Hawthorns abound and cameras are mis-managed. Punctures The authorities arrange for giant slashers to visit the rural lanes around here and their job is to crudely smash the hawthorn hedges into shape. One downside this year is that the job has been done at the start of Autumn and the slashing has removed a lot ..read more

There’s been a bit of cycling in January, I have averaged 1 ride a week (!), some of them only shopping trips, all to get to a total of 71 kilometres! Yep – not a lot…. But, Mrs C and I did have a shakedown trip to Ross to test the tent / stretchers prior ..read more

Another year will soon be gone and, as we approach Christmas and New Year, I started looking back to see how cycling had featured in my 2024. The answer is – Not as much as in previous years. I certainly did not manage the 78k per week in my New Year’s Resolution. That said ..read more

While the sun shines. In early November the paddocks seemed full of lambs and calves getting bigger and fatter. Born during the cooler weather they are responding very well to the improved pasture. Now it’s hay. I took a ride to Bishopsbourne yesterday and was surprised at the amount of hay-making going on. Any sheepless/calfless ..read more

The batteries need charging. With the cataract surgery and recovery period behind me I have finally started riding again. I guess I am trying to stay out of the sun at the moment due to some sun damage that I want to take to a Dermatologist this week – so that’s impacting on riding too ..read more

This week I had an email from Old Bob asking if I was OK because there have been no posts recently. Here’s what’s happening. There have been no posts because I haven’t been out riding much. Reason 1 is the weather. After the coldest June/July for many years we had the warmest August ever but ..read more

Yes, at last, a week with 78+ kilometers travelled. The weather was showing signs of improvement and my winter arthritis was not so bad. Tasmania as well as the southern Australian mainland has been impacted by strange behaviour of the southern Polar Vortex. Click on the link below for an explanation : https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-27/nsw-antarctica-warming-over-50c/104142332 This is ..read more

I see I am not writing much this year. There are several reasons for this, one being I’m not actually riding very often. In fact Mrs C and I are doing a bit more walking – hence the above picture from the Tamar Wetlands walk. Why am I not riding very often? you may well ask. I guess there are several reasons. We continually seem to have things that must be done, appointments to keep etc and lots of these things clash with days I could be riding. Plus I haven’t the “push” to get out and about on the bike now the weather is a bit inclement! Consequently I have not been meeting my New Year Resolu ..read more

10 wheels? Yes, that’s 3 trikes and 1 e-wheel riding part of the NW Coastal Path in north-west Tasmania The NW Coastal Pathway is the initiative of a number of Councils along the coast with the goal of creating a shared pathway with a length of approx 110 kilometres. Quite a bit of it is in place now with more to come online in the next few months. Today we cycle one of the latest lengths to be added between Don and Turners Beach. Four older guys with a combined age of 316 decided to ride this short stretch of the path. For a year or so Ken, at 91, has been wanting to give this a go on his tri ..read more

After Colin’s tyre self-destructed (See last post) I checked mine and – yes – they are worn. New Tyres for Bluey I looked back over this Blog to see when I last replaced the tyres but could not find that post. I’m sure it’s in here somewhere. Never mind, new tyres were ordered from Melbourne. Big Apples, 20″ by 2.15″ wide, balloon tyres. A friend recently went on a cycling trip to China and before he left he bought some new Schwalbe Marathons from eBay. They gave him a heap of puncture problems BUT he now believes they were not real Schwalbes – the name was not raised on the tyre. Mine are ..read more