Not my usual type of ride…. ☹️☹️☹️
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Watching this 2 weeks after an ACL reconstruction surgery barely able to spin the pedals in pain. And yet even that is lucky compared to so many. We should all appreciate the opportunity we have and be thankful!
she is the richest women
I can't think of the last time I went out for a ride and came home after the ride thinking I wish I hadn't bothered..... But very regularly before a ride I don't feel like going out at all and feel really grumpy too, but always end up coming home much happier and grateful, than when I left!
Somebody once asked me a leading question…. “When was the last time you went out on your bike and thought well I wish I hadn’t have bothered doing that… “
Answer… Never!!!!
To paraphrase Lael Wilcox: It is a privilege to get to choose to how to suffer. I think of this on my tough times on the bike
Three things I am grateful for as requested. 1. Mediterranean weather 2. The Pyrenees on my doorstep 3. Still being able to set PBs in my 70s
Getting back to work tomorrow after 3 weeks off post hernia op; your videos which have kept me sane when I couldn't ride my bike and BBC Radio 6 Music playing in the background!
Hi Katie, i grew up in London, England area and took the wet weather for granted until I moved to Ontario, Canada as a teen. Here the sun shines five days a week and mostly rain showers when not. Now retired, I get to drive to Florida for the winter to ride everyday in sunshine. I'm 79, bike 12,000 km per year and loving retirement. BTW, I will be in Mallorca, your favourite place, in Sept 2025 with 35 cycling mates/buddies. Second visit. Yesterday was 17C and mostly sunny.
It's good to show your true feelings. Just because you're grumpy, it doesn't mean you're not grateful. I get the hump on my morning commute with this bum weather. I viciously slag off everything in my head, and then it clears, and I feel terrific. You're just doing it on camera. I totes appreciate you being real ❤ (and agree that the weather is proper PANTS)
Hello Katie, This might have been my favorite video of yours of all time. I admit, part of that was because we got to see your sidekick, Stevy "McShizzle Bad Boy Supreme." But mostly it was because we humans do tend to react to the world around us through contrast. So it helps to be reminded that often life is more beautiful than it seems if we stop and consider how things look through the eyes of others.
Hell yeah. So grumpy too with the weather. A bit chilly is fine but the constant rain OMG. Fingers crossed!
My three things - my steadily improving fitness (hanging on to the front on Zwift races, commute feeling easier), my son finally learning to ride with confidence, my health. Thank you Katie!
Nice reflective journey there. Perspective is everything. It would be easy not to share that, so good on you.
We’ve so much to be grateful for but here’s three …
- My broken hand from last year’s crash is mostly all mended
- Family
- KK videos … especially the ones with sheepies!
PS: I’m with you … bring on those sunny summer days! 🚴🐑🌞
1. Australian spring and autumn weather
2. Health - (I had pneumonia twice recently and it wasn’t pleasant)
3. A good home and family to enjoy 1 and 2 with
Health and wellbeing (physical and mental) are everything. So important to both appreciate and look after them.
That said I'm also fed up of the weather :)
Went to wider tyres recently Katie. Got 30mm on now and it's great. No slower - faster if anything - and just dont feel as beaten up by the crappy roads. Not sure what you're using but worth a try. Even wider might be better still.
1. Cycling - finding it the way I have at this point in my life to help me sort through the mental health of a global pandemic whilst being great for my physical health.
2. My Family - a beautiful wonderful wife and daughter are the reason I do most things, but also my brothers and parents and all the other feel like family people in my life that ‘charge’ me.
3. My Job - at 40 (12 years ago) I made a pretty substantial life changing career jump to a job that is equal parts challenging and rewarding.
Everyone has a grumpy day on the bike sometimes, yes, others have it a lot worse than you/ me but it's all relative. I'm always grateful for my mobility, friends on Breeze and of course my bikes 🤩🤩
Too easy Katie! Okay, 1, that we have our bikes as a source of SO much enjoyment. 2, that we do have so many (ok, never enough!) beautiful days and places to enjoy cycling, many right straight out our front doors and 3, YOU to share our collective passion for cycling with. Rainy, gloomy days or not you're always a ray of sunshine and a breath of fresh spring air! 😊 - Bob (Toronto, Canada)
Gratitude is an attitude. Not always possible for us to be 100% grateful for what we have 100% of the time. The woman in the wheelchair allowed you to step back from the superficial discomfort to rediscover your gratitude. I fight this battle daily.
