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The end of summer
It is early Sunday morning and I am on a bike, on a mission to do another 100 mile ride for no good reason other than making me feel better about myself, which is a poor reason, but the only… 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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Ah Cornwall, warm winds, ice cream, turquoise surf, soft sand and quaint villages.
Lung busting, handlebar fighting, knee crunching. I can hear the ragged breath of the four riders behind me unable to get past on a track just wider than my bars. Brambles hang down from the trees ripping at arms and… Continue reading
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A good day out
Once I was lively and now I am merely alive but that in itself is an achievement worth maintaining even with a long walk uphill pushing this infernal machine and serenaded by song thrushes from the coconut scented exuberance of… 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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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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