school holiday's looming

[toads]

Hmm, just out of interest, how many of you have your bike riding habits seriously impeded by the school holidays?, or more accurately by having to care for school aged kids during the holidays?, I find the holidays almost unbearable, after 2 weeks or longer of having no rides, I start to get cabin fever!! I went out today after reading the weather forecast casting gloom for the rest of the week, I'm so glad I did, the bike went beautifully and my tyres are well scrubbed in now, so didn't slip at all on the corners. The clutch problem is definately resolved too, so in all it was a positive experience.

[James Deuce]

Hmm, just out of interest, how many of you have your bike riding habits seriously impeded by the school holidays?, or more accurately by having to care for school aged kids during the holidays?, I find the holidays almost unbearable, after 2 weeks or longer of having no rides, I start to get cabin fever!! I went out today after reading the weather forecast casting gloom for the rest of the week, I'm so glad I did, the bike went beautifully and my tyres are well scrubbed in now, so didn't slip at all on the corners. The clutch problem is definately resolved too, so in all it was a positive experience.

How about seriously impeded most of the time.

[kneescraper]

Well considering I finish tech at the end of this week I will be riding alot next 2 weeks!!!!. I see you are from Gisborne as I am to, I think I may ran tomorrow maybe.......but if It is I will be riding tomorrow to. Where did you ride today??

[texmo]

My last exam tomoro BIO then 2 weeks of ...... work, FUN!
So much for the holidays my bike cost me money. :angry:

[Wenier]

im looking forward to it, gives me 2weeks off from engineering. Its fun but gets annoying after you repeat things a couple of times.

[Ms Piggy]

Hmm, just out of interest, how many of you have your bike riding habits seriously impeded by the school holidays?, or more accurately by having to care for school aged kids during the holidays?, I find the holidays almost unbearable, after 2 weeks or longer of having no rides, I start to get cabin fever!! I went out today after reading the weather forecast casting gloom for the rest of the week, I'm so glad I did, the bike went beautifully and my tyres are well scrubbed in now, so didn't slip at all on the corners. The clutch problem is definately resolved too, so in all it was a positive experience.
Poor Lucy! Just keep thinking of Tokaanu & those hot pools - that will get ya through! :niceone:

[aff-man]

got next week off tech now what to do....... :headbang: :headbang: :) :innocent:

[superdude]

yuss nothing to do for 2weeks i can go out in town.

[toads]

Well considering I finish tech at the end of this week I will be riding alot next 2 weeks!!!!. I see you are from Gisborne as I am to, I think I may ran tomorrow maybe.......but if It is I will be riding tomorrow to. Where did you ride today??

hello there fellow gisbornite!, Well I live at Whatatutu which is 40 minutes drive from Gis, so I went into town today, nice interesting road to ride on, and went swimming at the pools, visited a friend, paid some bills and hooned around a bit, then went home again, and if it's fine tomorrow, I will do it all again, I must be losing the plot, I just feel this horrible strangling sensation when I consider 2 weeks with 4 kids inside ,demanding etc I will have to find someone to babysit at least for a couple of hours I think, just so I can collect my wits!, I think I'm having a mlc judging my symptoms!! :wacko:

[toads]

Poor Lucy! Just keep thinking of Tokaanu & those hot pools - that will get ya through! :niceone:

Thanks for the sympathy Cathy, :love2: It's nice to know I'm not the only one feeling sorry for me!!, and yes the waikato ride is a huge source of comfort, roll on october 16th!!

[kneescraper]

Oh right, yeah I know Whatatutu. Man its going to be a shocker looking after 4!!! kids man o man. Best of luck!!!!

[toads]

Oh right, yeah I know Whatatutu. Man its going to be a shocker looking after 4!!! kids man o man. Best of luck!!!!

it used to be worse, I have 6 kids, the oldest 2 have left home!!, what are you studying at tech?, btw?

[dveus]

Thats one of the advantages of working at a high school, every 10 weeks i get to take a bit of a holiday. So plenty of riding for me over the next 2 weeks.

[What?]

School holiday traffic usually scares the crap out of me. Fortunately, said hol's tend to coincide with crap weather, so parking the bike is not quite so traumatic...

[What?]

Thats one of the advantages of working at a high school, every 10 weeks i get to take a bit of a holiday. So plenty of riding for me over the next 2 weeks.
Any other old buggers here noticed how many hol's the kids get today???
I'm sure we never had as much in our day! :mad:

[James Deuce]

Any other old buggers here noticed how many hol's the kids get today???
I'm sure we never had as much in our day! :mad:

We bloody did. It was called, English, Maths, and Science. We had holidays most days.

[kneescraper]

I'm studing IT at tech, interesting stuff ........................ so I've been told :blah:

[bgd]

School holidays over here mean no school run so less traffic on the roads. Much better for bikes.

