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Age of anxiety
I still don’t know what triggers panic attacks. They start slowly, from nowhere and then arrive in an unstoppable wave. Like watching an oncoming headlight which appears to be far in the distance, a tiny spark, far away, no threat.… Continue reading
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Navigation issues
I like navigating on rides but I find it hard to navigate friendships though. Route finding your way across the landscape is much easier than route finding in social situations. I also have a bad reputation among my cycling friends… Continue reading
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Secret lanes
The land hasn’t died this year. It is still green and not yet black as it should be in December. This old year refuses to die even while new life springs from the withered flesh, the sagging skin, the emaciated… Continue reading
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Sunday service at the Church of the Wheel
A book that has never been out of print since 1679 and was for a long time the best selling book in the English language apart from the King James Bible and yet many people have today neither read it… Continue reading
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March 2024…the light beckons
The tile tossing, branch breaking, cloud chasing, leaf stripping, mad March winds have ended, at least for a moment. Better weather, is here for a day and hope flourishes. The green spirits of spring are stirring beneath the land. A… Continue reading
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Lost in winter gloom January 2024
A tree lined lane, branches interleaved to create a dark tunnel of winter bare stems. A flash of white as an owl passes silently overhead. The moon shines through a gap in the branches, illuminating daffodil stalks glowing ghostly white.… Continue reading
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Winter riding January 2024
Weeks of rain. The steep lane down to the house runs brown with runoff from the empty fields and the lawn is more puddle than grass. Then, one day the weather suddenly changes. Frost sparkles on the grass, clouds are… Continue reading
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Winter riding December 2023
Today is a day to head west chasing the low winter sun down past St Ives and onto St Just. By the time I reach West Penwith I haven’t seen a car for more than half an hour. Every isolated… Continue reading
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Winter riding November 2023
Winter has arrived: it’s too far to drive to calendar events up near Bristol or the Midlands but I still want to be challenged and have a reason to go out. My riding friends shudder at the thought of staying… Continue reading
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Was this a good idea…?
I am completely lost just ten kilometres from home. There is a rats nest of narrow, twisting lanes to the north of Truro that either follow or climb over numerous steep sided river valleys, converging on the cathedral city. Truro… Continue reading
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