the lighthouse on the end of the Needles start up

It's not a good picture but you can just see the IoW and the Needles in this picture taken from very close to the caravan I'm staying in down here...

needles.jpg

I think David Hallworth had his V6 Activa nano wrapped? It might be worth checking out his main thread.

[CitroJim]

It really does depend on what I see on Sunday Zel. I may not do anything to her. But at the least I have always wanted to try wrapping bigger things than I have in the past so I'm thinking black roof for a start

I'd love to see her wrapped in a deep buttercup yellow so that I could judge if yellow really is a good Xantia colour

I'm sure it is but I'd love to see a yellow Xantia for real

On other subjects, it's a lovely day down here today... Warm and sunny... I understand most of the rest of the UK is wet...

Barton-On-Sea beach

Own Work

Shame the lovely weather down here is not going to last... Or so the forecast says but all this week it's been notoriously inaccurate...

[RichardW]

It's not a good picture but you can just see the IoW and the Needles in this picture taken from very close to the caravan I'm staying in down here...

I've looked at that view from the other side many times, including several times from a boat off the Needles!

[CitroJim]

Richard, I'm cogitating a visit to the IoW next year... I fancy a bike tour of the island... If I can get my bike on the ferry across from Lymington to Yarmouth I will...

If this is the case then I can cycle from where I stay here right over to the island without having to go anywhere near my car

The island looks a great place to cycle and it has a steam railway to visit too

Perhaps visit Dean too and see his gorgeous XM That really would put the icing on the cake

[daviemck2006]

I'd love to see her wrapped in a deep buttercup yellow so that I could judge if yellow really is a good Xantia colour

I'm sure it is but I'd love to see a yellow Xantia for real

I once owned a broom yellow punto sporting and love that shade of yellow. I could start with the black roof then the bonnet black then everything else yellow. Tinted rear windows, black b and c pillars, yellow a pillars. Could that get it looking like a yellow convertible xantia from a distance or would it just be stupid?

[CitroJim]

I could start with the black roof then the bonnet black then everything else yellow. Tinted rear windows, black b and c pillars, yellow a pillars. Could that get it looking like a yellow convertible xantia from a distance or would it just be stupid?

That sounds very attractive to me Davie It would be very