Posts Tagged ‘ Friends ’

The funny thing about riding my Frankenbike bakfiets, Mary Shelley is the reactions it gets. Slack-jawed amazement from drivers, intense excitement from shall children (who shout things like, “What a totally amazing bike!”. No, really.), and incredulous hilarity from teenagers - but ONLY when they’re with enough friends to see that they’ve such a cool...
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I can go and collect friends and their luggage from the station: On the way home, we can use the excellent cornering capabilities of our Bromptons to experience the delights of British cycling infrastructure: I can show my guests the highlights of North Shields’ classy independent retailers: A rainy Saturday afternoon is just perfect for taking friends to see...
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… well not today, but at the weekend, you’re sure of a big, bright yellow, two-saddled, sit-up-and-admire-the-view surprise: Daughter’s Best Friend’s Parents (DBFP) own some woodland south of Durham, so we’d loaded up the tandem with some camping stuff, and headed off to camp for the night. A hugely heavy tandem with five, wide-ratio...
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It’s been a busy week, and I should have written this about, oh, a week ago. But never mind. This year was the second Dunwich outing for our tandem, Daisy. She’d been bought with a very specific purpose in mind - the 120 mile overnight funfest from London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. This...
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As it turns out, I was amazed at how easy this was. Last year I’d taken the front wheel, handle bars, and captain’s saddle off in order to fit it into the car to drive down to That London for the Dunwich Dynamo. The drive down was fine, but the drive-of-the-living-dead to get home...
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Von Smallhaussen is still doing her running club thing, so on Saturday morning I dragged my backside out of bed to accompany her to the local park. We did three laps at an easy run / walk, meeting up with Scary-But-Nice-Val (a.k.a. "Put-Some-F**king-Effort-In"-Val) and her dog half way through. I did the final lap...
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