If you've come to this site and are wondering what the hell is going on..I'm writing a book. It's about cycling, actually it's about cycling in the UK and like all deluded authors, I am convinced that it is going to be the most exciting book about cycling in the UK ever and so I'm being a little bit cagey about it's content and format. But, just to whet the appetite a little I've been writing a blog, or as it should properly be known, a detailed list of my abject failings whilst trying to write an awesome book about cycling.
If you've got the time, you can read the whole journey by clicking on the links on this page. Trust me, you'll learn a lot, in the way that children learn not to get burnt by boldly sticking their hands into fires.
Week One - Beginnings
Week Two - The old job
Week Three - Pissing it down
Week Four - Software and Man Bags
Week Five - The legs, the legs!
Week Six - More hills, more rain
Week Seven - Many things broken
Week Eight - A long way to go
Week Nine - Pain in the Peaks
Week Ten - A house of chaos
Week Eleven - War of the Worlds
Week Twelve - A Welsh Odyssey
Week Thirteen - Arses, old age and tweeting
Week Fourteen - Cheques, chases and public service
Week Fifteen - Dinosaurs, tone and Scotland
Week Sixteen - Holiday and old men's toilet habits
Week Seventeen - Scotland, blood and George Michael
Week Eighteen - Elvis, Malcolms and the odd photo
Week Nineteen - Writing in the nude, scrambled eggs and marmite
Week Twenty - Buxom nurses and men in baths
Week Twenty One - Pandas, films and riding like an idiot
Week Twenty Two - Steptoe and son mixed with work avoidance
Week Twenty Three - Adversity, insurance and talcum powder
Week Twenty Four - Losing friends and dodging weather
Week Twenty Five - Chav sheep and Clare Grogan
Week Twenty Six - Parting gifts and public fax
Week Twenty Seven - Humblebrags
Week Twenty Eight - Ruined Mountainbikers
Week Twenty Nine - Lists and child labour
Week Thirty - Father/son/daughter bonding
Week Thirty Three - Fatness and Anniversaries
Week Thirty Four - Yet another bike and some hills
Week Thirty Five - A West country epic
Week Thirty Six - Knocked off me bike
Week Thirty Seven - Stung, spat at and GBH
Week Thirty Eight - A navel gaze
Week Thirty Nine - The matrix
Week Forty - Cover shoot and LEJOG
Weeks Forty One and Two - Executing LEJOG
Week Forty Three - Putting the family to work
Week Forty Four - Shakespeare and commuters
Week Forty Five - Tiananmen Square
Week Forty Six - Doppleganger Dave
Week Forty Seven - Reach for the skies
Week Forty Eight - Becoming a luvvie
Week Forty Nine - Nothing happens
Week Fifty - Strategic plans TTFU
Week Fifty One - Near death experience
Week Fifty Two - The end ..or is it?
Week Fifty Five - Another good kick up the arse
Week Fifty Six - Human resources
Week Fifty Seven - Time travel
Week Fifty Eight - OCCD
Week Sixty - Software pain
Week Sixty One - Terrible mess
Week Sixty Two - Publish and be damned
Week Sixty Three - Profit and Loss
Week Sixty Four - Lunchtime Drinking
Week Sixty Five - Jonah
Week Sixty Six - Obsession in the snow
Week Sixty Seven - Not the only obsessive
Week Sixty Eight - Brian Blessed
Week Sixty Nine - Death on the arse
Week Seventy - The deal is done
Week Seventy One - Gardeners
Week Seventy Two - The parts graveyard
Week Seventy Three and Four - Madness in B&B land
Week Seventy Five - Audio Books
Week Seventy Six - Stereotypes
Week Seventy Seven - Sandals and canals
Week Seventy Eight - Dunwich Dynamo Redux
Week Seventy Nine - Amazon Reviews
Week Eighty - Strava
Weeks Eighty One and Two - Chris Froome and Coaches
Weeks Eighty Three to Five - Suffering and chemistry
Weeks Eight Five to Eight - Bumbling
Weeks ..lost count - Bristol OktoberFest
Writer's block - after a long delay normal (poor) service is resumed
The Story continues - left, right, photoshop
New Year's Resolutions - They're a bit shit
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