Depression
Depression is one of those weird things that not only affects everyone differently, but changes in how it affects you from day to day. I’ve been struggling with it since…
October ’25 Update
Considering I have used <month> Update as a title before it makes sense that I should add a year mark as well, so this is an Update for October 2025.…
Of Mice and Men
And yes I wish I could write as well as Steinbeck… but I can’t… 😉 My plan to ride a imperial half century has been put on hold. I don’t…
A Half Century for my Half Century
I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of months – longer in fact – and not really coming to many conclusions. I wanted to do something to commemorate my…
Two things…
One: Last year I had a subcutaneous cyst on the back of my neck go septic, this year I have one on the side of my neck, the treatment of…
Nor Find Surcease from Sorrow
I had to re-read what I wrote in my previous bike related post (See: And Ends), to know what the state of play was the last time I wrote about…
Assistance?
When I tried out an e-Bike last summer I loved the ease at which I could actually pedal up hills. It had downsides of course, overuse had left some of…
And Ends
Well I hope so. So today I have all the parts that I need to reassemble the bike, the new derailleur is installed along with the new UDH, I have…
The Saga Continues
And not because I have done much more writing. I’d also love to say that I now have a fully working bike, but can’t as I don’t. While disassembling the…
A love/hate relationship.
I love it when it works but it makes me feel so fucking useless and ineffectual when it doesn’t. I am of course talking about my bike. At the start…