Anne Mustoe: a remarkable woman
woollypigs I have never heard about Anne Mustoe until I was told about her untimely passing. … what she termed her “new career”. When she resolved to cycle round the world,…
ramblings
Abandoned, to a better home
There is a thread over on yacf about “Abandonment”, simply put bicycles that have been left by their owners. Though, I do think that most of the “left” bicycles are…
Well it is Friday the 13th
Our combi boiler have a ghost in it, two to three times a day it goes starts off on its own, around 10am, 4pm and 3am, every day. Click, click,…
A love letter to my bicycle
You came into my life in the summer of ’95. I had to spend all my pocket money just to get hold of you. After a lot of mmm’ing and…
Stay young
Please never grow old it is boring. Here are five things to do to help you stay young, since it is fall I’ll start there. Fall : seen all the…
Isle of Tea
I vote for a name change for Isle of Wight to Isle of Tea. Because I have never seen so many tea rooms or cafes in such a small place.…
Solarlight Cap from 2C
I saw this one a year so ago and thought it would be a great gimmick. But since I’m now spending much time outdoors either cycling touring or working and…
Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
I have just finished Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne, and I loved it, it is a very good read. It is by all means not a touring book or a…
Things I wish I’d known before I started travelling
Over on CNN’s AC360 blog Chris Guillebeau writes about things that he wish the had know before he started travelling. I too have learned the hard way while cycle touring…
Thoughts On My Bike
I found this one in my daily crawl on the internet. This is many ways correct, though you don’t have to be on your bicycle to make you feel alive…