Do The Right Thing

Riding Wilf this week, my left shoulder’s been sore again. By sore, I mean aching from my elbow, right up over the shoulder to my neck just below the ear, with the sort of pain that threatens to make me go cross-eyed.
I was somewhat underwhelmed with  the physiotherapy I had in the summer, and have […]

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So MistahSinclair has a Noble Steed to ride. And she’s a pretty fine looking filly!
Anyway, when Wife found out about this, she commented today that I seemed to be running a stud farm. Here’s my ‘breeding stock’ - mostly from the shallow end of the gene pool. Left to right, there’s my trusty Sturdy Commuter, […]

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So today was my first day of a short assignment with a new client. After the short run with Shana, I changed into more bike friendly clothing (padded seat & an extra hi-viz layer), and headed off for Felling - 11 miles each way.
I was riding Wilf, as I also needed to take clothes that […]

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Early morning run with Shana - now that the clocks have gone back, at least 06:30 is back in a sort of daylight. Since our last run together, she’d got kitted up at Start Fitness with some track tights & breathable tops, and today was her first time running in them.
We were just talking about […]

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Nope, I didn’t see Audrey Hepburn or Gregory Peck sharing a scooter . . . but I was still HUGELY impressed by Rome.
In fact, the scale, quantity and quality of the stuff to look at left me completely blown away. AND pretty much everyone we met was about as welcoming as it’s possible to be. […]

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So after our week in Rome, I went for my usual 30 mile tour on Saturday while Daughter was at her Stage class.
I was riding Christine (Giant SCR Ltd), but with a slightly modified setup - having read this bike fitting article on Peter White Cycles’ site, I’ve moved the saddle back by about 25-30mm, […]

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I managed to smuggle my running shoes into our luggage for our week in Rome.
On Thursday morning, I found the time to head out for a short run. I headed from our apartment, down to the Tiber, and then along the river to Castel St Angelo (formerly Hadrian’s mausoleum) , then back up to St […]

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Going off line for a week, to visit Rome
We’re gonna do all the tourist things - visiting the Coliseum, the forum, Vatican, baths, etc, etc. Woo hooo!
*I actually failed my Latin ‘O’ Level exam 21 years ago. So this phrase may, or may not be a translation of “Hobbes and his family are […]

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Into Newcastle, met up with the Irishman, and then off to Durham & Consett, before riding home again. The ten miles at each end were at 17 mph, the middle 50 at 13. Fantastic weather (cold & bright), great scenery, and the roads quiet enough to ride side-by-side most of the time, shooting the breeze […]

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I’ve had some more fun with my camera-attached-to-bike. Now, I can show you what plays in my head when I’m cycling:

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