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Dunwich dynamo
The Dunwich Dynamo is an annual semi-organised, through-the-night bicycle ride from London Fields park in Hackney, London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. I have always wanted to do it. A team from Oxted Cycling Club joined me. Nick, Neil, Stuart, Dave and his son; and another Nick - a…
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Procrastination
It’s too easy to put off action. This weekend I finally completed the mundain task of defrosting the freezer. As I mopped up the water from the floor I realised it was a metafor for life I have known for ages that it needed doing, everytime I opened the compartment…
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Keeping the dark at bay
I know many people have times when they feel down, and others suffer from depression more severely than me I’ve learnt to deal with the dark times better, I talk: mostly to my sister, then friends and family both distant and next door (my neighbours are more than just the…
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Greenwich walkabout on film
Primarily a chance to catch up with my sister I took my film camera along. I think I was in my teens the last time I visited the Cutty Sark. Back then it was a much lower tech environment. This was way before the glass structure that now surrounds the…
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Fairview Cove
My first bikepacking adventure of the year is completed. And I feel so much better for it. As you’ll have read it was to Fairview on the south coast. Day one was via a friends house near Burwash. I always underestimate how long it’s going to take to get there;…