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Things You Don’t See When You Drive

People on bikes Speed limit signs Otters Otters? Yep. That’s what I saw on the way into work today. Riding along the footpath next to the Spine Road over the river Blyth, I looked down into the water and thought there

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To Morpeth

Another day, and another ride to work. This time was heading across the top end of Cramlington and over to Morpeth – roads that I don’t generally ride on during the week. Having experienced first hand how people drive along

Posted in Bike to Work, Cycle

Back After Two Weeks Of Snow & Ice

Monday morning – early o’clock, and I was back on the road on two wheels. After the snow & ice we’d had for the previous two weeks, I was starting to go stir crazy. It’s strange how quickly you loose

Posted in Bike to Work, Cycle

Here, You Must Either Be Nuts, Or Think It’s Fun

So there’s a whole lot of to and fro about this: Richard at Cyclelicio.us pointed out that the obvious answer that was missing was "because it’s fun", which seemed to get the Good People Of Copenhagen all vexed – to

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Posted in 'A'-List Blogs, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Climate Change, Cycle Infrastructure, Everyday People, London, Photographs, Politics, Video

Electric Cars: Why Bother?

Oh, the lies these people tell. Mind you, you can’t really blame them, can you? Put yourself in their position: You run a multi-billion dollar / euro / pound / yen business, employing thousands. For the last fifty years, governments

Posted in 'A'-List Blogs, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Climate Change, Cooking, Cycle Infrastructure, Environment, Everyday People, Global Warming, Greenwash Detector, Industrial-Strength Sarcasm, London, Marketing, Serious Stuff

A Whole Bunch of Errands

Thursday is bike day for work, and again I had a whole lot of time with clients scheduled – at their premises rather than mine, so that meant sensible, civilised cycling. I’m sure I could have planned this better, but

Posted in Ashington, Bike to Work, Cycle, Whitley Bay, Wind

Civilised, Long-distance Commute

Thursday is a bike day. We won’t let the weather, the clients we have to see, or the errands we have to run put us off doing it all on two-wheels. And this week, I had all three – cold

Posted in Ashington, Assassination Attempts, Bike to Work, Competition, Cullercoats, Cycle, Macmillan Cancer Support, Newcastle, Photographs, Where I Shop, Whitley Bay

Get On The Bike Path!

The car was at the menders today, and I had to get there to pick it up & take Daughter & friends to their Kung-Fu thing. As is normal in these circumstances, the wind had instantly changed direction and stiffened

Posted in Bike to Work, Cycle, Cycle Infrastructure, North Tyneside, Photographs, Road Safety

These Are Not Clothes For Work

It’s getting to the stage in my training where the hours I spend Assuming The Position will pay dividends on race day on 27th June. So for my cycling to work I’ve ditched sensible clothes, cycle chic and the Pashley

Posted in Bike to Work, Cycle

Ride To A Picnic – Just a Perfect Day

So my Decadent In-laws are here to stay and it’s the school holidays. Normally I’d do my long ride on a Sunday, but we’d hatched a plan for a picnic on Holy Island – the family would drive, and I’d

Posted in Ashington, Bike to Work, Cullercoats, Cycle, Family, IronMan?, Nutrition, Photographs, Video, Weather, Whitley Bay, Wind
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