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bugshaw at 08:04am on 22/06/2007
bugshaw at 08:04am on 22/06/2007It was a nice evening, so I walked home from the pub last night. Nice and quiet, no dodgy drunken louts, but Midsummer Common was packed with cars and fairground vehicles so not really suitable for walking across! If I had expected to walk home, I would not have dressed entirely in black; it gave a couple of pavement cyclists a bit of a shock.
I dreamed of writing - by hand, in fountain pen, on glorious smooth creamy paper where the ink sinks in and the pen glides. Perhaps I have on my mind how to keep in touch with friends once I'm in Edinburgh; perhaps it was the impassioned debate about Hal Duncan's Vellum and Ink that reactivated those of my neurones which deal with fountain pens.
Whatever, I have a book and a pen and the power to use it. Which brings me to panniers. I have a new cycling goal: I'll bring my bike to Happisburgh (in Simon's car), practice cycling, and get myself to the train station 7 miles away for the trip home. I asked Matt WINOLJ if this weren't too steep a learning curve, to cycle that far with a great big rucksack, and he pointed out that cycling with a rucksack can put a lot of strain on the back and I might be better putting the heavier things (like books! and fountain pens!) into panniers. Today's plan: buy panniers. See Bridget pack! See Bridget pack light! How many books might I read in a week? Or how few?
I dreamed of writing - by hand, in fountain pen, on glorious smooth creamy paper where the ink sinks in and the pen glides. Perhaps I have on my mind how to keep in touch with friends once I'm in Edinburgh; perhaps it was the impassioned debate about Hal Duncan's Vellum and Ink that reactivated those of my neurones which deal with fountain pens.
Whatever, I have a book and a pen and the power to use it. Which brings me to panniers. I have a new cycling goal: I'll bring my bike to Happisburgh (in Simon's car), practice cycling, and get myself to the train station 7 miles away for the trip home. I asked Matt WINOLJ if this weren't too steep a learning curve, to cycle that far with a great big rucksack, and he pointed out that cycling with a rucksack can put a lot of strain on the back and I might be better putting the heavier things (like books! and fountain pens!) into panniers. Today's plan: buy panniers. See Bridget pack! See Bridget pack light! How many books might I read in a week? Or how few?
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They're easy to attach and remove - just a few seconds.
It's worth getting good quality panniers that will stand upto a bit of wear and tear.
Build up cycle strength
Is Hamzilla going with you? I yoiked the link below for her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veees05cPV4
Re: Build up cycle strength
I'm leaving Hamzilla with Simon for the week, I don't fancy cycling while carrying a hamster!
That's a very typical hamster activity in that link. I always worry their cheek pouches will pop :-(
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You can fit quite a lot of stuff into a large pair of panniers (even more if you get a saddle bag too - but you might not have a suitable saddle for a big one) if you pack them carefully.
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Books
Re: Books
The house does contain books, of course - the books are mostly 1950s, or there are some Reader's Digests of the 1970s! The local pub has many books, and could probably be persuaded to loan them :-) at least if I go sit out in their lovely garden to read.
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