Sunday 8th February 2022 – I hadn’t been feeling very well, and the weather was awful but I needed fresh air. So I did what I always… Read more “#365daysofbiking Slurry up”
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#365daysofbiking Bogged down
Sunday January 17th 2021 – Riding hasn’t been great this winter, if I’m honest. The lockdown and pandemic notwithstanding, the weather has been consistently wet and unpleasant,… Read more “#365daysofbiking Bogged down”
#365daysofbiking That’s enough for now, please
Wednesday December 16th 2020 – Talking of water, the overflow at Clayhanger Bridge, safely conducting the excess canal water to the Tame via the Ford Brook is… Read more “#365daysofbiking That’s enough for now, please”
#365daysofbiking Surface tension
March 11th – Returning home that evening the weather had improved some in that the rain had stopped, the sky had cleared and a reasonable sunset was… Read more “#365daysofbiking Surface tension”
#365daysofbiking Stuck in the mud
February 18th – One of the more grinding, miserable effects of the tremendously wet year so far has been the constant sea of mud that accompanies any… Read more “#365daysofbiking Stuck in the mud”
#365daysofbiking Stuck in the mud
February 15th – Another weekend, another storm, this time the more mundanely named Dennis. Dennis was a sod though, bringing heavy rain and high wind. Slipping out… Read more “#365daysofbiking Stuck in the mud”
#365daysofbiking Taking a toll
December 22nd – I’ve not been riding back from Shenstone or Lichfield much this winter, and the backlands are not the familiar haunts they were, so it… Read more “#365daysofbiking Taking a toll”
#365daysofbiking Grime scene
December 9th – The increasingly poor weather really is taking it’s toll on the bikes. I’m not a fanatical bike cleaner, and prefer my steeds to show… Read more “#365daysofbiking Grime scene”
#365daysofbiking Cleaning the equipment
November 23rd – Despite the wet, I had the urge to pop down the Fly Bay track to the north heath. It wasn’t luck, I think my… Read more “#365daysofbiking Cleaning the equipment”
#365daysofbiking Unkind cuts
November 17th – The Canal and River Trust are still doing their best to piss me off, their talent for which is so prodigious I doubt they… Read more “#365daysofbiking Unkind cuts”
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