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Cycling food - baking success
Regular readers will know I’ve written about food for cycling and also my attempts to bake bread. The energy bars, gels and drinks I bought in the early days were mostly very nice; easy to carry and did their intended job. But they were too expensive to keep using. Better…
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Stonehenge and the IoW
I initially thought about just riding to Stonehenge, staying nearby for the night and then coming back. Then I realised I’d be a short ride from Portsmouth; gateway to the Isle of Wight. So I booked the an extra day off work, the ferry and a place to stay for…
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So macho
I looked for the the creator of the image to credit I don’t think Sinitta had the same thoughts for the song as I did whilst writing this post. She wanted to meet a certain type of man. I lament my hobby of cycling as having too much machismo at…
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Family
Last weekend was a family reunion. Over the years I’ve kept in touch with family on my mothers side. Not so much my fathers. I’m not sure why, I think maybe it was that they lived further away and were older. My sister had been conversing with a cousin for…
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A broken record
It’s a worry I’ve had for some time, and I can’t shake it. Will the people I depend on get fed up hearing about my feelings and thoughts? Of course not; I’m very lucky. The support network I have always was and continues to be there for me. I think…