This weekend was the Dunwich Dynamo, which by all accounts was the best ever. Warm, balmy temperatures combined with a nice tailwind and attended by more than ever. 1400 cyclists I believe. It looks like it’s definitely on the cards for next year In between I hope to ride my first 100 miler. And also, …
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Ride to ‘Look Mum No Hands’
Yesterday afternoon I received a text message from Ben asking if I would be up for a cheeky pootle in the evening. I said yes although to preserve my legs I promised myself that I would take it easy on the way home from work.
Safety on the Barclays Cycle Superhighways
Taken from the Tfl website Top tips for cyclists: Take a safe start position at lights Wait in front of other vehicles when you’re at traffic lights – the blue painted box with a white cycle symbol shows you where. Arrgh. I cannot get there, a taxi is blocking my way. Should I go around …
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Cycle Superhighway launch
It was a lovely summers morning. I set off from the house at 6am. Which way to go? I decided to go via Peckham Rye. I didn’t fancy the horrible roadworks on the A202/A202 which have caused me grief on more than one occasion. As I entered Clapham Common I saw the launch tent for …
Record breaker
This morning I beat my personal best average speed for the commute to work. Strangely I did a slightly longer commute, but one which avoided some of the busier, traffic light infested roads, which is probably why the average is higher. The route was great and took in parks, rivers and quiet back streets. Stats …
Mia’s developments
Only 4 days to go until she is 6 months old. Recently she has been making different vowel sounds. Baa, Daa, Maa, Gaa. That sort of thing. Her rolling is coming on nicely. She can roll from her back to front and back again with no problem. In fact she is scarily fast at doing …
Evening Ride
Our usual Thursday night ride and beer was taken to a new level last night. We set off at 8pm for Dulwich Park. I decided to take Ben over Canonbie Road which is a nice ‘starters’ hill. I regretted this and found myself struggling, not having ridden my bike for over a week. Stats Distance:38.7 …
Sports Day
I took the half day off to attend Jake’s very first Sports Day at St. Dunstans. This was for the nursery children only. The reception children along with all the parents of course, came to watch.It was a well organised event. The children were split into groups of four, one for each lane. They then …
Mia has chicken pox
As expected, Mia has come down with Chicken Pox. As with Jake she had no real symptoms until the first spot appeared.Paul and the girls were going to come over on Saturday but I noticed the spot and Amy confirmed it was chicken pox. I phoned Paul and we have rearranged the visit for next …