When we moved into our house in 1997 the garden consisted mainly of lawns and rose beds. We removed every single rose as a reaction to this but over the last few years we have reintroduced them. Rather than dotting them along a border on their own we have used them in a mixture ofContinue reading “Flower of the Week, 17th June 2024.”
Finding the way to ride an E bike.
On a conventional mountain bike I’ve always undertaken several different types of ride. Sometimes I’ll repeat a circuit, trying to maintain consistent lap times and reaching exhaustion on the final lap. On other occasions I’ll session a downhill segment to work on my skills at the limit of my ability. Often I’ll undertake a trailContinue reading “Finding the way to ride an E bike.”
Flower of the Week, 29th May 2024.
When we moved into our house, 27 years ago, it had a typical 1950s style of garden. Much of it consisted of open brown soil, dotted with rose bushes. It took us a long time to want roses again after we’d removed all of the originals. What changed our minds about Britain’s favourite plant wasContinue reading “Flower of the Week, 29th May 2024.”
Our Scooter Trip to Normandy, 2024
This year was the sixth time that I have ridden with a group of local scooter riders to locations in Continental Europe. The destination this time was Normandy to commemorate, a few weeks early, the 80th anniversary of the D Day landings of the 6th of June 1944. 12 middle aged men travelling around 750Continue reading “Our Scooter Trip to Normandy, 2024”
Flower of the Week, 15th May 2024.
I’ve been away for a week with 11 other scooter riders. We visited the D Day landings area of Normandy, of which I’ll tell you more in a later post. In the meantime the garden has exploded into bloom. We have greatly reduced our area of primulas. They self propagate just too well. The onesContinue reading “Flower of the Week, 15th May 2024.”
I’m in love again.
Due to a heart condition, which will hopefully be fixed later this year, I’ve had to take to E biking instead of riding an unassisted mountain bike. Whilst I’ve enjoyed getting out in the fresh air I haven’t enjoyed riding the E bike nearly as much as my other bikes. I built it by convertingContinue reading “I’m in love again.”
An invention which may change the World. (Or not.)
The weather in April has continued to be as wet as it was in March. This is unusual since April is often the driest month of the year but it would take more than a little rain to stop me from riding. I’ve used the bike quite often but today was the first time inContinue reading “An invention which may change the World. (Or not.)”
Flower of the Week, 8th April 2024.
We have several trees and shrubs in bloom at the moment, including 2 Amelanchier Canadensis. This shrub, originating obviously enough from Canada, blossoms before the leaves grow. After the blossom the shrub has a graceful, fan like or conical form. The red to purple berries are edible though taste wise, they’re nothing to get excitedContinue reading “Flower of the Week, 8th April 2024.”
Flower of the Week, 21st March 2024.
Spring has sprung! Last year we had a very late spring but this time around, after a mild winter, things are getting going early. The vegetation is erupting and we already have several plants in flower. The daffodils are in full bloom. Near our smaller pond we have the wild cowslip and a cultivated primula.Continue reading “Flower of the Week, 21st March 2024.”
My longest E bike ride so far.
I’ve been using my E bike for several months but I’ve never come anywhere close to running out of battery power. 2 days ago I rode for 13 miles and have since added around 3 more miles to the total distance, since charging the battery. Of course if I pedaled hard enough I wouldn’t useContinue reading “My longest E bike ride so far.”
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