Posts Tagged ‘ photo ’

I was riding home from a meeting on Wednesday last week, when I saw a couple of guys at the roadside. One of them had a bike and a trailer, so I stopped to say hello and to hand out a “Please join us” card for the Newcastle Cycling Campaign: It turns out that this...
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First of all, a jolly big “well done” to all of you who entered last week’s contest. Sadly, there can only be one winner, and the best bribes were provided by KarlT with his caption, “It’s used for emphasis when you tell a pig ignorant taxi driver to go fsck himself.” Thanks for the crate of...
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Before we begin, a jolly big “well done” to all of you who entered last week’s contest. The clear winner was Tlatet, who correctly identified that this was an escaped maths lecturer from the Open University. But most of the rest of you did really quite well, so you have permission to go for...
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First up, a big “well done” to everyone who entered our last competition. Sadly it was too hard to pick a single winner, so you all have permission to go out for a Jolly Nice Ride this weekend. Take some sandwiches, pack your Thermos, and make sure you’re all back in time for tea,...
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Man it was cold this evening! I was forced (literally forced) to wear some extra, technical garments to keep warm: A “fleece” under my jacket. This is a bit like a jumper, but made of some sort of man-made fibre. The wonders of modern technology. A hat AND a scarf Gloves. These were my Aldi specials, but...
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Remember my favourite cycle path on the route into Newcastle? How could one possibly improve on this? It needs more chutzpah, more pizzazz. In an ideal world, we’d get out our blue paint, and make it look like a Proper Piece Of Cycle Infrastructure. But we didn’t have any blue paint with us last night. So...
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Yep - Electric cars are here to save us all. And to celebrate, we have a picture of one for you to caption. Apparently this driver, “…was involved in an accident at a nearby intersection. For some reason, the driver was unable to control the speed of the car, crossed the substation property, went airborne...
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You know that McCracken’s First Law applies: The strength of the headwind is directly proportional to how late you are. If you try to cheat, by grabbing a quicker, sleeker, lighter bike (reasoning that you’ll easily make up the time required to get changed at the other end), McCracken’s Second Law comes into play: The probability of...
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That would be one explanation for this. Or maybe that this cycle path is constructed directly over a mine shaft. Or a ley-line?: Alternatively, maybe the contract for the path was awarded to the lowest bidder, who then decided that a proper foundation was just an expensive luxury. And no - your eyes do not deceive...
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Number Thirteen in our series - New Year’s Day and wrapped up against the chill in the air: I was out walking Huge Dalmatian this morning to clear his hangover - poor chap, he really can’t take his drink. There were plenty of people out on bikes, but this lady was without doubt the most...
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