by Neil | Feb 1, 2010 | Comment, commuting, London, Personal
I left the house at 6.20 AM and returned at 7.45pm. Tomorrow I will leave at around 6am. I’m so glad I moved to London where the streets are paved with gold. No really: that’s what gold looks and smells like these days. Gah. At least I managed to...by Neil | Apr 21, 2009 | commuting, cycling, Personal, Writing
I really need to get me one. So the cycling experiment isn’t going so well. I can, it turns out, do the distance without having a heart attack and, most of the time, it is enjoyable. However, it’s not really saving me any money as I seem to be wearing out...by Neil | Apr 2, 2009 | commuting, cycling, London, Personal, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but I'm not proud
The cycle in this morning went reasonably well despite a rather amusing tour of Southwark courtesy of my lack of direction. I guess it shows you’ve not cycled in a while when you get lost on a route that should essentially be a straight line. Still, I managed to...by Neil | Mar 22, 2009 | ballistic fat welshman, commuting, cycling, London, Personal, Random, time for a change
A short one this evening as I have some bits to do. I’m pleased to report the ride to Greenwich went well following a shaky start. My lack lustre fitness and the cold weather this morning meant I was really feeling it by the time I got a short mile down the road...by Neil | Mar 21, 2009 | ballistic fat welshman, commuting, cycling, excitement in Abbey Wood, Life, Personal, Seemed like a good idea at the time
No, I haven’t been making vehicles out of Grannies. For reasons to dull to go into, including South Eastern pricing this year, I’ve decided to experiment one last time with commuting by bike. For those who don’t know this was my preferred way of...by Neil | Mar 7, 2009 | commuting, London, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but I'm not proud, Travel
Charing Cross aren’t very good at updating their tanoy messages. They’ve been running the same “Please take care due to today’s inclement weather” message whether the weather has been inclement or not. I’m not irritated by that....