On the weekend of the 9th until the 11th of September I organised a cycle trip to Belgium as part of the LCC/Bromley Cyclists. There was quite a lot of interest, however due to various things turning up at work, and schools going back, only one other person came along, who I’d never met before.… Continue reading Cycling: Belgium Trip September 2011
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A week in Dumfries
At the start of October I took a week’s holiday up north in Dumfries in the run up to the Dumfries Mapping Party. It was a great week of mostly cycling, sightseeing and ended with a mapping party, held in the local leisure centre, DG One, which has some council meeting rooms. Heading out I… Continue reading A week in Dumfries
The Crap-O-Surface Detector
Even in this day and age, the roads the general public cycle on are riddled with potholes, speed humps falling over themselves, or general unevenness around man hole covers and drains. I’m fed up with having to look at the road in front of me for these bicycle damaging unevenness and potholes instead of at… Continue reading The Crap-O-Surface Detector
New Year cycling
With the extra eating over Christmas, I’ve started out on my (evening) cycling again. On the 1st of January I headed out East and got to Rochester before getting on the train home. On the way near to Ebbsfleet International I found a rather interesting sign that I just had to take a picture of.… Continue reading New Year cycling
Bradford Mapping Party
On Saturday 27 September I done a day trip to Bradford for an OpenStreetMap mapping party. It was almost 5 hours of travel in each direction, but was worth having some face to face discussion with some of the other mappers and developers. I mapped most of sector 6, with the exception of the South… Continue reading Bradford Mapping Party
Dragheda Mapping Party Review
Last weekend (22-25 August) I went over to Dublin for the Dragheda Mapping Party. I took the train and ferry over, instead of flying, so that I could take my bike. I did get some coding and catching up done on the train and ferry. I found it interesting that Virgin Trains run electric to… Continue reading Dragheda Mapping Party Review
2nd Leeds Mapping Party
Just a quick review of the Leeds Mapping party last week (16th and 17th August), and the Leeds Bar Camp that it was part of. In a few weeks, I’ll do a nonames animation to show the progress over the previous few weeks, similar to what I done for my State of the Map 2008… Continue reading 2nd Leeds Mapping Party
Apple’s Developer Site has Crashed
With the news that Apple has released the SDK for the iPhone, their developer site is currently unavailable. It seems to be have exceeded Apple’s expectations in terms of demand. I’m currently wondering if there will be access to the Bluetooth in the SDK so that I can connect a bluetooth GPS and produce some… Continue reading Apple’s Developer Site has Crashed
Cycling: Edinburgh to Berwick and Back
Further to my previous post about my bike. I had problems getting a proper chainring from half the bike shops in Edinburgh, so instead I got a second hand bike that was similar to my old one. Just over a year ago, I cycled from Edinburgh to Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Since then I have been trying to… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh to Berwick and Back
Cycling:Saturday CTC cycle 2008-01-19
Today I took part on the CTC Saturday cycle for the first time. Total distance including getting to and from the start and finish was 51 miles. As I raced to the meeting point of the Commonwealth Pool, I found the first part of the ride slow. Later on, especially with the head wind I… Continue reading Cycling:Saturday CTC cycle 2008-01-19