Exploits in Istanbul 9.1 Istanbul is probably the least bike-friendly city I’ve been to – evil hills, scary taxi drivers, unusable pavements for pedestrians and cobbles and potholes for all. So it’s surprising how many […]
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foreign travels
With weather set to be fairly foul again, and the knee in need of a quietish day, we drove down to Dulwich to see the Hockney prints, which are as wonderful as they ever were. […]
happy late christmas
My bike’s been given wonderful new double-pivot Shimano brakes by Robin. Took a little getting used to – very easy to go over the handlebars, they are so efficient. And very beautiful.
snowshill
Hannah proposed a visit to Snowshill – a National Trust arts-and-crafts manor house and gardens near Evesham. It’s a house after my own heart – Charles Paget Wade clearly never threw anything away. He was […]