It was a lovely morning so I decided first of all to commute to Clapham Junction, but when I arrived I thought “what the heck, let’s go to Richmond”. Which is exactly what I did. I avoided the temptation to carry on when I arrived at Richmond, having learnt my lesson from last time . …
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Eeepc 901 Upgrade
Amy has been complaining that the 901 is sluggish in operation. I was wondering whether this could be down to a few factors : 1. No swap file2. Not enough memory3. The logon profile including ‘My documents’ is stored on a SDHC card. The SDHC is a class 4 beast so is not the fastest …
Accident in New Cross
I was cycling through New Cross. There was a cyclist in front of me overtaking a slow moving bendy bus on his left. I was at the rear of said bendy bus and about to attempt the same manoeuvre. To the cyclists right was a flat bed truck. There was not a great deal of …
Bike and Kite Festival
Well Tante and Unkle have gone home. During their last weekend with us the sun shone magnificiently and the mercury was into the mid twenties. I have just got on my train to Feltham having left a little later than usual. The reason is simple and comes in the shape of a little boy called …
Parents Evening
I feel like I am playing at grown ups. Last evening we went to Jake’s ‘soon-to-be’ school for a welcome evening. Upon arrival we were ushered into ‘The Great Hall’ and given a glass of wine and canapes. The feeling of being back at school brought back mixed memories. Sitting in assembly trying to concentrate, …
Photo restoration
I have recently started scanning and restoring some old photos. This one is from my first trip abroad. It was taken on 31st March 1990 in Arkansas and we were travelling across the USA in a driveaway car. We were delivering the car to San Diego having picked it up in New York. The driveaway …
Day trip to Scotney Castle
Saturday was the hottest day of the year and it looks like this week will be hot. I have just arrived at Waterloo, a little sweaty but gateful for the decent cycling weather. I have been trying to change my cycling style. I now tend to try and keep a constant pace of 17/18 MPH …