The Don of the internet has fixed me up again so I'm back, recently I have been riding bikes, drinking beer and going to deep house nights!   Read the rest of the entry...

Well last weekend was busy with riding bikes and beer festivals, then the run up to Easter was mad busy at work, inevitably a pile of applications to process arrived at the last possible moment to actually be in a position to get the work done before the Easter break... As a result I've been pretty lazy although I have done some DIY bits, cleaned and loved some bikes and watched the Tour of Flanders, but mainly I've caught up on sleep. We went for curry last night round the corner at Rasa Mudra it was superb, not your usual bog standard Indian meal, rather perfectly cooked Keralan cuisine. The Dhal that I had was perfect a mixture of different lentils some toasted, and perfectly spiced with just lovely notes of subtle heat. I'll be riding bikes a lot later in the week so it'll be nice to go to it with fresh legs for the first time in ages. More laundry, tidying and chair building today I think with a dose of Radio 4, maybe a cold beer and some bacon sandwiches   Read the rest of the entry...

Woot back online again after a fortnights absence it's like being in the dark ages not having an internet connection these days, I'm so happy I might go and ride bikes in a bit to celebrate, new flat is now up and running!   Read the rest of the entry...

It's back for the first time this year I've ridden everywhere this week doing errands, no fun yet but that's for the weekend, just enjoying the feeling of it all clicking and actually feeling quite good everytime I ride, about time!   Read the rest of the entry...

I rode bikes for fun, on Saturday for the first day since November, I'm not sure why it's taken so long for it to happen to be honest, I guess Christmas drinking, beer festivals and the coldest winter for thirty years all played some part. I guess being slack may have been a contributory factor as well, last week I decided to not commute to see if that might enthuse me again, it did as well as the prospect of riding a new bike. A touch of a hangover and squally rain showers the precursor of the big storm ruled out Saturday morning, then the calm before the storm arrived about 2pm, I did some bike preparation, and left about an hour later. Spot on 20 miles at an average of 11mph, not too shabby for a cross ride in grim conditions. Bikes really are ace.   Read the rest of the entry...

I've been to the Orient beer festival and now I'm rammed fuck yeah ;0)   Read the rest of the entry...

It's lovely I might take some pictures of it, or I might just taunt you with tellimng you all how ace it is. My new cross bike is ace, posting pictures is too much effort so I've decided on the latter option, it fits just right and goes like a dream! A huge thankyou to Rob for chauffering me about the East Midlands to collect it and suggesting a stunning real ale pub for lunch, days don't get much better. Oh go on then.... [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Hmmm lovely, looks nicer in the sun though!"][/caption]   Read the rest of the entry...

Is this the most perfect beer ever brewed I believe so, it's like drinking pink grapefruit juice with kind of a really nice beery taste as well it's just great. Only one barrel left apparently, looks like that's my Sunday afternoon sorted then. It has to be said that beer seems to be the only thing that's made this winter even vaguely bearable. I find it strange that as my life seems to last less and less time, winter this year seems to have gone on forever. We should be up at 8-9c we're still at 5c I'm stil in winter gloves it sucks .   Read the rest of the entry...

Not ridden again, can't find the motivation or the want to ride at the moment, I did at least ride to pick my train tickets up on Saturday which is something. I'd planned to ride today but getting up to grey just killed the idea straight off. I don't think commuting is helping I seem to spend my time on a bike damp, cold, covered in road grime and that's with mudguards. I think the last time I actually enjoyed, really enjoyed riding a bike was in November last year, which is a bit worrying really, since then it's just seemed like two wheeled misery. Still time is only wasted if you've not enjoyed your time, eating reheated home made enchilada's and refried beans and watching cross racing isn't a bad way to spend a winter Sunday. I should probably stop feeling guilty about not riding as it's not making things any better, I'm rather suspecting that the worry of an impendinf flat purchase is maybe weighing large as well, I'm just hoping it all comes off so I don't have to drag bikes up and down stairs and that I can clean them in my garden...   Read the rest of the entry...

January has past and it's warming up felt the first heat of the sun this year today, although the temperature dropped away considerably as the afternoon wore on. Still I managed everything I wanted to do today, bike cleaned train tickets purchased, bike component emergencies averted thanks to Timmy at Sideways, he really is like the bike superhero.   Read the rest of the entry...