Boils down to this for me: When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me. I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. I have to ask what is it about ME that needs to change to get in harmony with what's going on.
That being said...this sh*t weather has to end. Gray, wet and cold here too.
Let us know what event you're training for. My first post surgical riding event is Tour of Battenkill...I'll be slower than I want, but faster than sitting on my couch with a tub of ice cream 😅
I'm grateful that the poor weather now will mean I will appreciate the summer more when it comes, I'm happy that I have my health and can ride a bike when I want, and I'm thankful that you put out a video like this which is one of your best, because it is real
Wow, I'm so glad I clicked on your video this morning. Thank you! Im grateful for:
1. Having the physical ability to cycle and the roads to do so.
2. My incredible partner who got me out of the area where I felt unsafe and moved me up here last year.
3. Today is supposed to be DRY so I can get a spin in and have a productive day whilst other things aren't going to plan.
me too Katie! i';m totally over the rain - gravel bike makes it slightly more bearable
You’re right about the weather and the roads, but like you I’m grateful to be able to ride, to live in a beautiful part of the UK, and that this morning’s hangover has finally gone!
Grateful for the heated handlebars on my motorcycles, my local woods and trails to get out on my mountain bike when its too wet and windy to take out my roadbike, and finally the ability to do any of these activities
My bike, fitness and the weather looks like it could change. Great video Katie, I may have (I have😂) pinched the route you done and going doing it on Friday with a couple more hills thrown in for my Fred training ❤
I’m grateful to be cancer free for 12 months, I am grateful for my gorgeous family and I am grate for the inspiration your videos give to us all! Thank you
Awwww so glad to hear that too! So much to be grateful for :) sending you a big ol’ hug!
10000% agree Katie, UK weather has been all over the place this year. Hoping that means for a long warm summer!!
Ye, an attitude of gratitude will get you through. I had my car at the dealer getting serviced when a friend called needing a ride to the impound lot to retrieve his car. I felt grateful too. Keep smiling, it keeps other people wondering.
Katie. I feel your pain. I live in Clearwater Florida. It's 78F (25C). Brrrr!
Greetings from Tampa! It’s a hot one today, high of 90F
STOP!!! 25C?!! You lucky devil you
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I'm sick of it too, it's bloody relentless. The UK is a proper let down what with the crappy roads and shitty weather 😢
And tge mass imigration!
Kudos to you Katie for uploading the vlog in it's "mood swing" entirety !
Just showcases what a honest beautiful soul you are.
Many would have deleted & started again ! :)
Things to be grateful for ?
1 Any Katie vlog
2 Puncture free ride
3 Feeding wild birds when
out on a ride
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Thank you so much!! Well I did edit it and think am I really going to put this out, what a mard arse haha. Glad you liked it though :) Ups and downs right? Now can we pleeeeeeease have some sunshine!
Looks like we're FINALLY getting past the winter rainy season here in Northern California. Really shouldn't complain. We always need it and a bit more.
It's okay to be grumpy, it makes you human. You're generally a ray of sunshine, the weather in Germany has been just as frustrating. I'd lose my mind without Zwift.
Same! Zwift is everything right?! :) love it!
I absolutely agree with you concerning the weather. I have an expensive endurance bike I only take out when the weather is fine and dry. This year I have had the pleasure of riding it a measly 10 times! I can usually be found riding my 10 year old BTwin in the rain.
Katie 100% agree with you regarding the weather as it’s been brutal, it’s either peeing down or blowing a hoolie. And the rides are pothole city everywhere 😡
Fully understand , we all feel the same ! I’ve stopped riding for the last 5 months and I’m not going out until it’s above 15 degrees 😡
I’m only a little grumpy. Fractured my scapula four weeks ago, and I’m grumpy watching posts from my buds who are in Mallorca. But happy to be healing well and looking forward to getting back on the bike😄
Our weather has been horrible here in South Carolina too. Windy and rain. Lucky if you can get 4 rides a week. It's great just to get out of the house. Our weather should be about to change for the better soon. I'll be able to get my 400 miles a month in again. You hang in there. I will be visiting England, Scotland, and Ireland in September.
