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March 19, 2008

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Quick Clips

Ready made GPX files for waymarked cycle routes – because you can never rely on the waymarks. 20210901

Olympic gold? Pretty good. Knitting your own medal cosy? Out of this world good! 20210727

the human wonders what time it is… 20210721

1991 and 2021 20210630

testy mctestface…. 20210604

Dead. Patrick Caulfield’s grave is the best grave. 20210526

Everyone is Awesome 20210520

“Go slowly, go gently, take photos, have courage.” Fab. Also I want a flowered basket now! 20210511

trying to figure out where photos were taken – your own old ones maybe – is a fun bit of research, but this story takes geolocation from an image to a whole new level 20210505

mesmerising map of lighthouse flash patterns 20210505

Recently Read

The Island House by Amanda Brittany.

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

What We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research (Pelican Books) by Jonathan Gershuny.

The Venetian Legacy by Philip Gwynne Jones.

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones.

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About half a blanket. Made with leftover yarns (an

About half a blanket. Made with leftover yarns (and beads) from old projects and patterns from @debbieabrahams_knitting books. Think I’m going to knit another lot like this in slightly different colours and then figure out how to put it all together. #knitting #blanketknitting #blanketsandthrows #afghanknitting #knittingwithbeads

2000 miles on my bike. In just over a year. And ju

2000 miles on my bike. In just over a year. And just after I got to the top of the hill & hit stop rather than pause by accident. #oxygenbicycles #pedelec #electricbike #huddersfield #castlehillhuddersfield

Table runner with 🇯🇵Japanese fabrics & #sash

Table runner with 🇯🇵Japanese fabrics & #sashiko embroidery. From a kit by #eurojapanlinks bought at the #festivalofquilts a couple of years ago. I made it reversible by making up a similar pattern out of some @modafabrics #modaelementary fabrics. Think it probably needs a little more quilting for longevity. #patchwork #quilting #tablerunner #sewing

And then there was a sixth former!

And then there was a sixth former!

I almost forgot to take any photos; here’s an ac

I almost forgot to take any photos; here’s an action shot of me flying over the handlebars though 😃 Wasn’t impressed with #ncn62 north of Oxspring so took a different route; #a628 wasn’t the best choice. #electricbike #pedelec #oxygenbicycles #nationalcyclenetwork #sustrans #cycling #transpenninetrail

Another amble around Leeds. I should have taken a

Another amble around Leeds. I should have taken a photo of the shiny “cycle superhighway” sign. It was how you could tell it wasn’t just another badly specced cycle path that occasionally turned into a pavement. I jest a little, I’ll take all the cycle infrastructure I can get but I’ll dream of getting back to the Netherlands sometime! #nationalcyclenetwork #ncn688 #ncn677 #cs2 #cyclesuperhighway2 #leeds #electricbike #oxygenbicycles #cycling

Lovely amble around Leeds - almost ruined by findi

Lovely amble around Leeds - almost ruined by finding a huge narrow long set of stairs on #ncn67 thankfully a young woman helped me up with my heavy #electricbike or I think I’d have to have had a very long detour. I thought I was heading towards a retail park at one point but it turned out to be the motorway services (and I wasn’t the only non motorist there!) And I don’t think I’ve ever seen a real live Pegasus crossing before. #pedelec #oxygenbicycles #nationalcyclenetwork #ncn66 #westyorkshirecycleroute #leedsandliverpoolcanal #airevalleytowpath #leeds

In a change from cycle path barriers you can’t c

In a change from cycle path barriers you can’t cycle past, today we have a footpath barrier I could have cycled under 😄 (I walked though 😇) #cycling #ebikes #pedelec

Pootling about from Uppermill on the western end o

Pootling about from Uppermill on the western end of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Pennine Bridleway. #cycling #penninebridleway #huddersfieldnarrowcanal #oxygenbicycles #electricbikes #pedelec #canals

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