Commuter Coffee
I've been missing my commuter coffee from Lesley at Cholsey station, but she's now at Wallingford Station1 each weekday. W00t! So this morning I extended my morning commute from a walk halfway down the garden to a ride to Wallingford and back. lovely.
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Wait, what‽ Wallingford has a station‽ ↩
Beer sunset
First round at the King Billy as the day was closing. Beautiful views across the valley.
Day Out in London
Masks On! For a day trip to London by train.
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Evening bike ride went full-on cross country.
Locked down Wallingford
A lunch time ride into town to drop a couple of things into the Post Office. Quiet.
Bike Ride Views
A ride with Finn. Our exercise for the day...
> You should only leave the house for very limited purposes: > * shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible. > * one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household. > * any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. > * travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home. > >These reasons are exceptions - even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household. > >These measures must be followed by everyone.
Guidance: Staying at home and away from others (social distancing), UK Government Cabinet Office, Published 23 March 2020
Wet train from Cholsey
A towel is always useful after a wet ride to the station. Keeps the seat dry for future passengers. Thanks Douglas.
Wallingford Road Deluded
Wallingford Road is closed to motor vehicles. The shared foot and cycle path remains open. Someone isn't happy about the road being closed. They've put up some signs so that we know that they're not happy.
Unsafe. Disrespectful. Excessive. About sums up how it feels to ride a bike along this stretch of road, with motorists practicing their near-miss close-pass skills. Of course that's only when the road isn't closed.
Sunday Lunch Ride
F's choice, road route. Downhill speed fun (fueled by yummy grub at the King William). Table view was none too shabby...
Winter Dog Walk
A winter dog walk the easy way. Jump on the bike and ride up and down the lane through the snow.
Bike Lane Reprise
The stupidity of this bike lane has me so grumpy that I'm posting a picture of it again .
It's below the minimum recommended width; and in the wrong place (per the Highways Agency Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 5, Section 2, Part 4, Advice Note TA 91/05).
It encourages drivers to think there is sufficient space to overtake (see Highway Code rule 163 " give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car ").
It has a rainwater drain that occupies two-thirds of the width which all but guarantees that a cyclist will be forced to move right (which is likely to become an unpleasant reminder of Rule 213 " Motorcyclists and cyclists may suddenly need to avoid uneven road surfaces and obstacles such as drain covers or oily, wet or icy patches on the road. Give them plenty of room and pay particular attention to any sudden change of direction they may have to make. ")
Commute Route
The first leg of my London commute home is by bike from nearly Shoreditch to Paddington. The route along High Holbourn crosses the junction with Kingsway and Southampton Row. It's not the nicest ride.
Wallingford Festival of Cycling
Rode down the lane to watch the end of the Wallingford Festival of Cycling national junior women's race heading down Shillingford Road to the finish line.
Earlier in the day we narrowly avoided getting mown down by the men's race by miss-timing the ride into town.
Foggy night ride along the river valley, with lights!
[ Foggy night ride along the river valley, with lights! on flickr.]
Bike hack. Broken gear cable to temporary fixie style ride.
[ Bike hack. Broken gear cable to temporary fixie style ride. on flickr.]
Be safe be seen
A brighter ride with a couple of these.
Bright enough that they need to be dipped for oncoming pedestrians but still apparently not bright enough for drivers pulling out onto Shillingford roundabout…
…but then mid day summer sunlight isn’t bright enough for them either.
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