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Soft fruit 21 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
The mornings are starting to feel like autumn - there's a very tiny chill in the air and a sense of change. And not-quite-autumn is bringing small firm pears, gooseberrys, and new bikers. I am guessi...
Inspiring find! 13 Aug 2013 | 10:55 am
I knew Ted Simon had written some follow-ups (follows-up?) to Jupiter's Travels more recently but didn't know he'd written one in the 80s. So I was very excited to find this in a brilliant bookshop in...
Once again, the #bloodycyclists show the way 6 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
I'm interested in the pasting being handed out on Twitter to "Nice Way Code," a new road safety initiative by the Scottish Government. Cyclists have taken over from bikers as the group for whom KSIs ...
The blog of the beast! 25 Jul 2013 | 07:37 pm
I hadn't realised we stood at 666 posts. How apt that I am off to see Iron Maiden next weekend. But that wasn't what I came to talk about. I came to talk about my new bike! It has become increasing...
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” 24 Jun 2013 | 05:55 pm
I am at home “under the doctor” after coming down with a chest infection. I blame being coughed on by a small child but it might also just be the inevitable consequence of trying to do everything. Si...
I have in my hand a piece of paper… 23 May 2013 | 08:52 pm
Awful things are happening in the news but in my small world it has been a good day. Hortense has passed her MOT. For the last few weeks I have been trying to prepare all the things that I can do – we...
“Let’s go scare some sheep.” 13 May 2013 | 07:16 pm
** Guest post for Keep Britain Biking ** I have no power socket on my Triumph so I have no satnav. I have no luggage rack, so I am riding with a tankbag and a tailpack. I have no money in my bank acc...
Empty Road, Evening Sun 1 May 2013 | 04:37 pm
I am going an A Big Adventure soon. I am excited about it but I am worried as well, because I will have to keep up with people who ride motorcycles for a living, and that has not always been my streng...
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. 28 Apr 2013 | 01:55 pm
I have been gardening. Gardening is difficult territory for me. I used to love it and be good at it. Then I moved from a house to a flat and gave my tools to my sister, who had a house with a garden. ...
Starting out 12 Apr 2013 | 12:58 am
Is that a motorcycle jacket, asked the young lady teacher standing beside me in the dinner queue this evening. Yes, I said. Does your bike have...gears? she asked. Well, yes, I said. I have an Afri...