I was reading Puff The Magic Dragon to Jake this evening. When I got to the bit were Little Jackie Paper came no more I looked over at Jake and he had tears in his eyes. I asked him what was wrong and he said it was because Puff was sad. This is the first …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Two Firsts
I took Jake out on the bike at the weekend. I don’t mean my hybrid,I mean his little fluorescent green number. He actually suggested going for a ride so I think he may have been riding one of the bikes at school. We walked over to Hilly Fields and then took a spin down the …
Tilt Shift
During a random surfing session I came across some tilt shift photos. I know that in photography tilt shift lenses are used to produce images with a very shallow depth of field. These images were photos of models, or so I thought. They looked very intricate and extremely well made. Upon further investigation I found …
Skyride 2009
The Skyride 2009 has come and gone. Colin, Ben and I met up at Ladywell Fields at 10.00am. There were a lot more riders than last year. In fact we were split into two groups in order to manager the numbers more effectively. The first group left just after 10am and our group left at …
Energy food for cycling
I have just been perusing my favourite cycling website wiggle, looking for bars and powders to provide rehydration and energy for my ride to and from Bedfont. After half an hour of looking at the myriad array of tablets, gels, powders and bars it became quite apparent that the cost of these products on a …
Five speckled frogs
I arrived home at a reasonable time, 6.20pm to be precise. For the third time I have cycled the full commute of 23 miles. I’m glad I had the rest day yesterday because this evening I struggled somewhat. I learnt my lesson from the ‘bonk’ the other day and made an extra peanut butter sandwich …
Wet is the new Dry
Today was my second day riding The Full Monty, no not naked riding but riding all the way to Bedfont Lakes, an impressive 24 miles. At around 3pm I glanced out of the office window. The words deluge, torrential and downpour came to mind. Mmm I thought “The dry spell has broken in a spectacular …
Cycle commuting vs. Train. The truth
Train/Cycle Leave house : 6.20am Arrive Richmond : 7.25am Train leaves Richmond : 7.36am Train arrives Feltham : 7.40am Bus arrives 7.45am Arrive Bedfont Lakes : 8.00am Door to door:1 hour 40 minutes Saving : £5.30 Cycle Leave house : 6.20am Arrive Bedfont Lakes : 08.05am Door to door:1 hour 45 minutes Saving : £9.80 …
Winter Light
Well, the days are getting shorter and the temperature is descending into single figures. After my slight mishap last week, I thought I would buy a better front light so that cars would definitely see me coming. A little research landed me at the Evans website. Lo and behold they had a sale on too! …
First full day of school
Yesterday was Jake’s first full day at school. I worked from home so we could pick him up in the afternoon together. As soon as he saw his uniform he started crying and saying that he didn’t want to go. That he wanted to go tomorrow and that he didn’t want to go again and …