They’ll have to fix all the pot holes first! Here’s the route. I’m actually a little trembly at the thought of newly paved roads to ride on that mean I won’t have to keep blocking traffic to get round an…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Crossing the road causes road rage
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Yes, it appears that I can’t even push my bicycle across the road without incurring the wrath of road users. What’s this you say? Surely not? I fear it’s true. You see, there’s this particularly scary roundabout on my cycle route to/from…
Wednesday Walks
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1000 calories burned yesterday according to my Polar F6, at any rate. 1000! Man, it can easily add up. Each of my 20-odd minute cycles (I hope to get each way under 20 minutes soon!) burned about 250 calories then…
Road Tax abolished!!
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Yep, it’s absolutely true. The Road Tax has been abolished to be replaced with a VED or Vehicle Excise Duty. When will this take effect? I have to confess I’m a little late reporting this one, because, in truth, it…
An open letter to Jon (Daily Show) Stewart
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Honestly, mate, how do you not lose your frigging mind? I watched your sanity rally on YouTube. Awesome. I also watched a documentary here in the UK about the Tea Party last night. I wish I had a quid for…
Having to rein it in
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Last night, I was talking to DH about my workout plans for the week. When I told him I was going to cycle twice, run twice and wanted to go climbing on Friday, he gave me “that look”. I knew…
Back on the bike
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So, I got a new bike through my work’s cycle to work scheme LAST YEAR and have only just started riding it. Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m a fair weather rider, for sure. The other thing is that I live…