Dec

27

Edgy cycling

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Christmas had, for me, rather a cycling theme to it this year: a stylish Solo cap, a substantial saddlebag and a Garmin Edge 305 GPS cycle computer. Potential purchasers of the Edge are cautioned that it is a better training device than a navigator and Frank Kinlan has a handy guide to using it for [...]

Dec

23

Wassail

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I recall, back in the day, that the good people of Wesley Methodist Church, Leigh-on-Sea would go carol singing in aid of the local hospice at Christmas time. I don’t know whether they still do this, indeed I hope they still do, but I also recall that they used to do this on the Highlands [...]

Dec

23

Fuel for thought

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Via Steve’s blog, which has sourced its information in turn from Better Transport, I am reminded that the fuel tax has, in percentage terms, not been so low since 1993. Even though I am reminded elsewhere elsewhere that VAT is payable on fuel, it appears that the VAT element actually serves to stabilise fuel prices. [...]

Dec

5

Help! Help! I’m not being oppressed.

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Royal Mail has traditionally alternated between sacred and secular designs for their Christmas stamps and this year it is the turn for a religious image. Royal Mail has issued two sets of designs this year. The main set of designs, available in all the main denominations is of angels, which is vaguely Christian but not [...]

Dec

3

Self-service cartography

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News reaches these parts of a project to map Britain’s cycle routes using the user-edited OpenStreetMap. It looks like an interesting project. If only I had some sort of GPS device to attach to my bike I could have a go at mapping some of Preston’s local routes.