School holidays are over, though. :disapint:

[Bob]

School holidays over here mean no school run so less traffic on the roads. Much better for bikes.

School holidays are over, though. :disapint:

Don't I know it! I reckon the kids back to school puts about 15 minutes on my journey time, if not more. Battling past all those mums in 4x4s, taking their little darlings two streets away is a pain in the backside.

On the bright side, it will be Half-Term soon, so we'll get a couple of weeks without them once again.

[Holy Roller]

School holidays, What are they!
Some of us have no idea what school holidays are just another reason for the kids to learn something different. We plan family recreation times away when we want them not when dictated to. Some of the kids may spend some time at grandma's in Rotovegas. My oldest daughter is off to Christchurch to man a bookstall for us at a home educators conference, then head off to Dunedin for a music festival with a friend. Hey it may just be me and the Mrs for a week fitted in between shift work and our shop hours. At least I'll get to ride the bike to work and down to the shop on my days off. I need to be in the shop during the holidays to keep an eye on those little ratbags who think that they have a right to our stock without having to purchase it. :calm:

[Magua]

[QUOTE=toads]Hmm, just out of interest, how many of you have your bike riding habits seriously impeded by the school holidays?QUOTE]

To the contrary these holidays are going to rock. I can get out for a decent ride on my new wheels with no "homework" to hold me back.

[toads]

School holidays, What are they!
Some of us have no idea what school holidays are just another reason for the kids to learn something different. We plan family recreation times away when we want them not when dictated to. Some of the kids may spend some time at grandma's in Rotovegas. My oldest daughter is off to Christchurch to man a bookstall for us at a home educators conference, then head off to Dunedin for a music festival with a friend. Hey it may just be me and the Mrs for a week fitted in between shift work and our shop hours. At least I'll get to ride the bike to work and down to the shop on my days off. I need to be in the shop during the holidays to keep an eye on those little ratbags who think that they have a right to our stock without having to purchase it. :calm:

Yeah, I did the homeschooling thing with the older 3 kids, but never had anyone to give me a break you are really fortunate/blessed to have a willing grandmother nearby to give you the break you and your wife need and deserve. I haven't had a break for 21years!!, so you can appreciate how much the tokaanu rally means for me and Pete!!, roll on oct 16th!! :soon:

[FROSTY]

School holiday -arggg -a whole 2 weeks of baby bikie going
Dad DAAAAD -bike ride daaaad -wanna ride your racing bike Daaaaad

[toads]

I went into town again today ( 105kms return) and the bike went really well, I've had some issues with her in the past 2 weeks and so it's really great to get on and ride and feel that she's reliable, the weather despite gloomy predictions c/ the met service, turned up trumps and so I went down and joined Pete at the wharf where he's servicing a boat, and we had coffee, all thoughts of impending school holidays had left my mind when the cell phone rang, and it was the 5th form dean, wanting to know why my boy wasn't in class to sit his exam, I rang sonny boy, only to be told, he couldn't see the point in being at school today!!, needless to say he went back to school forthwith, now I will have to put up with dark looks and evil mutterings from him for the next two weeks. Still the ride was a good one and who knows I might even do it again tomorrow. :sunny:

[Ghost Lemur]

School holiday -arggg -a whole 2 weeks of baby bikie going
Dad DAAAAD -bike ride daaaad -wanna ride your racing bike Daaaaad

You really need to get that boy his own bike.

Only problem then will be explaining a 6(?) year old on a minimoto overtaking MY into the hairpin. :thud: :killingme

[kneescraper]

What school is ya boy going to toads????, yeah today was a awesome day!!! nice weather really! Do you ride in Ormond way or Markaraka (checks of spelling) way???

[texmo]

Whats your gn250 like toad

[toads]

What school is ya boy going to toads????, yeah today was a awesome day!!! nice weather really! Do you ride in Ormond way or Markaraka (checks of spelling) way???

Hi, hmm, the boy is at gbhs, and I have to go past ormond whichever way I go into town, I sometimes go thru makaraka, but depends on whether I have trucks or slow vehicles in front of me, otherwise I go down past hexton.

[toads]

Whats your gn250 like toad

Oh I forgot to remove that when I sold it, I sold it a few months ago, a young fulla bought it and loves it, which is nice, it's always out and about, and it's good to know that someone loves her, I found it a bit gutless and wheelbarrowish really, but it is good as a commuter for someone that needs one to go short distances on. Very economical to run.

[Jay widda 150]

i love it. get to scream past al the parents lining up to take kids to daycare. anyone in the hutt love randwick road as much as me??? :shake:

[loosebruce]

Great everyone migrates to the coromandel clogging up my favourite roads with cages and campervan's, christmas is down right nasty, might turn my attention to up north for a while.