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Tag Archives: East Goscote

A dented basket and a near miss

4 Comments Posted by on July 1, 2011

Dented Basket Yesterday Jane had a crash on her bike that has left her front wickerwork basked badly dented. Riding along the shared use (pedestrians and cylcists) route between Syston and East Goscote she slowed down to go past a van that was parked on the pavement. As she did so a man stepped out [...]

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Making the most of your day

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 1, 2011

We had a short window of opportunity this morning when Jane had a gap in her schedule. Her early morning had been back to back calls and then an hour before lunch visits (she is doing home care for people). So she dropped the car off at home (her morning calls were too widespread to [...]

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More lovely fixie riding

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 27, 2011

So it turns out that my fear expressed in Potential bike upgrade miscalculation did not happen. Our oldest son decided that he didn’t want a bike for another term. I am clearly on notice though, as next year he will not be living right in the heart of Oxford. So I have been enjoying my fixie while [...]

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Syston Methodist Church to Rearsby Convent

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 24, 2010

Yesterday I rode to Rearsby Convent for the first time. Lovely place and lovely people making a great setting for as quiet day. As always a day that is made better by being gently woken up and refreshed by a nice ride to get there. The ride includes one of the best stretches of Cycle [...]

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First sizeable load on my Bullitt Clockwork

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 17, 2010

What could be worse than needing to go to the recycling centre/rubbish tip on your day off. Having to drive there and then wait in a long queue would be one answer. So today I took a load of stuff that either can’t be recycled by the home collection or won’t fit in our bin. [...]

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Two weeks into Cycling for work

3 Comments Posted by on September 15, 2010

Just over two weeks ago I started a new job. Well more accurately the old job in a new place. I am still a Methodist Minister but now in the Leicester North Circuit and living in Syston (just outside Leicester on the North side). This new appointment means travelling much shorter distances so I am attempting [...]

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