Now is the time when the stubborn carry on. The rational have reasoned their way elsewhere. Randonneur logic is not the common logic of the masses, it is a rarer application of obsession applied to goals that few understand. - Kent Peterson [via his blog]
(Photo by Captain Chickenpants)
Standing in the garden this afternoon, talking to my daughter who was prodding things with sticks, I heard a strange noise. Looking up, I saw two birds flying really fast and close together over the road next to our house. They collided just above our garden fence, and came to […]
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In the […]
Had a great ride round Hamsterley with some people from the Hamsterely Trailblazers today. I’ve no idea how far we rode, or how long it took. It was great being able to ride some of the non-waymarked trails in the forest, rather than having to stick to the black route like I do […]
Excellent post on the problems with cars: Clever Chimp: More Red Pills. Every day I get a little bit closer to convincing Sarah that we don’t need a car.
Add bread to the list of stuff not to buy at the supermarket:
Doh Boy from Howies.
His name is Doh Boy and his mission is to take the fat back out of bread. Doh Boy reckons ‘we don’t kneed it’. The only reason it is there is to help make bread quicker to make and make […]
Power cut at work at 10 this morning, so we all went home. Class.
I just came across a website that looked really washed out, so I adjusted the angle of the leptop screen to try to improve it. I tilted it back much further than I usually have it and, wow!, the web has loads more colours than before.
Oops.
Caution: long, rambling post ahead! (This post should have more links, but it’s late. I might put them in later. There’s always Google (if you need a link to find that there’s no hope).)
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs by people who ride long distances on their bikes (Matt Chester and […]
This afternoon, I rode out to Hurworth to teach a class there. It’s only about 4.5 miles each way and I can’t go too fast and get sweaty, but it’s a really nice spin out on a work afternoon and it’s 9 miles I wouldn’t otherwise get to ride. 9 miles fitter. […]