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Entries from January 2008

U-turn to sunshine (day 38)

January 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Hooray! Sunshine today and there’s no excuse to not go for a ride.
With time a little limited after work but before evening social catchups, I decided to ride over to my favourite empty carpark and practice my u-turns and cone-weaves - which are two of the (allegedly) trickier skills necessary for the provisional licence […]

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Tags: Motor Operator Skill Test (MOST) · U-turns

Rain again and I’m itchin’ to go for a ride (day 37)

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

More squalls of rain came through today, as they did over the weekend during practically every moment I had the time to look outside at my lonely bike under its cover on the street. I’m absolutely itching to get out for another decent ride, or even just a few turns around an empty carpark […]

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Tags: Not riding :-( · Rain