Saturday 22nd January 2022 – The endless rain and murk seems to be coming to a bit of a break – and a cessation in this grim… Read more “#365daysofbiking Bridge to my heart”
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#365daysofbiking Abridged
Friday January 15th 2021 – Just hopping on the canal on the way home from work, I turned to look behind me at the bridge whose challenging… Read more “#365daysofbiking Abridged”
#365daysofbiking When the lights go out
April 5th – An exercise spin out at dusk unusually took my mood down. I wasn’t feeling great and this one scene made my mood nosedive. I… Read more “#365daysofbiking When the lights go out”
#365daysofbiking Fallen silent
April 3rd – A dusk ride out on a Friday at 7pm and there’s an unnatural silence descended on the area. The Shire Oak Pub should be… Read more “#365daysofbiking Fallen silent”
#365daysofbiking Back to black
January 16th -Thoughts of spring had been very seductive, but as the following day had proven, it was way too early to call yet. A very wet,… Read more “#365daysofbiking Back to black”
#365daysofbiking Oddly peaceful
January 4th – It wasn’t particularly late – I think about 5pm, maybe 6. I was test riding after repairs. I’d relented and cleaned the bikes and… Read more “#365daysofbiking Oddly peaceful”
#365daysofbiking Dark is the night
November 25th – Returning home, I took the canal from Walsall Wood, but the towpath was horribly waterlogged and muddy, so I headed back towards the Anchor… Read more “#365daysofbiking Dark is the night”
#365daysofbiking The hiss of wet tarmac
October 25th – I seemed to have been cycling on water all day – the rain barely abated until evening. Returning from an errand in Stonnall, I… Read more “#365daysofbiking The hiss of wet tarmac”
#365daysofbiking On the tiles
July 24th – A sunny morning riding up the industrial, backstreets of North Walsall. In John Street, a pub with an interesting history is still thriving despite… Read more “#365daysofbiking On the tiles”
#365daysofbiking A lifetime away
March 17th – On Lea Lane, between Newton and Admaston, a nice country house. Rambling, large, with half its garden oddly over the road, it’s a curious building. What… Read more “#365daysofbiking A lifetime away”