Posts Tagged ‘ photos ’

A few months ago there was a bit of a spat between Carlton Reid and David Hembrow. It started when David said of Northumbria,  ”Northumbria has the most beautiful, well marked cycle paths” which “criss-cross through the area and take you to interesting places”. I’d like to know where they...
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Cold weather this morning (about 3-4ºC before dawn), and an early breakfast meeting to attend. It was also set to be a bright sunny day - too good for spending in a car. So… moleskin suit & waistcoat to keep me toasty warm and dapper: … the sun did its stuff: … and the scenery was...
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Out of focus and camera shaken to death, but I still love these: It was on my short-cut-home-that-avoided-the-wind this evening. Take a look at how busy the rush hour traffic was on this route: (Note to self: new phone needs a faster camera!)
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Remember a few days ago, I posted a photo of one of our local police cyclists. Brad questioned the hi-viz that the rider was wearing: What do you think about Hi-viz? Does that deter would-be cyclists who are afraid of looking outlandish? I wonder about that sometimes. So here’s what I think… According to the Highway Code,...
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My fixie’s not the newest of bikes. It’s a mid-1980s Raleigh Record Sprint that I bought second hand in 1989 to replace a stolen bike. There’s quite a thrilling tale of an attempted miscarriage of justice surrounding this purchase, but we’re not going to talk about that today. When I bought it, this bike had...
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On Thursday morning I had a breakfast meeting in Gosforth, so I was driving to work. There’s a stretch of road leading out of Tynemouth where the speed limit is 60mph: I was doing a bit less than this, watching the cyclist in the lay-by… who then rode straight out and diagonally across the road...
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Warm September afternoon Light breezes and long shadows This is an Indian summer
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No, I haven’t been in prison. Nor have I been touring North African states, fermenting unrest & revolution. And nor have I been infiltrating the oil, gas & coal industries to sew doubt, despair and the seeds of a nascent green conscience. I’ve been just plain busy. First of all, it was busy doing stuff...
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Strangest thing while out riding today - I saw someone riding on the other side of the road with what I thought was a fishing rod in a rod bag sticking out of the top of their rucksack. When they got nearer, I realised it was a gun - some sort of a rifle....
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Here’s something that often comes up in discussion with Cyclists (note the capital “C”): It’s the bloody drivers on the bloody roads. The trouble is that a lot of Proper Cyclists see this as purely a problem with the drivers - if only drivers would change their attitudes, the roads would be a lot safer and they’d also...
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