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Month: December 2017

Best of 2017…

On December 31, 2017 By grassupthemiddleLeave a comment

January, riding around Auckland with Antoine, an internet friend who turned out to be a real good fella, showing me around his home town, cooking dinner, providing beer, perfect start to my trip to New Zealand. February, first ride after getting ill, a gentle spin along the bottom of the north island, happy to be …

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2017 round up (a triplet)

On December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 By grassupthemiddleLeave a comment

January: Started the year with an over-nighter out to my favourite youth hostel in Arnside with some of my favourite non-GUTM people. (I’ll get you lot out there sooner or later!) (View over Lythe Fell Road in the Forest of Bowland.) February - April: My first ever multi-month cycle tour in the USA and Canada... …

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One idea is all it takes…

On December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 By grassupthemiddleLeave a comment

2017. Overall, a year like any other. A mixture of good and bad. A new job for me. Another year of parenting and the, let's say entertaining, developments in the life of a little boy with Autism. More fantastic book discoveries... Lots to be happy about and highlights a plenty. From a riding point of …

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Rotterdam…

On December 19, 2017 By grassupthemiddle2 Comments

I pedal from home out to the discarded millstones beneath the Edge. The sunset burns orange out West. I take the old tram way track under the Edge slipping and sliding in the snow on my not very fat bike. With the dimming of the weak sun I sense the temperature start to drop too. …

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The sunday service will be a simple slow sociable ride across the cheshire tundra to the bench, meeting at 830am at the Riverbank Cafe, riding for 9 and home by 12, all welcome a pleasant ride out to the bench for some sunshine didn’t disappoint, those warm rays of sunshine felt so good today In need of something to look forward to ? well check this out… It’s pretty grim out there at the moment, but still, short rides are better than no rides despite the grot ! The Sunday ride will be out to Rostherne Church, meeting at the benches at Stretford at 830am, the trails are wet and muddy so dress accordingly, around about thirty miles at a sociable pace, all welcome In search of the holy grail, it started a few years ago, a bunch of bike nerds with a shared love of slow rides down back country lanes and good coffee, local rides mixed with an occasional weekend away, lots of smiles, a fair few miles, friends new and old dropping in and out, lots of words and photos for the blog, fingers crossed for more of the same in 23 Grassupthemiddle’s first ride of 2023 ! Meeting at the Riverbank cafe at 830am on Sunday 1st January, the ride will be out across the Cheshire tundra, about twenty miles at a sociable (hungover) pace, all welcome A year in rides and coffee pt2 A year in rides and coffee pt1
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