Posts Tagged ‘ Blyth ’

I’m working a bit in Blyth at the moment, and ended up back at the Sustrans office yesterday afternoon. Looking at the setup, I decided that it was time to put the tools onto a shadow board, and after laying them out, realised that I needed some longer screws for the job. So I hopped...
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A few weeks ago I got a new a front light. It’s one of those SSC-P7 LED units that turns night into day when you’re riding out in the country, and has a strobe setting that I use in town, and defy any driver to claim he hadn’t seen. From about a mile away. Even...
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A pair of amateur-night close shaves for me this evening riding home - two assassination attempts by the same driver. Not deliberate as such, but indicative of a crass, thoughtless attitude to anyone else on the road. First up, he edged alongside me in the narrow next to the traffic island on the way into...
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On days when I’m riding a Sensible Bike I take the route along the dunes path from Blyth Beach. On occasion I’ve been known to stop for an ice cream (it’s the proper, real deal stuff, and worth every penny!) and admire the view. But I’ve always been puzzled by these things: Initially I thought...
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Every dozen or so years, studies on the effects of various drugs on spiders’ web-weaving abilities re-surface. There’s probably some serious science behind this, but I can’t help feeling that it’s a bunch of scientists doing the grant-funded equivalent of getting your dog drunk. Except probably without the resultant doggy incontinence & vomiting problems. I...
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I couldn’t believe it tonight - yet another smegging flat! This only seems to happen when I’m in a real hurry, and in this case it was to pick up Daughter from some after school thing. I’d been riding hard to make up time against a freezing headwind, when still ten miles from home...
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This week’s competition features a photo I took last week. It’s a section of National Cycle Network Route 1, between Ashington and Blyth , that now features an attractive and cycle friendly sculpture, which leaves a massive 25% of the original cycle path still available for two-way cycle traffic: The question for you is...
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Back on the bike today after some truly pigging awful weather for the last couple of days. Rain, 30mph crosswinds, and a lack of determination kept me off the bike. But today was BEAUTIFUL, if more than a little chilly - windstopper, fleecy-lined leggings, skiing mittens and a huge grin as the sun rose...
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Yesterday I was early for work, so I thought I’d explore the traffic-free bike routes through Blyth - just to see if there was a route that was comparable with my current one in terms of speed, but a whole lot more pleasant. Here’s what I discovered. 1. The council has thoughtfully installed these barriers...
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I’m not sure if this was a bungled assassination attempt, or if it was an expertly performed damned-near-thing, instigated on behalf of the car Mafia in an effort to warn me off. Here’s what happened… Riding home through Blyth, my route takes me through a series of five roundabouts. The third of these includes a traffic...
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