Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
No, that’s not a misquote from some French royalty. It’s the motto of 617 Squadron, whose story was told by Paul Brickhill in The Dam Busters - one of my Thrilling Yarns that I read over the summer.
It was Daughter’s first swimming lesson after the summer break. And although the weather forecast was for ‘rain’, […]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
I was at a training workshop today on the other side of Gateshead. For once I was in the audience (throwing soft fruit, insults, etc), and I had a few items to pick up on the way home . . . But Gateshead’s still within 15 miles of home, so I just had to cycle. […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Are we addicted to oil? Are you? Am I?
First there was a post on the excellent Bike Hugger blog, featuring a picture of a Local Bike Shop’s novel advertising banner (reproduced, left - click through to read their original post), and then quickrelease.tv just posted this analysis from Canada of the true $cost of car […]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Karl On Sea
My little video about the cycle lane in Gateshead has gone mainstream. The Newcastle Journal ran it today as their front cover story, with the main details taking up most of page 3!
Naturally they wanted pictures to go with the story (my good looks sell papers? Something like that, I’m sure), and naturally I had […]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Tomorrow is the North Tyneside 10k - from North Shields to the Lighthouse. It’ll be the fourth year for this race, and I’ve done ‘em all so far. It’s a great event that goes right past my front door, so I get ‘home team’ advantage, with a huge crowd to cheer me on.
And I think […]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Karl On Sea
This is a paraphrase of a headline from The Times from some time in the 50’s or 60’s. The original was “Fog in Channel - Continent Cut Off“, which I guess speaks volumes about Britain’s sense of its place in the world fifty years ago.
Anyway, although Heathrow’s been fog-bound for 24 hours, the weather here’s […]
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Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Oh, please forgive me - too much time behind the wheel this week.
I’ve had too much to do, and too little time. It’s included two days in my role as a stand-up rabble rouser (7 1/2 hours of briefing a company’s staff in groups of 5-9 on a new initiative kicking off in January), and […]
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