Monthly Archives: October 2007

30 mile legs

I managed to fit 30 miles cycling around my working day today.   In addition to the usual 13 mile round trip to work I cycled to Eccles in my lunch hour to check out a part of National Cycle … Continue reading

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I was Prestwich’s October Critical Commute

About 18 months ago Manchester Friends of the Earth launched an excellent campaign called Love Your Bike in conjunction with Manchester City Council to encourage commuting by bike.  It was a professional campaign and I was partcularly impressed with its cheeky … Continue reading

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Site redesign required

I’m currently addicted to Facebook and although the level of activity has dropped from the initial frenzy of my first 2 weeks on it I haven’t yet settled back into a routine which also allows for cleaning, ironing, blogging and … Continue reading

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Healthy mind?

I was fortunate to receive an unexpected bonus payment from work so I looked to spend part of it on something frivalous.  It was a toss up between a Wii and a DS Lite, and on the basis that the … Continue reading

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Healthy body?

I’m trying to put on some weight and after a couple of weeks hard training I’m starting to see some results.    Since cycling daily to work at the start of the year quite a few pounds have fallen off … Continue reading

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Nice Idea!

http://www.cafepress.com/cycleengland.176297601 shame it’s $24 !

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Danger UXB

I got properly soaked this morning: you know you’re properly soaked when the fingers poking out of your fingerless gloves are going wrinkly and you have to call upon your emergency bills for duty as well as your emergency socks.    My … Continue reading

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