Wellness Base
Don't tell F, but I'm not sure I have enough bikes with me...
Posted by
Aiddy
on Mon 31 October 2022
Wellness Day 1
We've been here before, but this time what came next was more successfull.
Bike is ready to board the ten thirty-ish to Penzance.
And I'm ready too, with caffeine drink in a slightly leaky mug.
Taunton arrived - almost as quickly as the snack cart.
It was slower after Exeter, but the views are something special.
And the reading was just as good.
Too soon, Bodmin Parkway arrived. Luckily mine was the only bike, so I was able to wrangle it out of the rack with only 5 minutes of hassle (oh to be a fly-on-the-wall for the user research that never happened when this wasn't designed)
The route from Parkway station into Bodmin is a wonderful ride through the woodland around Lanhydroc. There's lots of trails here to explore, and on reflection, this might have been a
tad over ambitious on a single-speed.
After the woods is a dog-leg to get across the A30 Bodmin Bypass and then down into Bodmin to pick up the Camel Trail.
The trail was almost deserted, a big change from the summer when it's packed wheel-to-wheel. Unlike the summer there was plenty of places in the Wadebridge bike racks... but the coffee place I'd found last time was shut.
I made it just before the rain, but managed to get soaked picking up some supplies. But at least I managed a selfie to prove to F that I'd made it ;-)
Going back might take a little longer...
Posted by
Aiddy
on Mon 31 October 2022
Packed and ready
All packed up and ready for another attempt.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 30 October 2022
Sunday Lunch
The veg is on.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 30 October 2022
Wet Sunday
It's damp today. Yogi is less than happy about it.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 30 October 2022
Ewok and Yogi
Busy walk this morning, lots of people to chat to.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 29 October 2022
Waiting
90 minutes after the usual time for tea and Ewok was giving up. Yogi tried to encourage him to stay, but Ewok was adamant that he was off. Just as soon as the front door opened.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Wed 26 October 2022
Autumn Walks
Autumn (fall) colour (color) on the morning walks.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Wed 26 October 2022
Rioja? Don’t mind if I do.
Getting ready for a long winter evening or four.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 25 October 2022
New wheels
And a little 10k ride to get started. Lovely.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 23 October 2022
Waiting
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 23 October 2022
The team meets
In a distributed-first, post-pandemic (ish), way of working, coming together as a team occasionally is something to cherish.
And an opportunity to put your kids up on a big screen.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 23 October 2022
Ellery Beach House
A quiet corner.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 22 October 2022
Sneaking cruise ship
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 22 October 2022
Stockholm
A week in Stockholm hotels. Plural, for reasons.
4 days in 6 with early morning running views.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 22 October 2022
Accelerate: Book
I was after a couple of copies. But, it was out of print. I tracked down one copy online at Blackwell's and asked them to reserve it. When I went to pick it up I stumbled on their 25 missing copies, shelved under business strategy. I then went to Sweden and forgot to give them to the people I'd got them for. Duh!
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 22 October 2022
This sofa is not there
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 22 October 2022
Wallingford at Night
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 15 October 2022
Goodbye Friend
The space where my bike should have been.
Some highlights...
- May 2005 - with Fay along the Grand Union
- Jan 2021 - riding home cross-country after an MRI
- May 2009 - with H riding the Redmond watershed
- Sept 2009 - with H in Paradise Valley
- Feb 2010 - with a unique hair style co-rider
- May 2020 - lock down exploring
...and it's never been a bad day to ride
Posted by
Aiddy
on Thu 13 October 2022
2007
Helping the neighbours with some bottles, a reminder of what we were up to when the wine went into that bottle.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 11 October 2022
October Blue Sky
October and the sky is blue.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 11 October 2022
Another Padstow at Night
Clearing sky. Resting on a bin, in a post-dinner stroll around the harbour. This something at night could become a trend.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Wed 05 October 2022
Cloudy Day for a Walk
Padstow looks like, well, Padstow, even on a cloudy morning.
Look closely and you can see the stormy clouds brewing over the distant moor.
As ever though, the boys made the most of it. Can you spot Yogi?
Posted by
Aiddy
on Wed 05 October 2022
Padstow at Night
A little bit of Padstow after dark.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 04 October 2022
Sofa Yogi
Need a bigger futon Yogi. No he said, it's fine.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 04 October 2022
Running Sand Views
Pentire Point from Hawker's Cove.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Tue 04 October 2022
Scaffolding
Not us, but up the street from us. Narrow.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Mon 03 October 2022
Morning Padstow Dog Walk
Up with the sun, which is getting easier these days, for a stretch with the boys.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Mon 03 October 2022
Happy Birthday Mr. E
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 02 October 2022
Old Boar Quarry
A walk from Padstow to Stepper Point Quarry.
War Memorial.
Across to Hawker's Cove.
Stepper Point from the Quarry.
The bog garden at the south edge of the quarry.
Hawker's Cove as the tide drops.
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 02 October 2022
Pew
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sun 02 October 2022
Between the showers
Posted by
Aiddy
on Sat 01 October 2022