So I'm disabled. during flare ups I need to use a mobility scooter (and used to have to use it for most trips out). These days I am able to also cycle on an ebike. complain all you want. the roads are crap. The pavements are crap for folks in wheelchairs and using scooters and the roads are crap for people on bikes. And like, I am so so grateful to have my scooter for those periods when that was the only way I could get out and about - it gave me freedom to do things even though the pavements were a pain in the arse. And now I feel the same about being out on my bike. We absolutely should appreciate the things we can do and make the most of them, but sometimes the road surface just is crap and the weather is rubbish and it's all a bit pants and that's ok too.
(but also, please please please take the time to contact your local council and report faults you see with pavements that reduce accessibility. Take part in local campaigns and consultations and champion the right for everybody to be able to get out and about safely whether that's on a bike or in a wheelchair.)
Your absolutely right ofcourse, and Ive been grumbling about the misetable weather more than most, grateful for health, friends and freedom. What more could you ask for 😊😊👍
Hi Katie, Please don’t be grumpy about the weather, because you got a warm heart, please send me love to you Dad and Mum. Love Ianwood ❤️❤️❤️💋💋
Awwww thanks Ian :)
I don't live in England but our weather has been the same as yours. So bloody annoyed we've been teased with small bits of spring just to be back in autumn
Weather grumps this spring are absolutely required this year! It has been a miserable 4 months to date
1: whatever level of health and fitness you have right now, in 20 or 30 or 40 years, you would just love to have back. So I am grateful for what I have and the enjoyment of getting outside and riding and hiking and enjoying being alive and challenging myself to improve.
2: Family that I can help take care of.
3: Worthwhile work.
4: Finding Katie K’s channel when I had C19 in Sept. I was stuck home, couldn’t exercise, couldn’t do anything, and just binged for over a week. Got addicted to your cheery attitude and adventuring, and it made me want to get out more, but it also motivated me to try harder things than I thought I could do, and refusing to accept setbacks as permanent.
Thanks so much David, and hope you’re doing better now :)
Yes, thank you! I am very much recovered and trying to progress in my fitness/cycling/tennis journey.
Spot on. We do lose perspective don’t we but these little incidents give us a real wake up call. So it’s really important to catch these little events to be able to give ourselves a reality check.
I feel your frustration Katie. I’ve been on Zwift since September- the UK weather is so awful! Only time I’ve cycled outside was a holiday in Lanzarote in December. Never thought I’d become a ‘fair weather cyclist’ but this year has been horrible!!
Ditto. Gran Canaria in November and Zwift since. UK's spring last year was a shocker and this year feels worse. 😢
Looking at the forecast I don't think I'll make it out the garage until May.
Grateful to all those people that work day in and day out so we can enjoy these hobbies - in particular all essential service workers , nurses and frontline workers people that do the jobs that keep our lives ticking over. It’s about what we can give to the community not what we can take from it.
I love this Steven!!!
@@KatieKookaburra that’s why l like audax events - it’s another example of people giving something back the organisers and volunteers. The riders themselves that appreciate all the hard work. Great community.
1. My two daughters / family
2. Be able to still ride my bike
3. To even be here - born with two holes in my heart 40 years ago, chances were slim.
Great video - really put things into perspective. The roads in the uk are a shambles tho, it comes from just chucking stone down thinking that will do.
I'm grateful for my family, my health and that I can live comfortably. I ride outside all the UK winter. It does feel a longer winter than normal, but it really hasn't been that bad.
We have to admire your ability to swing your mood 180 degrees! And to be honest, you take us along in that swing 🙂
Things to be grateful for for me are (I'm focusing on bike related topics, although there are many more important things to be grateful for: not being born in poverty, conflict areas or with a medical condition) :
1 re-discovering cycling at age 53
2 being able to fit in 2 bicycle commutes a week next to some weekend riding
3 finding I'm fitter than at age 35 🤯
Yass fitter than at 35 well done!!
I am grateful that I have a heated blanket right now, that I've got some pasta on the go on the hob, and that I enjoyed this video! (it has made me think I should put more effort in to talk to people when I'm out and about - take advantage of not being in a metal box!)
Adam I’m under a heated blanket as I type this. I’m so grateful for this too blummin love it :) hope you enjoyed the pasta :)
I’m so sick of this weather and also bored of the turbo. I need spring!!
