Saving money on Gas and Electric
This week there have been scaremongerers about! A gas supply line broke down and despite things being fixed and two experts appearing on the News stating "there is no problem with supply" the media...
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Last ever fan of Lance Armstrong found in Mexico
Friday the 29th of March. I'm in Mexico City for my Brother's wedding that takes place the following week. Its my first full day in Mexico and its fucking hot. I've never experienced anything quite...
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Mexico - indelible markers
Yes. That REALLY is an untethered Bull in amongst a crowd of peopleThe breeze is like an ant blowing on your neck,And the heat like nothing I'd experienced,Traffic that whizzes, beeps and swerves...
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Coyoacán
Coyotes dance and play in water,Stone brothers and daughters,Gnashing teeth and market air they breath,Coloured beads and things made of seed,Bright red, orange and greens,Skeletons housed in boxes...
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Kidnapping Lite
Today was amusing and a little scary in equal measures. We had planned on going to a local market and look at the stalls. Most Mexican markets are pretty tourist-y, this one was only 3 miles away. It...
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It seems I was right to overcompensate
Back home in the UK from late on Tuesday this week I unloaded my bags and got to the depths of my camera bag to retrieve the memory cards. Three 32gb, one 16gb and one 4gb card, plus 4gb of pictures...
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Once again Youtube shows that it is not on the side of justice... it isnt...
A youtuber known as Black Country Bikecam recently uploaded a video where a man in a van tailgated him, overtook closely before slamming the brakes on and getting out to confront the cyclist. It isn't...
View ArticleGot to love teenagers. They bumble about, speaking the opposite to what they...
So there I am today, riding hard to shed some cobwebs and I ride into Woolston. I have to make a sharp right and then an immediate left. Its hot, really hot. I'm sweating, and this is despite being in...
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I had to laugh...
This morning was slightly colder so I wore a raincoat. Only a light pocket rocket by Altura, but it works great as a windstopper. A Gillet would be fine but I find my arms tend to get a little cold...
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The old "Wife Beater" pinhole camera
I started reading about pinhole cameras and their resurgence in popularity around 2002. A number of photographic publications started covering guys and girls who would labour over four or five hour...
View ArticleLast week I was one of many who sent a reply letter to Pamela Hibbert on her...
Today in the Independent on Sunday a reply was published in response to Pamela Hibbert's view on cyclists. Jonathan Dumbell shares my own view that timed-segregation is a valid and sensible option for...
View ArticleWhat exactly DO parents teach their kids?
Cycling - even though its been stunted in growth for the past 30 years ....and let us all face facts here - the only reason its carried on is down to the commitment and hard work of volunteers, a...
View ArticleFeedback to Nikon UK - what we all want to see in dSLRs
Hi there. I've been a Nikon user for some 10-15 years, though I keep tabs on Canon, Pentax and Sony despite having a lot of Nikkor glass. A few things in these cameras have caught my eye and I really...
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Maintenance experiments
My own bicycle is in the local bike shop having new wheels made up for it. Sadly the mech guy didn't get all he'd ordered into the shop this week so he's only managed to put some spokes on the rear...
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When a driver is just too dumb to be safe around others...
Earlier today a young lady used twitter to complain about bike riders.@norwichpoliceuk @emmaway20 claims to have injured cyclist in brags now deleted along with photos of unsafe driving...
View ArticleLetter to the Oxford Mail, time they were more honest with their readers...
Dear Sir,I follow the cycling news and issues around the UK, I speak to a number of campaigners, cycling groups and co - I have never heard anyone claim cyclists are all angels. So it seems quite...
View ArticleLet us not castigate but understand that this driver's attitude is why AA and...
I sincerely don't think he's being nasty about bike riders, he is simply out of touch.Sutherland claims to have once been a rider himself, having been hit whilst trying to navigate a roundabout he...
View ArticlePlans for a new educational style of video in the pipeline
A while back I did some extensive time lapse of traffic. Some of it was during the snow that fell this winter, but some of it was normal, urban traffic in normal road conditions. I always intended on...
View ArticleYou're damned if you do, damned if you don't. Letter to the Daily Echo.
In reply to J Josey, North Baddesley - as far as I can see (and I've just searched on the council's website for this) Castle Lane is NOT a cycle path.Perhaps the letter writer has made an assumption...
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It's not always the Driver - a short film about blame
This took me a while to make.I wanted to make an accessible film for others, for non-cyclists and cyclists alike, where the information was easy to understand and based in fact. Too often the media...
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