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.

Slowly, slowly into Spring

Yes, Spring is in the air – on certain days! Winter soon returns but those one-off springlike days are very enjoyable. For now our Magnolia is in flower – usually the flowers get blown off really quickly as it’s the start of the windy season : Welcome to the Roaring Forties!!

At last – a good ride !

The arrow is pointing at the sun! or somewhere close. It has been a poor week for cycling with lots of days looking like this, or, if the skies have been clearer, we had other things to do. Mostly though it was grey and wet and windy. I checked the Panshanger weather site a few times and saw we were experiencing wind gusts of over 60kph at times. So, all in all, not good cycling weather.

However !!