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Posts in July, 2006

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Bicycle made for two

If you ever want to feel what it is like to be a celebrity for a day, then riding a tandem is the way to do it. People look at you longingly, their eyes saying “I want to be you”, as you speed/wobble past en route to better places.
After a bit of a shakey few [...]

Flying Englishman

I’m currently flying along the east coast of Scotland in a GNER train heading for Edinburgh. They’re doing a trial service of their wifi access, which is utterly rubbish. It keeps crapping out, and when it does work for longer than 5 minutes, it’s no faster than a 56K modem. I had a better service [...]