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This post got me thinking. It’s not rhubarb or gooseberries but all I could find knocking around the fridge. Plum, apricot and apple.

Cmon Angry just think of the buzz you'd get, & looking at the prices in some of your boozes, I know your not afraid of getting stung.
Anyway...I thought you liked things with a busy flight path?
Hug the hive Angry...see it as a tree.

Cmon Angry just think of the buzz you'd get, & looking at the prices in some of your boozes, I know your not afraid of getting stung.
Anyway...I thought you liked things with a busy flight path?
Hug the hive Angry...see it as a tree.

Hive-zilla ...6 supers on this hive (150lb of honey) & it's still only early July...

There'll bee a gang of female bees in their, doing a sterling job on climate control. No getting stung by British gas for this household...
Although the crime rates pretty high... they often get burgled twice a year.

Hive-zilla ...6 supers on this hive (150lb of honey) & it's still only early July...

There'll bee a gang of female bees in their, doing a sterling job on climate control. No getting stung by British gas for this household...
Although the crime rates pretty high... they often get burgled twice a year.

Hive-zilla ...6 supers on this hive (150lb of honey) & it's still only early July...

Anyway back on topic, giant prawns with homemade alioli and cayenne pepper, followed by a griddled rare rib eye with a mixed salad, all washed down with a glass of Rioja.

Nice little homemade meatballs and pasta. 
 

After a drive from Derby to Croydon (and back again the following day):
Middle lane hoggers, when the left is free. The number of people who don't know how to drive is too damn high.
 

Beans looking good tonight

Don't know what you'll be drinking, but I imagine he will be drinking whatever he likes!

A view of the ribble valley from Jeffrey Hill in Longridge.

Up t’lane. 
 

Just got back from here, Entwistle reservoir. 3.5 mile walk all the way around.

 

Well he's probably not that well read what with him spending 16 hours a day in a cold damp pit with a dead canary in his pocket!
Jesus Lamby you're so white and privileged sometimes.

Stories like this, and it's true.
An acquaintance of mine was addicted to running (not uncommon, once you start). After a while he added cycling to his addiction. Eventually, he got the old 'pains in the chest' syndrome and the doctor told him he should look after his heart.
Undeterred, he continued cycling (bear in mind he's a bit of a head-banger), and was riding along a remote lane on the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border (1 car an hour sort of thing) when he had a massive heart attack.
Just at that moment, a car came along and the driver got out to see what had happened. It turned out he was a trained medical man and just happened to have a defibrillator in his car, and brought him back into the land of the living. What's the odds on that, eh?
He's since had a quadruple bypass...
 
 
...and is back cycling again. Sooner him than me.

All the spuds in now, could do with a drop of rain now please

Suns out.......it's time to get your kit off girls & boys.

Suns out.......it's time to get your kit off girls & boys.

These...

obviously, suicide and men's mental health is getting a lot of airtime at the moment. There's a storyline in one of the soaps, and in local news, a Derby County employee has set up a group to help men talk about depression etc.
It's probably still too taboo for many, and I imagine lots of people feel uncomfortable showing (perceived) weakness.
From my own experience, the first step is self awareness. I am convinced that until something clicked in my head, I would've been adamant I was okay and not suffering from any kind of low mood or depression or mental health issues. Then all of a sudden, I was aware that I was not okay.
One of the best things I ever did was create this thread. I play it down now, but at the time, I was utterly scrambled in the brain. Some of the responses, even the most obviously simplistic, pieced my brain back together. The best bit of advice being to add exercise to your routine.
I also am not aware of the part alcohol has to play in mental health, or at least in mine. I now no longer drink for drinking sake, there has to be an event (birthday, wedding etc) otherwise I won't have a reason to drink and I have be celebrating something to be drinking now, this has helped me immeasurably.
I hope the rest of the dcfcfans community is in good spirits and are coping well with life's challenges. If you need to vent or talk or just get a perspective, please, just blurt it out, there's nothing to lose, as one thing is for certain here, nobody will judge you badly, you will only feel compassion and support from other posters.
It's okay to not be okay X

Fried cod, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, bit of poncey lemon on the side.

At least we know where they got the heroic stance idea from;