Quite a few of the photography accounts on Twitter do this thing on a Saturday (Friday if they're in the US) where they summarise the week in photos. Posts like that are great -- a few fleeting images that tell you a whole lot about the events of the last seven days. We're going to …
Spurred by yesterday’s bike-borne expedition into the unknown, I squandered a bit of time last night looking for further local loops to explore on two wheels. Modern internet-based social platforms make this kind of thing so easy. For example, I have recently joined a service called Strava, which enables weekend warriors and endurance sports weirdos …
OK, I have a whole bunch of posts half-done and awaiting the final push to force them into shape and spewed out to an indifferent world. The problem is that they are all rather complicated and serious, which is a difficult look to sustain around here. In the meantime, things need to keep inching forward. …
I think I may have mentioned a passion for cycling at some point in this saga. It’s something that goes back a long way, with short interruptions for loveless dalliances with motorcycles, Ford Anglias and utes. Like the archetypical beardy hipster, I’m claiming I was into it before it was trendy. The thing is, it's …
Being deposited far away from your comfort zone and getting to grips with a brand new life forces you to re-look at things you’ve long taken as read. Stuff that seemed obvious and set in stone suddenly won’t make sense in a new context, and in a way it’s adapt or die – a spot …
Off to the bustling megalopolis of Canberra today. Various tasks called, and as we’d also faffed around quite a lot in the morning, we only hit the road at about midday. Even worse, such was the haste of our departure that we neglected our morning coffee before setting out. Now this is a complicated matter. …
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