An excellent video – very good message – Year 7 students need to pay close attention to this.
Out on the bike with Hudson
a Saturday morning – frosty and BRIGHT
Horton Country Park – and a chat to the piggies – who are getting pretty big
no acorns today (sorry!)
on the road with a bike
Decisions – can on a bike mean LIFE or DEATH.
There is an advert at the moment on TV about a man who says I should be at home now… but (he was a motor cyclist) but there is even LESS protection for a pedal cyclist…
Do you risk running the lights?
Do you wait a little longer?
I am very grateful to Mr Penagos – for his advice on the route I should take to school – thanks to him – I have quiet roads and very very little traffic.
Rain
Despite the rain – still cheerful
RAIN – and what to wear on your bike
Not quite torrential rain this evening – but wet enough non the less…. I was pleased to have my gortex jacket on – and the trousers did a valiant job too…. However the footwear got soaked… light Diesel trainers – no protection against the rain or the water lying on the roads too.
Maybe one of my next investments – but better shoes may mean I have to change the pedals.. in order to have the overshoes that I want!
Oh dear – so much for cheap transportation…
Pedal cycling – my jouney on Two Wheels
Having had a variety of bikes over a number of years – I bought this one at the Lloyd’s Auction at Wandsworth about 9 or 10 years ago. I was delighted with it – and at the time went slightly mad with buying bikes at auction – I think part of this was NOT my fault – I had purchased something – I forget what, and then nobody wanted the 4 bikes before the ONE that I got… But when I went to collect, I found that the auctioneer had decided to bundle them all together…
I had a devil of a job getting them to Kingston where was living. One didn’t have a saddle – however – eventually I bought a new saddle – which cost me £30 as I also had an extended saddle post. I did then sell it to someone, they gave me £10 of the £30 I asked…. When they moved on the bike moved back to me…
However, the Barracuda has been with me for ages – and it has seen some action – but not until this September have I been serious about using it as a means to get to school and back again. To this aim I lashed out on an expensive saddle bag, and a decent light both bought through Halfords at Kingston-upon-Thames. The saddlebag was ordered and paid for online, but the lights were a spur of the moment decision. I have yet to invest in something with greater power, but when I do – it will probably be an Ebay or online purchase.
So for the first part of term I couldn’t manage more than a couple of days into school via pedal power, but then I managed 3 and last week 4 days. The only downside is that by Friday I was absolutely bushed!
I am including some photos taken when out with the dog in the woods this morning.
Did you notice that when I got back I actually CLEANED my bike – a little… just hot water and washing up liquid,,,, and a darn good brush.
my first post
Test – a few sentences
