How can we ever know that when we say goodbye to someone, it will be for the last time. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Inspiration
24 Hours of Madness; Racing Mayhem
Question: What’s the longest bike ride you’ve ever been on? I’m talking hours spent in the saddle over the course of a day. Continue reading
Mountains and Molehills
12 months, 5 days and a scattering of hours.
No, not the amount of time since I last wrote a blog although it does seem like it. Actually it’s the time elapsed since I last set foot (or wheels) on this exact spot, although so much has happened since, it seems like a lifetime ago. Continue reading
The Turning of the Screw
The woman just beyond the flowery curtain appears to be having some kind of meltdown.
I know that I shouldn’t be eavesdropping but the drapes are thinner than smoke and, to be honest, there’s been nothing else to break the tedium for the last 2 hours. Continue reading
How Do You Get A Community On A Bicycle? Part 2
“Whereabouts are the brakes on this thing” is not a question you want to hear, especially when the rider is speeding across a small forecourt towards a line of parked cars.
Meanwhile, in my peripheral vision I can see our brand new cargo trike, 2 passengers in the front-box taking a corner flat out, heading on collision course with the first rider. Avoidance of this only likely if the trike first overbalances on the hairpin turn.
Not for the first time I wonder at how on earth I landed up being the responsible adult for this renegade group. Continue reading