I'd pay each of you ten US dollars to ride that thing--as long as you write about the experience. It looks exciting but rides much less wild than that give me a serious case of nausea.

We ignore prohibition signs that look like they will give us grief. If an authority figure tries to tell us off we rely on playing dumb, only speaking English and hoping for the best.

I've always taken "local traffic only" signs here at home to be not targeting bicycles; in fact, as a signifier of a potentially quiet cycling route. It's just odd to see it attached to the cycling prohibited sign.

That is what we sort of figured, but even if we did not qualify in the strictest sense it was the only way that did not put us on a high speed autopista, so we took it.

That is what we thought.

It is headless, probably from weathering due to age, rather than a reflection of the standard of care in the hospital.

Our delightful daughter in law is also an October superstar.

Catalan for “neighbours” according to Google Translate. Local cycle traffic only?

Ha ha, Dodie. Yes, Steve is a bad boy!

Glad to hear.

Thank goodness he’s on a ladder and not wearing spike boots to climb up, and, therefore ruin the exterior bark.

Unlike the built in staircases /elevator outside and alongside buildings in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ( particularly Amsterdam)..

Whew!

Interesting!

There are lots of fabulous people born in October. Dodie, Keith, Pablo and Me!!!