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The sun is glaring down, baking the land in Belgium and Northern France. The landscape is fluffy clouds and blue skies above golden fields which have begun to be harvested early because of the heatwave. But across one set of … Continue reading
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Time for a quick gallery of photos from Tour of Flanders weekend! It is the first weekend in April and there is only one place to be for cycling fan in Belgium. Once again I had the best excuse to … Continue reading
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Despite the cold spell I was delighted to see that the snow was no longer forecast to come to our area this morning. That meant I could get out on my road bike with the club. Time of depart for … Continue reading
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I am going through a very strange time in the calendar at the moment. The year has a sort of “spring phase’ when a range events and activities begin to pick up momentum. And in a normal year this is … Continue reading
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On all the mainstream media and on social media there are tributes to the theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking who died today. By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons His book “A Brief History of Time” is estimated to … Continue reading
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After two very cold days in Utrecht this was going to be a blog post about the resilience of the bare-headed Dutch cyclists riding around in a wind chill of minus 10 Celsius. Or maybe a quick update on the … Continue reading
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This blog post is a catch up from the end of 2017. I have a lot of content and galleries that I just didn’t have the time to publish last year, so I will be threading some of them into … Continue reading
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Three days to refresh and revive last week. I promise I was working, but a trip to Portugal in January to escape the Belgian winter is a real bonus. Even better was the location for two of the days – … Continue reading
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Wow. We needed this, A proper glow in the sky for a bike ride this morning, above cold frosty ground. It seemed so unlikely I had to keep a diary to prove that it was really happening. 7.45 am – … Continue reading
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The New Year’s Day ride is a tradition. A tradition of mine, and the founding basis of I Do Not Despair, as I first posted on New Year’s Day 2012. Special rides Cold rides Failed rides But 2017 didn’t really … Continue reading
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Trying to find a way to summarise 2017 I reminded myself that this year almost every blog post has a unique header photo – some interesting shots, but only used once. So for my personal journey down memory lane, here … Continue reading
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Even a tiny flash of sunlight from time to time! Happy Old Year, Happy New Year!
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I am posting a short gallery of photos from my trip to Croatia in November as a bright interlude to one of the most miserable weather spells I can remember. It’s almost official. According to the Belgian weather service we … Continue reading
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My first snowride of the season. For my nephew Oli it’s the first time he has ever seen falling snow – and his first snowride. Growing up in Singapore and Sydney doesn’t offer much snowy fun so this was a … Continue reading
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I have just returned from four days in the Basque Country, the land of steep sided valleys and green hillsides on Spain’s northern coast. I could start with a blog post about the interesting and attractive cities of Bilbao and … Continue reading
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