Beaks, tails, and tubes
It has been a very Spring-like time of late.... rejuvenation of bicycles under varying conditions and the thrill of a third (drum brake on Derek). Also out diary has been very full, happily with some entertaining into the mix. Pictures are to follow above this post which will shed some light on the subject line!
Read More » 06:18 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: cycling, bicycle, Voyager
Little Big ride
This weekend will see "The Big Ride" in London, organised by the London Cycling Campaign with closed roads between Park Lane and Embankment and plenty of satellite rides feeding in from Boroughs and towns all around. And I am respecting my daughters stated wish to join the ride without recourse to motorised transport - this indeed will make it a Big Little Ride!
Read More » 03:58 AM | 0 CommentsArvo Pært's Pasio
Yesterday I discovered this was to be performed at Westminster Abbey tonight. There were still tickets in the North Nave, just a few so I took a couple. Glad I did as I see it is now sold out
Read More » 05:00 PM | 0 CommentsVoyage to my Mother
Grid reference 116586, remember that.... there are a wild cherry and an oak, remember row L/25/73 and L/C/56 (row C is directly above row 1).... These facts should lead me to the place where I once arranged for trees to be planted at Tredethick Farm
Read More » 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsCycling Society
Perhaps it is the weather, with a surge of sunshine unexpectedly and a warmer day not so long ago, but my mind is turning to cycling and I cannot seem to find any way to concentrate on work.
Read More » 02:47 PM | 0 Commentssickness
I read things I have written here and I feel pretty much sick and sad.
Read More » 10:29 PM | 0 Commentsmanners and misogyny
I have a strange feeling that the exhibition of unwarranted courtly manners can be a "tell" for a misogynistic nature. I have desisted from waiting for my therapist to sit before I do myself. I derive a weird pleasure from knowing that my partner is unlikely to ever read these words far less to comment on them/
Read More » 04:35 AM | 0 Commentssad and tragic
Sad was when I got excited to see a comment on Ghost Bikes and think it might have been from my partner.... Only to discover it was my own comment to myself....
Tragic was the revelation as to exactly how much I hate my father
Read More » 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsGhost Bikes
I suspect people have observed so called "Ghost Bikes" and here is an interesting column on the subject which makes me realise that this phenomenon is perhaps not "something for me" in quite the way I had imagined it could be and leads me to realise how useful I see these "momento mori" of the highways
Read More » 03:42 AM | 1 CommentA wrong turned right!
Behold! The fabulous Aero wins out and proves her point! Self-belief and persistence are rewarded with the refund of a parking fine and a token of restitution! Thank heavens for the existence of an ombudsman and an example to all!
Read More » 03:26 AM | 0 CommentsTerms of engagement
It seems a date has been set. Marriage may or may not suit me, it is fairly certain engagement has not made a gentleman of me, and therapy is unlikely to achieve that within a lifetime (given that I started after the half way point and, unlike Aero, do not believe in miracles), so I am pessimistic
Read More » 01:25 AM | 0 CommentsLet it snow!
I had so much to say, but just want to record that the plan is to get away to the New Forest for a break. This is a great treat from the marvelous Aero, but regrettably we cannot invite Derek, due to the inclement weather. However I am hopeful of stretching the legs of the inestimable Quaker and the beloved Aero in at least one ambulatory excursion, which may even extend to cycling proportions, retracing our first ever ride on a hired bicycle.
What a pompous paragraph the above is!
Just wanted to make it plain I was self aware, may come back and edit this with some poesy, but have other things to busy myself with right now....
02:54 AM | 0 CommentsMy daughter can't wait until Christmas!
If there is one phrase that has become the signature or catch phrase for this year it is "I can't wait until Christmas!". Fortunately it is spoken with such charm and variation in inflection and with a certain sense of timing that it has not become TOO wearing (yet!).
Read More » 07:55 AM | 2 Comments | Tags: Camden, Marine Ices, Roundhouse, Christmas, cycling, Isabel, VoyagerPorno torture with techno overtures
OMG baby,,,,
I seem to have been able to spend so much more on a digital device that I shall be waiting many moons and more to ever see such a device from Comm-Tech
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02:48 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: stupid, bedtime, private, birthday, partnership, family, Annie, bicycle, cyclingChristmas
How to offset the cycling obsession?
Icy weather is likely to make a natural intervention sooner or later at this time of year. It is a time to look towards making things special for the ones I love.
For the first time I can remember I seem to have actually bought all the presents for Christmas before my birthday! Read More »
07:52 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: Christmas, kids, tandem, Annie, poetry, family, parenting, cycling
Just read the shiny specs next to the picture here and you get some idea why it may be a dark and murky pre-dawn morning, but I have no time to write here, I need to go ride again!
05:50 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: cycling, bicycle, Voyager, Ridgeback
MY new bike! His name is "Voyager", one week old - no time to write, got to ride now!!
07:48 AM | 0 Comments | Tags: Voyager, cycling, bicycledoh
I find myself comparing myself to a dog and a beta to Annie Alpha - even a theta (or epsilon) test if Greek is on the cards from Anne - ask Annie to comment in any dream fragments from our Chichester sojourn also there is something in discussing he making coffee remarks of Annis and other suchlike sensations I get - need to be able to write someone right into them - then we can get to the root of it
to put this in a coy way, are you familiar with the opus of Iggy Pop? (I wanna be your dawg")
05:22 AM | 0 Comments