I am quite impressed with the Crawley News this week. At that time of the year, between Christmas and New Year, when everyone has been off work, you might expect the local papers to be full of nothing more than fluff but they have attempted a bit of proper journalism. Actually two bits, but I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cycling'
Moving on
September 7th, 2006 · 9 Comments · Work
I got the phone call today where I was verbally offered the job I was interviewed for on Monday, and which I verbally accepted. As it is a transfer between two companies in the same group it counts as an internal move and so verbal is OK apparently, with the contract to follow up in […]
Fatwick City?
September 7th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Its official! Crawley’s inhabitants are the fattest in Sussex. I think I can vouch for that… Must be something in the water because I have put on 5 or 6 stone since moving here from London, although that could be down to marital contentment and middle-age spread. In the Crawley Observer this story takes up […]
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Goodies
June 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Goodies · Life
I was really kicking myself yesterday. I was out the front of the office, and a bloke cycled past on a 3-seater bike, just like the Goodies used to have, on one of the rare occasions I didn’t have my camera with me. It would have been better if he had two mates on with […]
Unicycle security
June 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Unicycle security · Life
We are so used to seeing bicycles chained to lamp posts and railings everywhere that we almost do not notice them any more. But when you see a 3-metre unicycle chained to a lamp post you have to stop and look. I can’t see it catching on as a form of commuter transport though. There […]
Turn left
June 12th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Life, Politics
That last post about Cheals roundabout reminded me about the recent mad scheme from John Redwood about ‘improving’ traffic – the one about allowing left turns at red traffic lights. It might work back on his planet, but I can’t see it working here. Ok so they do it in America, but America has very […]
Elite cycle race
June 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
Today saw the cycling races back in Crawley town centre again – one of the national Criterium races with a couple of other races as a build-up. It was the same circuit as for the last two years, but this year the races were on a weekday evening instead of a Sunday. I think it […]
The things you see in the big city
June 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on The things you see in the big city · Work
I went to Clerkenwell today to pick up a laptop from our other office. On the way there I took the direct route from Waterloo and walked pretty quickly. On the way back I took a bit of a detour, took my time a bit more, and took some photos… This was in Clerkenwell Green. […]
Why Wednesday?
May 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Why Wednesday? · Life
This year the cycle racing in Crawley town centre is on a Wednesday. The first two races were held on Sundays. I would have thought it was easier to arrange all the road closures on a Sunday. Should be fun though
The Horror, The Horror
May 16th, 2005 · Comments Off on The Horror, The Horror · Life
Jayne and I went out to lunch today at Zari’s, an indian restaurant in Ifield. It was for all the (Labour) candidates in the county elections. A few couldn’t make it, but most did. It was a lot more fun than the meeting we had in the Labour club the other day about the elections […]
