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A different Stockholm
Regular readers may remember me writing about a number of work trips to Stockholm, it has provided me with some nice posts and is turning into a favourite city. (Click the Stockholm tab at the bottom...
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Some Stockholm cyclists are hardier than me, despite conditions on the roads
I am so over winter already. We have had two wintry days here in Belgium. Last week, day 1, I fell off on the ice. Today, day 2, I arrived at the station like a soggy snowman. Which seems a … Continue...
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Is this Spring? A cyclists’ plea – please let it be so
Sunday in February 2014 The same weekend at the same place last year. At this stage of last year’s winter we still had two months to go before the snow stopped. As newcomers to Belgium it was quite a...
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Its snowing – of course childish enthusiasm wins over mature common sense!
I had been seeing tweets and news stories all day about the snow hitting Britain and Northern Europe. In Yorkshire there were typical shots of closed roads up on the hills while the Dutch were being oh...
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The chilly cycle tourist – a short winter cycle tour of Munich
This was the cycling excursion that was never going to happen. It was the result of a three day process that went from “no way”, through “maybe” and “what the heck” and ended up as “that was good”. A...
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Good morning sunshine
Last Sunday I was waiting for winter on the mountain bike. This Sunday I was out early for the sunrise over snow. It was like a layer cake, snow below, a ground hugging layer of fine mist between and...
View ArticleFirst snowride
My first snowride of the season. For my nephew Oli it’s the first time he has ever seen falling snow – and his first snowride. Growing up in Singapore and Sydney doesn’t offer much snowy fun so this...
View ArticleHold those spring thoughts for a day longer….
Despite the cold spell I was delighted to see that the snow was no longer forecast to come to our area this morning. That meant I could get out on my road bike with the club. Time of depart for …...
View ArticleProduct sampling – Scottish mountain biking
When I worked in the food industry (so many years ago) product sampling was a perk of the job. Being invited to sample the cakes and chocolates was often a warm cosy affair, and very bad for weight...
View Article2010-2019 – some ride!
Lots of other people are doing it, so I have been tempted by the Christmas holidays to to try and find at least one photo per year from the last decade that made me smile, or brought back a memory. …...
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