Archive for January, 2006

Home internet access problems

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

I currently have net access problems at home, which the nice man on the NTL helpline pinpointed as being a problem with my computer, rather than the modem. Unfortunately, I need a guaranteed working laptop more than I need net access at the moment, so I’m not fixing it till I get the current […]

Site borked

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Looks like my Del.icio.us bookmarks include is broken and that’s messing up the site. I might fix it at some point, if I get time or can be bothered. Or, it might fix itself.

On-and off-road through Bolam, Bishop Auckland, Middridge and Aycliffe again

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Quick post before I forget.

Last Sunday (8th January) I rerode the longish local on- and off-road ride through Bolam, Bishop Auckland, Middridge and Aycliffe which I first did a while ago. It was a great ride again; muddy in places, but not massively so, untill I made the mistake of riding the bridleway around […]

Cycling in Darlington in the Guardian

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

There was a long piece about cycling in Darlington in the Guardian yesterday. It’s available in text-only form online: Making tracks . I’m getting a copy of the paper to see if there are any photos.

In some parts of Europe, a quarter of all journeys are made by bike. In Britain the figure […]

Local road/off road New Years Day ride

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

Went for a local ride mixing up road, field-edge bridleways and gravel roads/farm tracks in preparation/”training” for the Hell o’ The North century ride and its precursers that I’ll be doing in over the summer. Apart from one trip to town and back, I’ve not ridden my bike for a month due to flu […]

Possible problems

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

I’ve forgotten to renew the hosting for mactually, and it runs out tomorrow. I’m going to pay this afternoon, but I may disappear briefly. Not that anyone would notice.