Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Had a brilliant family day today. We walked to the shops, with E and L riding their bikes, to get a WiFi adapter for the old PC I salvaged from work and a new toilet seat. When we got home, S cut the grass while me and L did some gardening and E […]
Posted in general, bio, We are what we do, The Good Life | No Comments »
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Proper rides: 0 miles (again! No proper rides for two months running is pathetic.)
Business miles: 45 miles (five 9 mile trips, road)
Commuting: 105 miles (21 days riding to work and back)
Misc: 20 miles (a couple of trips to town)
Total: 170 miles
Some riding for work trips and having no holiday this month has helped keep […]
Posted in general, bikes, bio, rides | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Last night I put my tyres onto my wheels. I put the rear wheel and saddle/seatpost into the frame. I connected up the front wheel, forks, stem and handle bars. I couldn’t join the front of the bike to the rear, but I got Sarah to hold them together so I can […]
Posted in general, bikes, Solitude | No Comments »
Monday, March 26th, 2007
On Saturday morning the stem and chain i ordered from Wiggle arrived. On-One are currently processing my order for brake levers, canti, innertubes, sprocket and lockring.
If I use some crappy Wilkinsons 700x35 tyres I have in the garage and take the saddle and seatpost from my Inbred and the cranks/chainring off my kona, I […]
Posted in general, bikes, bio, Solitude | No Comments »
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
yesterday afternoon, a lone protester drove her car through the main gates into the westminster compound, her aim to perform a citizen’s arrest on tony blair. this was a massive breach of security, but police are anxious to keep it quiet for all sorts of reasons, so i doubt you’ll hear about it on mainstream […]
Posted in general, teh politic | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
I’ve just sent a reply to a letter in today’s Northern Echo, which was about a photograph of me in Monday’s paper. Last night, I was guest speaker at a local Liberal Democrat meeting. On Saturday, I was speaking at a meeting of 50 people I helped to organise.
How did this happen?
Posted in general, bio, teh politic, We are what we do | No Comments »
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Just in case anyone watched it and believed it:
Bad Science: Insert “swindle� joke here
Comment is free: Don’t let truth stand in the way of a red-hot debunking of climate change
Climate change: An inconvenient truth… for C4
Posted in general, teh politic, We are what we do | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
I’m here. Suffice to say that I have not been well since October + I’m sorry again for prolonged waits. I am building bikes & 700see does exist…although I opted to start over after major anxiety looking at the original issue #1. The new issue #1 is more like a novella in length (same # […]
Posted in general, bikes | No Comments »
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
babs2brisbane
My aim is to travel from the UK to Brisbane for one of my best friends’ wedding. Plane travel is so environmentally damaging so I am looking for another way. I also think that by travelling over land and sea I will be able to understand our world better as I will connect with the […]
Posted in general, We are what we do | No Comments »