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x-England Part 7
Posted on August 28, 2006 | No CommentsLast summer I managed to bike most of the way across England, starting from Bedwyn (near the watershed – the highest point of my route) and finishing in Whitstable in... -
GPS
Posted on August 28, 2006 | No CommentsI’m on a bit of a gadget spending spree at the moment. After my Trek 3900 bike, I went out an bought a Nokia N73 smartphone and a bluetooth GPS... -
New Bike
Posted on August 13, 2006 | 2 CommentsFinally got myself a new bike – a Trek 3900 (2006 model.) It’s streets ahead of my old thing, which fell apart and then got nicked anyway. It just hasn’t... -
Biking This Summer
Posted on July 28, 2006 | No CommentsThis map shows the long-distance bike rides I’ve done in the last year or so (purple) and those I’m hoping to do in the next few months (turquoise.) The sections... -
Missing Ingredient
Posted on January 24, 2006 | No CommentsI do like the look of the new “Ski Weather” dashboard widget that came with the Mac OS X 10.4.4 upgrade released last week. And yes, it does cover the... -
Snap
Posted on November 19, 2005 | 3 CommentsIt’s incredibly cold at the moment – sub-zero in London. This might have been a contributory factor to my bike was playing up on the way home from work yesterday... -
Micro-O at SLOW’s OK Nuts Trophy
Posted on October 18, 2005 | No CommentsSLOW is going to have a Micro-O section at the OK Nuts Trophy regional event at the end of November, on the middle part of the open courses. Interesting –... -
Furthest from the coast
Posted on October 15, 2005 | No CommentsThe point in Great Britain furthest from the coast is “just east of Church Flatts Farm, about a mile south-east of Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire” according to the Ordnance... -
x-England Part 6
Posted on October 12, 2005 | 3 CommentsI completed the east-most section of my cross-England bike ride on Sunday, going from Rochester to Whitstable, a major seaside resort in North Kent, on a beautifully sunny day for... -
x-England Part 5
Posted on September 26, 2005 | No CommentsAnother short-ish section (30 miles) of my Cross-England bike ride completed on Sunday afternoon. It’s really starting to get dark early these days – the light is fading after 7pm.... -
X-England Part 4
Posted on September 18, 2005 | No Comments[Updated] I biked another section of my cross-England journey yesterday – going from Islington to Erith. (The Putney to Islington section I did a few months earlier – I might... -
x-England Part 3
Posted on September 4, 2005 | No CommentsI did another leg in my cross-England cycle today, going from Staines to Putney in London, along the River Thames towpath for pretty much the whole way, except for a... -
x-England Parts 1 & 2
Posted on August 30, 2005 | No CommentsWell, that was fun. I must do more of that. Sunday – Bedwyn (just east of the east/west England watershead) to Reading, via Savernake Forest, Hungerford and Newbury. On the... -
Two Wheels
Posted on August 28, 2005 | No CommentsIt is decided. It’s the cross-England trip – National Cycle Route 4. Sunday: Crofton to Reading (via Savernake and Newbury) Monday: Reading to Windsor (and possibly onwards into London) Crofton... -
Two Wheels or Two Legs
Posted on August 27, 2005 | No CommentsMonday’s bank holiday is the last before Christmas, a good four months away. So I better actually do something on this three-day weekend – seeing as the orienteering season, which...