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Category Archives: Cycling
In the time of the virus: day 97
Sunday again. Plans for an afternoon garden get-together were abandoned, for several reasons but the main one was the very changeable weather. Tea in the garden not such an appealing proposition when it’s intermittently pouring with horizontal rain then sunshiny … Continue reading
In the time of the virus: day 40
Forty days has such a biblical feel about it doesn’t it. A milestone? a millstone? maybe both or neither. Either way, just another day. Allotment/garden – I got a few things planted out (climbing French beans, lettuces, some flower plants), … Continue reading
Going Dutch in Delft
I have a backlog of semi-drafted posts from earlier this year. I’m planning to work my way through them. This is the first – from April this year. It took 35 years or so for us to get to the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Community, Cycling, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death), Travels, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Art, Bath, Bath and NE Somerset council, Cities, Climate change, Community, Cycling, Delft, Integrated transport system, Living, Public health, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Travel, Walking
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100 day challenge: so what is it?
It’s actually very, very simple, and takes a commitment of just one hour of my time each day. This is what I have set myself to do: Exercise – at least 50-60 minutes of reasonably strenuous exercise every day. A … Continue reading
Posted in 100 day challenge, Community, Cycling, Do what you can with what you have, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged 100 day challenge, Active travel, Community, Coping, Food, Learning new skills, Lymphoedema, Simplicity, Swimming, Walking
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Health matters
Something I’ve been reflecting on quite a lot of late, for reasons partly related to me and partly related to others. The latter not mine to share; the former is. A couple of years ago, while walking the London Capital … Continue reading
The Gap Year: October ‘adventure’
Another month where you might not consider what we did to be an adventure, but I do. Because we didn’t go away anywhere or do anything exotic, and yet it was both familiar and unfamiliar, and quietly entrancing. We stayed … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Cycling, Family, Farming, Food, Frugal, Gap year, Growing, Inspirations, Local, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Active travel, Allotment, City Farms, Coping, Gap year, Gardening, growing, Home, Living, London, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Spitalfields, Travel, Volunteering
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Meanwhile, back in Bath…..
Earlier this week Bath hosted the end of Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain (cycling). There was great celebration by our local council, and lots of publicity for the event. Many of us turned out on a lovely late summer … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, Climate change, Community, Cycling, Inspirations, Local, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Uncategorized
Tagged Active travel, Bath, Community, Crochet, CycleBath, Cycling, Local, Reflections, Simplicity, Street art
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New York parks – part 1: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Of all the places we went in New York, the parks stand out for me as the places that really wowed me the most. This is the first in a series of posts about the various parks we visited. What … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Cycling, Family, Food, Frugal, Gap year, Inspirations, Local, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Celebrations, Community, Cycling, Exercise, Family, Food, Friends, Gap year, Living, Local, New York, Parks and open spaces, Reflections, Simplicity, Sport, Walking
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The Gap Year: August and September adventure – Canada and New York
This is an adventure that will take more than one post to write about, plus time for me to mentally process all that we saw and did. It straddled August and into September. So this post is no more than … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Cycling, Gap year, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, Canada, Community, Family, Friends, Gap year, Inspirations, Long-distance travel, New things, New York, Quebec, Reflections, Travel, USA
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Another challenge
This time an old one – a reminder of the cycling challenge I did almost 11 years ago, to celebrate my 50th birthday that year. It feels like a lifetime ago, so much has happened in those years since, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Growing, Inspirations, Seeing differently
Tagged Active travel, Celebrations, Challenges, Cycling, Learning new skills, Living, Local, Reflections
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the magic jug 