Life as it happens
With the afternoon sun shining on a lovely (3pm finish) Friday afternoon my good lady Bob picked me up in our lovely little car and we zoomed off for a weekend in Wales. Â I’m not the greatest passenger in the world, but I had my iPod hooked up to the stereo and hit shuffle, the […]
It took some consideration but I decided to once again join some cheery people from YACFÂ on a group ride. This one a nice 70 km around the West Midlands including such highlights as the Clent Hills and Netherton canal tunnel. The plan was to meet at the ranger station cafe in Cannon Hill park for […]
It’s BrumVenture this weekend and I’m hauling the tents for the kids from the 141st Birmingham to Pikes Pool. Thankfully I’d planned to take Friday off so I’m not trying to cycle there in the rush hour traffic with 5 tents and my kit. The photo was taken after a test run from picking the tents […]
I’ve been working on a reasonably exciting project of late. Sort of an extension in the work i’ve been doing for various Scouting events using Wordpress over the years. I’ve been building a booking system. Not just any booking system, this is a purpose for the event booking system, i’m hoping to expand into a fully fledged […]
This was my first attempt at a mass participation ride, and my first completion of a long distance ride (the other attempt was a badly thought out attempt to ride to Aberystwyth from Birmingham on an overloaded Brompton overnight) Having bought a lovely Thorn touring bike with the sole purpose of doing something very silly […]