Saturday 8th January 2022 – Surviving winter is not trivial. If you’re a lover of summer, light and green, the lightless, lifeless season can be grim –… Read more “#365daysofbiking Filling the space between then and now”
Tag: wet
#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 Glad to be back
Friday January 8th 2021 – A warmer day, but not much: The snow was mostly melted and the frost slight as I headed home from work. Between… Read more “#365daysofbiking Glad to be back”
#365daysofbiking Not fade away
Monday January 3rd 2021 – Back to work, with the country seemingly in limbo, with a government unsure whether to put us in full lockdown or not.… Read more “#365daysofbiking Not fade away”
#365daysofbiking Snow… And a touch of colour
Monday December 28th 2020 – It had snowed a little, and I headed out before lunch to catch something I thought would be fleeting – I love… Read more “#365daysofbiking Snow… And a touch of colour”
#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 Endless rain
Monday November 16th 2020 – I’m getting a bit fed up of the wet weather right now. Can it stop please? Morris, the Brownhills miner doesn’t mind… Read more “#365daysofbiking Endless rain”
#365daysofbiking Rising damp
Saturday, October 10th 2020 – A dreadful, wet autumn day of the kind that makes you want to hibernate for the whole winter. Everything was wet: Doing… Read more “#365daysofbiking Rising damp”
#365daysofbiking – May bee
April 28th – Almost bang on schedule, the may blossom – Hawthorn – is coming out along the lanes, towpaths and hedges of the area. This outwardly… Read more “#365daysofbiking – May bee”
#365daysofbiking – Back to earth
April 28th – The welcome warm, dry spell ended with a crash with a very cold-feeling day and seemingly endless rain. But it is still only April.… Read more “#365daysofbiking – Back to earth”