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Monthly Archives: July 2008
More bus troubles
I gave up waiting for the bus again as I did the last time I tried to catch it. Today I was at the stop 6 or 7 minutes before it was due to arrive but I waited 15 minutes … Continue reading
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Cameron gets his bike back
I was happy to hear that high profile cyclist David Cameron has been re-united with his bike that was stolen whilst locked up outside a Tesco. Sadly David is in a minority who is lucky enough to see his bike … Continue reading
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The Velib experience
Whilst walking 2 km along the Rue du Rivoli and across the Place du Concord I counted 32 Velib hire bikes against 24 non Velib bikes. It would be naive to assume that none of these Velib riders would have … Continue reading
Cycling: A Mancunian in Paris
George Gershwin’s An American in Paris is one of my favourites, and more so than any other piece of music it evokes the sights, sounds and smells of a bustling city. Though it was written in the 1920s the chaos … Continue reading
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Open mic escapades
Last night I went out for a rare pint (or 5) with a couple of old mates from school. Mogwai was back from Sweden to spend a bit of time sorting out his comic/graphic novel ebay empire and in particular … Continue reading
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Cycle to Work re-launch
The Sage Cycle to Work scheme was relaunched yesterday. The timing was not ideal for me as we have a lot going on with a software release immenent and it wasn’t really the right day to be taking almost 2 … Continue reading
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Different routes to work update
Wednesday has become bus day and today as I was going out to a customer site to install a Beta of our latest software I certainly wasn’t going to cycle to the office either suited and booted or carrying my clothes … Continue reading
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Playing for Pele
I joined the Manchester School of Samba a couple of months ago and have loved every minute of playing and performing with them. Today was my 3rd gig with them but it was the first ‘biggy’ as we were playing … Continue reading
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No elected Mayor for Bury
I’m glad to report that despite a poor turnout yesterday the majority of those people in Bury that did vote opposed the proposal to have an Elected Mayor. If the decision had gone the other way I was planning to … Continue reading
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Different routes to work
I completed a travel survey at work today which, judging by some of the questions, should feed into this month’s re-launch of the Cycle To Work scheme. I’ve asked Rob from the Bicycle Doctor at Rusholme to help promote the scheme in … Continue reading
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