Personal entry

It’s been quite a busy month and since the last blog we had a local ride around the Wellington Bays in marginal weather, spent 10 days on the Gold Coast and today we had a long Ulysses ride…and I’ve had little sleep with watching Le Tour de France.

The usual pre-ride prep’ had the tyres checked yesterday and gear ready for this morning, as even though the weather wasn’t looking too good I trusted the forecast and sure enough, there was a hint of blue, so I was down at the bike by ...

Last weekend, Ann & I headed down to Christchurch as she had never been there and ‘Mu was flying out to Melbourne on Sunday. It was a bit of a lottery to take the bike but come Friday, it was mint and we had a smooth Ferry crossing and easy ride down.

Saturday was another primo day for sightseeing so we scooted around Hagley Park, out to Brighton for a coffee and to venture onto the pier, then around through Sumner, up Evans Pass to Godley Head, then along the Port Hill, down through ...

Today I went and ordered an Oxford Bone Dry one piece Rain suit from TSS which will arrive tomorrow.

The rain here in Wellington is not easing up and while my current riding gear keeps me warm and dry I feel the need to keep that way.

The sad thing was that I needed a 3XL and now one in Wellington had them in my petite size

Looked on line everywhere and by the time I paid postage etc it was cheaper to buy direct from TSS. Great bunch of guys in their ...

Over the past few days I've been having musical flashbacks which has led down a phenomenal path of memories; bad and good. The days of wasted youth lol.

Ultravox
The Cars
David Bowe
Bill Joel - Good night Sigon
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Mr Mr
10 CC
Cold Chisel
Dance Exponents
HERBS
Mother Goose
Black Sabath
Alice Cooper (still listening to this)
Journey
Le Miserable
ACDC
Phantom ...

Got some new parts for my bike. Shes lookn good now.

A short Ulysses ride was on the plan for today and I decided to turn up, even though the weather was looking like crap.

After getting up late, I was still ready and down at the bike by 0900, but then had to put the wets on and check the tyres. I nearly didn’t bother as they have just been fitted but since the bike has been sitting for over a week and the weather is rather cool, luckily I did as they were both down around 40psi.

That done I popped down to Shell Crofton ...

Introduction

For the record I am not in their industry. But have been a customer of OPSM for four years. Recently my glasses suffered a lethal accident and required to be replaced. I considered buying of an international website, however now know that this may be cheap but you need some exact eye measurements like distance between pupils etc.

I had heard of Specsavers and was very dubious, as it almost sounded too good to be true. I know if that’s the case then it’s ...

Today I experienced something out of the ordinary…..or perhaps more correctly…something I haven’t encountered for about 20 years.

Our normal week these days is for the Moko’, (Avania) to be dropped at the office at 0800 so she can entertain us before I have to walk her to school, which is all of a couple of hundred metres up to and around the corner. We brought her a scooter for Christmas (ensuring it could cope with 100Kg) and she scoots to school (uphill) then hands it over so the ...