I have been celebrating Easter. I was preaching about Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. At last they were happy be identified with Jesus as they asked for the body of Jesus in order to bury him. I wonder how they got his body to the tomb, was it on a cart or did some people [...]
Read full post...Is this what the wise men used as they travelled to Bethlehem? Was that the star?
Probably not!
The satnav function on Nokia phones is excellent now that it is a free download. It is a dream on the larger touchscreen on the N97 mini I have been trialling, but it is still great on the smaller [...]
We have snow again in York. I thought I had seen the last of that for this year. The tyres on my bikes are a bit too narrow and slippery for snow. But look at this! This would get me about.
It is a kit called the Ktrak that can be added to a normal bike. [...]
Read full post...It’s not as small as a Brompton (I do love my Brompton). It’s not as light as a Dahon (though not all Dahons are light). And it’s not as finely engineered as a Moulton (and my Moulton is). So why do the makers of this new design by Makoto Asawa think it is going to [...]
Read full post...Paris’s on-street bicycle hire scheme is called Vélib and in less than a year it has gone some way to transforming the transport habits of that city. I wonder how long it will be before we see the like in this country.
Now in Paris they are to take it further with Autolib.
Following the success of [...]
See my previous post for background to this incident when I was forced of the road by a First Bus while on my bicycle.
I did phone First after my last post yesterday and got through to the Route Manager who I found very helpful. I was reassured that he viewed the matter as serious. He [...]
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When I phoned First I left my mobile number and had expected them to get back to me. I suppose I viewed the whole thing with a greater sense of urgency, being the one involved. I phoned a few times on Thursday to ask if there was news but it was [...]