Perspective is grounding 🥰
Snow White woke up and felt grumpy. Then he got out of bed so she felt happy instead.
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I have just decided against a 300k this Saturday as winter training has been awful with flooding and rain so felt a bit like a loser - seen your video and cheered up - booked a 200k in May and off tomorrow for a bike ride xxxx
I'm grateful for the medical care that gives me a normal red blood cell count, which allows me to ride bikes as well as ever. Also, grateful for other help I get, and for all my friends. Retirement is good! Grateful that you're doing what you do for us, Katie!
we said the same today. bloc headwind and 2 degrees ....Ba**ard freezing
2019 I was there, Sping they said in May. 10c max. Locals stripped to racing gear. Me looking like a Michelin man in 5 layers. 50yrs in Australia has made me a soft Yorkshireman. No way could I handle the British Climate again. A 15c winters day here makes us go gee thats cold.
It's cold and wet there, it's warm and WINDY here in Oklahoma, USA.
And Windy. It's either Wet, windy or wet and Windy. Even the non-windy is Windy. It's been horrific. The farmers are warning of shortages as they can't get anything down it's been that bad.
Yes we all have those moments when we moan about the road surface, rain, head wind, steep climbs etc. I have it myself. But then I think I should be grateful for the fact I can go out and cycle, I can go the shop an get groceries, I have a job that I'm enjoying so what am I moaning about and why am I moaning. Let's all appreciate those little things and stay positive. I think you just need a bit of a rest Katie. You warned out yourself lately. Cycling isn't everything. Go and do something else. Or just stay home on the sofa for a day. Take care and keep positive.
You are human !! even with grumpiness at the rarest moment. 99% of the time you are so positive, so it is nice to hear a bit of moaning. And yes, we are lucky for what we have and for what we are. Gratefulness 1. The reality of humanity (and of you.) 2. 99% recovery from my stroke of a few years ago. (PT was a challenge, and I rose to it.) 3. My doctors who treated me for cancer. (Total remission; fingers crossed.) 4. The song by Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World."
I'm grateful for daughters, my health, and music.
I used to be able to do that climb up to the "White Pub" - (30 years ago !!) but not recently. Where are the lanes you showed in the next section?
It’s in Calderdale - down the other side and take a left 😍
• I'm able to exercise and I do that often;
• I am willing to question myself to the extent that I want to be better; I want to grow, learn, study and eventually alter my destiny.
• I have retained the intention of doing good to people; be present for them, listen to them, support them to the best of my abilities.
For all of that I am grateful.
Sunnier days are coming, they're just around the corner !
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Katie, have you considered moving to Girona, perhaps? I think the road surface alone would be enough for me to emigrate! ETA: I feel a bit chastened now by the ending. Good life lesson!
What am I thankful for:
* Physical fitness
* Mental acuity
* Friends
You should do another ride in LA. Or one in south Florida.. Sunshine overdose..
Family, health, the Earth
riding my bike being in a lovely town of st annes and having my family and there extending the bike lanes between blackpool and st annes can't wait looking forward to going on them with my kids for a bike ride in summer ps bit more than 3 things but hey ho
Katie, don’t sweat the grumpies. We sign up because you give us the real Katie Kookaburra! We will take the grumpies because we get the “I love, love, loves” too. Great full for: a heathy family, clean water to drink, a bike to ride (when the rain stops) and a bonus one - enjoying your positive attitude!
Feeling more grumpy, eat more carbs and get some sunshine, Carbs FTW!! 💪💪
It has some of the worst wearher on the planet regardless what anyone says, its not the cold its the grey and rain , its all year round....i dont a winter there for tge past 20+ years for that exact reason because the weather & the politics makes UK a severely depressing place in winter 😮
I neeeeeed to get away in winter. Need that sunshiiiiiiiine on me skin ☀️
@@KatieKookaburra ... depending how long you wanna get away for also dictates the best place to be in what you wanna do there, and how much cash you have ...For me the last 20+ years has been INDIA, you have so much variation here and it's still easy to make affordable without having to work, the weather in the South of India in UKs winter period is second to none , from November through to the end of February the weather is Idyllic in this part of India and then March/April really gets hot but by then you can go North to HIMALAYA which in April is Wow, I know cause I'm here NOW 😜 😂...But of course many people fear coming to INDIA because of ridiculous western media telling them it's like this and that, usually negative...but if you try and LOVE IT be sure you'll find it too irresistible to never return to it 🙏 "Om Namah Shiviah"
When you discover that every step of the journey is the same. You can enjoy the first step and the last step and every step in between. Crossing the line is euphoric, of course, but that's all there is. It's short lived.
