‘Tis the season of the Fêtês, when every little village digs out the long tables and benches, usually stored by the Mairie in an abandoned barn or church, goes hunting for the bunting and gets ready to party! But this isn’t about those because there are other events that take place over the summer of …
Author archives: Colin
Specialized Sirrus X
I’ve always had some connection with push bikes – from the early days having to cycle to school each day. I even had one at University in Durham and used to cycle in from Langley Moor when it was too wet for the motorbike. I did quite a bit of running when living in Sussex …
Golden Gnome Treasure Hunt
So we spent an hour or more plotting bearings on a map to places we couldn’t find – there were cryptic clues “water comes out of the ground near under Uber” was one. But the bearings were all taken from the lunch stop and we didn’t know where that was. Eventually with help we found …
Paris
Long weekend in Paris with Lucy – organised by me this time! I had been to Paris a couple of times before but far more years ago than I care to remember and had fond memories of the experience. So I thought a trip to Paris in the spring time would be a nice thing …
Montesa Cota 4RT
New trials bike ! Earlier in the year, I sold my Scorpa Trials and Scorpa T-ride and replaced them with the KTM 250 EXC, on the basis this would be a do-everything bike. However, having gained a reasonable amount of experience with the KTM I have come to realise that the only thing I am …