travel
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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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Exeter-Cheddar-Exeter: a 200km DIY audax ride
Stars align and the weather looks feasible as I keep going through online weather sites looking for confirmation that all will be well and the rain will hold off but who am I kidding? It probably won’t rain until 4pm. … 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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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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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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In memoriam
Frost has bladed the grass but it will soon be gone. It has already begun to melt where the sun can reach, away from the shade of hedgerows and the winter bare trees. The sky is an intense cold blue.… 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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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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