After a couple of days you're back to taking single steps again. If you want to be happy you must enjoy it all, at whatever point you are at, from the beginning to the end. Because ultimately happiness is the acceptance of the journey as it is now, not the promise of the the other shore. 😉
3 Things I'm grateful for; #1 My Health #2 a great cycling community here in Florida #3 My understanding wife knowing that I'm addicted to riding.
try living in the highlands , hasnt stopped raining for 4 months
Have you used koomot, you van select type of ride
Im not a fan of it really - haven’t used it in a while though to be fair
I'm heading to Southern France on Friday, saying good bye to bad weather for a week. Suppose I won't be grumpy then :-)
Take us all with you?!
@@KatieKookaburra 😂
I'm able to live in the UK, I'm relatively healthy and I have a job!
Your right Katie where’s is summer it’s a joke I gess that’s the way at the moment yes enjoy every ride on the bike Summer will come one day ❤
My 3 things are my superstar partner, my pets whom adore me unconditionally, and my exceptionally supportive parents ❤ I wouldn't have got through the last few years without any of the above x
1. You
2. This video
3. Your channel 🙌
Hannah 🥹🥹🥹 making me well up over here. Seriously though thank you xx
Bad weather, bad roads, and bad driving……we all hate those three things when we get out on the road. Shit in’it?
my guess, wales dragon ride?
1, Family
2, Health
3 living in the lake district
Could tell by the face at start of video that's not a happy Katie, much better at the end. Three things grateful for, roof over my head, can go outside in safety, got a bit of money saved in the bank.
We need a giggle and a catch up! 💖💖💖
Oh and my 3 things:
1. Ibuprofen
2. Redbull
3. 🤠
YESSSSS!!! Will message you actually… you free start of May?! 👀👀
@@KatieKookaburra 😘😘😘
You're lucky to have friends
I surely am. You are too Malc :)
@@KatieKookaburra well ...
grateful list= antidote to resentment. Powerful and effective.🙏
Counting god things that happened at the end of the days works wonders for mental health. Also in relationships, get each other to state 5 things you like about them regularly.
Awww Andrew that is so nice. So is your love language words of affirmation? Have you read that? Such a good read!
@@KatieKookaburra I have not heard of that book, will check it out!. I heard of that affirmation method somewhere and tried it, found it worked! I looked for such a book you mentioned. did you mean this one - "The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts". I have read the classic "The art loving" by Fromm. It talks about mature love (doing it because you care) and immature love (for more selfish needy reasons). That book was nice :)
Katie, you might be thinking you present as grumpy (it's hard to tell) but at least you are out there.
My sister, health, and nature
Great video 1. My girlfriend 2. Cycling 3. My Alfa Romeo😊
Have you ever tried to do a wheelie in a Mobility Scooter 😆
Completely lost my mojo because of the weather and roads
Thank you Katie , I am great full for good health, the ability to enjoy each day in nature with my dog and for inspiring content that you provide each week. Thank you so much😊
Family
Health
Friends
Weather affects everyone ,, lack of sun ..
Health, my wife, my friends
A grumpy day on the bicycle is better than dealing with a mystery illness that causes you to become extremely dizzy. It's going to be another battle with the medical folks again.
What I'm grateful for: I'm alive. I have come close to being killed several times in the last decade. Another is that I got my bicycle back after it was "nicked" in relative good condition. The last is that I have an understanding partner who was helping me get around last night.
Grumpy - well you live in the grim North ...😅
But summer…. Summer in the Uk and specially the north is 😍😍😍😍
Just waiting on it haha
You know it’s All Points North this weekend?….. yesterday was biblical proportions of craziness. Bet you are glad you aren’t doing it again!!
I have to admit… I am glad! Hahaha
That is one I would only do once :)
But soooo glad I did it!!!!
I’m on number two. Last year should have been number two but we lost Mr Kerr (my complete hero) … of course last year there was no rain and a mad rush on ice creams. Massive challenge for different reasons nonetheless. #chapeau ALL APNers
Wife & daughter, health, Donegal cycling ….