{"id":9103,"date":"2013-03-30T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T21:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2013-03-30T21:06:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T21:06:17","slug":"because-im-mental-obv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=9103","title":{"rendered":"Because I&#8217;m mental, obv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8691\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8691\" alt=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/6-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning I took the Bandit out for a little run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To the seaside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Weston-super-Mare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it was about 1c when I set off.<\/p>\n<p>Which made the windchill, at speeds (ahem) close to the national speed limit, somewhere around minus 7c.<\/p>\n<p>But the sun shone.<\/p>\n<p>So I went.<\/p>\n<p>Because I was motorbiking I didn&#8217;t take the motorways; \u00a0I took the opportunity to cut right across the countryside, and had a few stops along the way.<\/p>\n<p>During one &#8216;thawing out&#8217; stop at a Tesco, I saw this epic example of parking fail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9104\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9104\" alt=\"Epic parking!\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/20130330_101131-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_101131-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_101131-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I was soon at the seaside&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9105\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9105\" alt=\"Seaside!\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/20130330_122415-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_122415-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_122415-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And as if that wasn&#8217;t enough&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9106\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9106\" alt=\"A peer pier?\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/20130330_122949-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_122949-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_122949-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And also&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9107\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9107\" alt=\"Donkeys!\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/20130330_120130-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_120130-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20130330_120130-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Actual donkeys on the actual beach!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a hot chocolate (or two) and a toasted sandwich (just the one), I hopped back on to the Bandit and came home.<\/p>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m bonkers, obv.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the route:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=Witney,+Oxfordshire,+UK&amp;daddr=Weston-super-Mare&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FdAwFgMdAlfp_ymnlN20WS1xSDE_ViDBLHoA2A%3BFc1_DwMdGZLS_ynvU3wd4PZxSDEmlK39-C8xog&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=wes&amp;sll=51.785936,-1.485054&amp;sspn=0.062121,0.110378&amp;t=h&amp;dirflg=h&amp;mra=ls&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.57313,-2.230966&amp;spn=0.469319,1.492195&amp;output=embed\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; 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