Author: antc1946

Born in 1946 I learnt to cycle about 10 years later. On a bike with rods connecting brake levers to the brakes - anyone remember those? I emigrated to Australia (from the UK) in 1974 and moved to Tasmania in 1984. Bicycles were in my life for most of that time although sometimes they were replaced by motorised two wheels for a bit more excitement. On reaching 70 I decided to stick to pedal power but in 2019 an electric recumbent made an appearance. it's now 2023 and I have 3 bikes. 2 e-recumbents and the Brompton.

January 2022

Last year I did a lot of riding around the Norfolk Plains. Although the experience of each ride is different, the views superb and traffic light, writing about them tends to be repetitive. This year I decided to write an EOM wrap-up of the “standard” cycling activities within each month and add separate posts for any ride a bit out of the ordinary.

Scottsdale Rail Trail – 2022

At the end of November 2015 I went to the opening of the Scottsdale to Tonganah section of the North East Tasmania Rail Trail. As part of this work the trail surface for the existing section from Tonganah to Billycock Hill had also upgraded. Sadly, since that time, further plans to extend the trail towards Launceston have been held up by Court challenges and Government enquiries while no further improvement to the track surface has happened.