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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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The flat lands
Diss was my base for a weeks holiday. I arrived on Sunday after completing the Dunwich Dynamo. On Monday Ivo arrived, and after lunch we went for a walk starting and ending in Bungay. It was a good introduction to the local area.
Tuesday it was back on the bikes.…
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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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Apple tax
Another name is convenience tax. It’s the extra you pay for tech or a service from a particular providor. Generally I try not to be taken in by this. I like choice. And don’t want to pay more than I need. I own an Apple phone and computer because they…