Pro-solitude, not anti-people
I’m not against people. I mingle with them regularly with barely any ill effects. Some of my best friends, inContinue Reading
Tag: life
It’s been emotional
Humans, as you probably know, have a whole range of emotions at their disposal. Some experts suggest there could beContinue Reading
Cyclists in a café (a Guinness World Record attempt)
The temperature was hovering around zero, and there hung a fog of frozen moisture in the air, forming droplets onContinue Reading
The times they are a changin’
There’s one ride each year when everything has changed. It’s a smell in the air and just a hint, that’sContinue Reading
Cycling sabotage!
As I was wrestling with the neoprene of my ineffective autumn gloves, he’s let me flippin’ tyres down. It’s not logic and science, and nor is it the puncture fairy. It’s secret option number three: sabotage! What other explanation can there be?
Like a dog without teeth
“See what I did there,” he says, clicking down to another lower gear, “I’m really glad I’ve got thirty-two teethContinue Reading
Cumbrian cycling: style, substance, and faultless Cappuccino
Three of us headed up there recently with a plan: park up, lay claim to Great Dun Fell and Hartside by bike – two of the jewels in the Cumbrian crown – and get out again without anyone attempting to serve us a “Cappuccino” made with instant granules.
