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My bicycle is totally immune to volcanic ash (at least while it is high in the atmosphere), and my travel plans have not been disrupted at all.

They took her and threw her in a canal.
Words fail me, only emptyness remains.

While I´ve been living in Amsterdam there have been a number of ‘White Bike‘ public rental schemes for bicycles, but they have all fallen afoul of the common thief. Meanwhile private bicycle rental firms have flourished, mainly becuse they take a deposit and ID.
Well, it looks like the French city of Lyon has a successful scheme now, using technology to track the bikes and making theft a much harder option. Quite an interesting idea really, I wonder how long before Amsterdam tries again..

..is fantastic a Swedish army bike, lovingly restored by me (I feel like the mice from Bagpuss).

So I bid farewell to my marvelous bicycle, she will be sadly missed.

Yamaha have a cool freebie on their website, paper models to print and construct, and it’s not just Motorcycles, they have other models too!

My favorite Bike racer, Steve Hislop, is dead.

Do you have a ‘Splatometer’? the RSPB is using them to monitor flying insects.. Personally I think they should look at bikers crash-helmet visors.

I had a last-minute hiccup with the bike, the damn speedo cable broke (again..). However, those nice folks at Rob Wilishires had a new one on the shelf. So it’s up to Harwich, and over the north sea we go without having to be ultra-paranoid with the speed cameras.

I’m back in the UK, at my parents place in North Waltham (Hampshire, UK). Picking up my Motorbike and seeing friends..