what do you do in the middle of nowhere

Posted by on Oct 31, 2012 in posts | No Comments

I’m constantly confused as to why entertainment of the grid is limited to farmers taking land that does not work and trying to make these popup farms that ask for stupid entry prices. i get that your hurting but you could offer so much more. not just soul less interactive elements that while they offer ...

a flat tyre, a wad of cash and a full service.

Posted by on Oct 31, 2012 in bike, journey, money, newkit | No Comments

it’s been a while. i kinda lost my mind there for a while. my world changed rapidly and i had trouble dealing with it. long story short i came into some money which helped put some things into place. not completely in terms of location but in terms of transport and upgraded kit. should be ...

a few months with dotdot

Posted by on Jul 30, 2012 in ecopowered, journey, posts, trips | No Comments
a few months with dotdot

it’s been a few months now since i’ve had the bike. so far, it’s handling the pressure of my daily abuse of the short trips back and forth between the lace market and sneinton, not a great distance by any means so i really need to get back out into the wilds again. i have ...

satellite spot communicator and social hiking go hand in hand.

Posted by on Jul 3, 2012 in bike, capturing, journey, socialhiking | No Comments
satellite spot communicator and social hiking go hand in hand.

spot communicator ordered, cueing up social hiking. sorry it’s been a while since i updated on dotdot, i’ve been kinda busy with a lot of my advocacy work for this month over on fibrecamp but i’ve also been waiting on a few meetings and money bits and pieces to come in before i could make ...

aluminium waterbottle and keepcup aquired.

Posted by on Jul 3, 2012 in ecopowered, food, journey, money, newkit | No Comments

odd morning. waiting on a replacement paypal card. my only means of getting access to money currently and something that i’m aware i must change quickly. having thought i had lost it i rang up paypal and cancelled my card only to find it in the side of my bag the next day. frustrating. annoying. ...

an early trip out to burton for my daughters fifth birthday

Posted by on May 24, 2012 in bella, bike, journey | No Comments

i remember looking at the clock at 1:30am. next minute it was 4:30am and then next minute i’m out of bed trying to be quiet around the house at 5:30am this morning and travelling along in the lovely morning air on dotdot towards the train station, it only took eight minutes to get to the ...

new security lock and raincover eventually bought for dot dot

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in bike, posts | No Comments
new security lock and raincover eventually bought for dot dot

i picked up the awesome security lock and rain cover for dotdot.  eventually. busted walking through lace market house the other day i was told very sternly that i needed to put the bike outside instead, locked up.  i’ve not really got a problem with this but i do freak out a little bit because ...

phase one of preparations for the juicy bike transportation

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in bike, journey, posts | No Comments

the way things are right now after getting the bike all i wanna do is get on and go some place for near on twenty miles.  please don’t get me wrong here things are good but im tired and overloaded or at least more stressed about things than i actually need to be.  i need ...

my first big trek on the juicy bike retro to the yha of moira – the heart of the national forest

Posted by on May 13, 2012 in trips | No Comments
my first big trek on the juicy bike retro to the yha of moira – the heart of the national forest

today was awesome. it was the first real trip out on dotdot to test out the battery range and just how long it would actually take for me to get back to the heart of the countryside.  i started from burton upon trent train station after dropping my daughter back with mum.  putting my headphones ...

twenty four hours to go before dottie dotdot arrives and gives me options.

Posted by on May 10, 2012 in posts | No Comments
twenty four hours to go before dottie dotdot arrives and gives me options.

howdy. first post on the blog and i’m actually a little nervous about the start. the start of anything for me right now seems to be marred by other great things feeding into each other. i’m also allowing myself to turn off the self analysing element when i’m writing or talking thinking about how i ...