Weather

The weather here today has been . . . unremittingly foul. So much for the forecast that said we’d have showers in the morning, but a clear afternoon. Not here, it wasn’t. Strong, cold wind from the South, continual rain, and the tang of sea spray in the air. Lovely. Still, that’s no excuse for...
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After embarrassing myself this morning, I was in no mood for an involuntary dismount again this evening - there’s only so much humiliation a man can take. When I set out from Walker Riverside, it was already pretty damned cold. As I pulled out from my client’s car park there was a sparkly shimmer on...
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I fell off again this morning - that’s TWICE this week. A bit of a bash on the shin, and the remains of my self-respect, dignity and pride in tatters. Here’s what happened . . . It wasn’t too cold last night, but just as I was leaving home, the heavens opened for one of...
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The weather here’s been properly wintry over the last few days. It started off with a cold & clear weekend of heavy frosts and bright skies, and then descended into freezing rain, hail, sleet and all that jazz from Monday lunch time. I was supposed to be on the BikeAbility instructors’ course from Monday to...
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I’m back at school again! Thanks to North Tyneside Council, I’m attending a four-day course on cycle instructor training. The aim is that at the end of it, I’ll be provisionally qualified to teach others to ride a bike safely on the road to the national BikAbility standards. To make it more of a challenge...
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I was away for the back half of last week & over the weekend on a teaching job in Croatia. I took my camera, and enough other assorted electronics to ensure that my hand luggage got to go three times through the X-ray machine, flying out on Wednesday from Newcastle to Zagreb via Heathrow Terminal...
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So there are a bunch of people doing amazing stuff today - Brad & Big Dave & a few others from sweat365.com are doing the Steelman Triathlon somewhere in and around Las Vegas. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and then a full marathon. Any race with those kinds of distances is tough, but for...
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Yesterday was one of those days where it could be easy to drive rather than ride. I had to go to visit my client in Walker (just over 8 miles each way), and when I got up, there was a steady drizzle falling. Not the kind of weather where you look at it and...
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