Steady now
It is strange the effect it has on you. Every time I have got on the bike in the past few weeks,…
Category: Bike
Aren’t motorcycles dangerous? Why do you do it?
Yes. Life is dangerous. Why do people go rock climbing, bungee jumping, paragliding and all the other hobbies and activities that are…
Petrol fumes
The smell does funny things to me. It brings back times and situations of my youth. The growl of engines, you can almost…
Hey Pesto!
Inspired by Laura’s Pesto Incident, I was reminded of a thing that happened to my youngest daughter some years ago. We were having…
A dangerous addiction
I am pretty sure I have an addictive gene. My sister and brother too. And I think it comes from my mums side.…
Social responsibility
At 17, in the deepest darkest Cornwall, social responsibility didn’t really enter my silly little head. Having written and sold my first computer…
Testing time
My bike isn’t the fastest. Nor is it the slowest. My original thinking was to buy it before my riding test. Something to…
Work and ride
Yesterday was an office day. Big things happening and I had a meeting to attend and present at. I had planned to…
The long weekend
The urge is strong this morning. Two, mutually exclusive urges. I feel like smoking. Smokers know what I mean. The sort of…
Pushing it
My head has been a bit all over the place these last few days. I took a call from the Living Donor team.…
Cigarettes and alcohol
Friday I went to the docs. I’d been earlier in the week for the nurse to take even more blood. I was surprised,…
Oil and petrol
The smell does funny things to me. It brings back times and situations of my youth. The growl of engines, you can almost…