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HALF MAN, HALF BIKE
WHY EVERY CYCLIST SHOULD DO AT LEAST ONE BIG RIDE IN THEIR LIFE Before I start blatting on about ‘big rides’ I guess we should define what, exactly, a ‘big ride’ is. Personally, I’d consider it to be more about the time it takes than the distance covered, for two...
NO MORE SKIING, NO MORE SNOW
Climate crisis means quarter of European ski resorts face scarce snow | Climate crisis | The Guardian This stuff needs to be challenged. Why? Because it invariably focusses on the worst-case scenario and uses that as the headline and the hook for the entire piece. The...
WHY I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE ‘CLIMATE CRISIS’
The first in a series of loosely considered gibberish on the 'climate debate'. SCOURING PADS That loveable wee pixie Greta Thunberg and all the other miserabilist eco-warriors would have us believe that the only way to solve the ‘climate crisis’ (note – this will be...
WHY REAL CAMPERVANNING IS DEAD
‘No overnight parking’. ‘Campervans prohibited’. ‘No camping or caravanning’. Anyone who spends much time in a campervan will be familiar with signs like this, which are popping up with increasing regularity around the country. Local authorities from Caithness to...
JELLY BRAINED IDIOTS
When did the people of Britain become such a bunch of timorous little mice? A couple of days of strong winds and relatively light snowfall in SE England and the media act as if Armageddon is upon us (UK weather: Storm Darcy to bring more snowfall and gale-force winds...
HARD WORK
So, our Brexiteer chums will be pleased to know that their actions have not only made travel in Europe considerably more difficult than it once was, but they have also helped reveal the origins of said word, which predictably enough come from that home of the devil,...
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