Posts Tagged ‘London’
Lock your bike!
This article over at quickrelease.tv is probably the definitive guide to securing your bike. Although, as they themselves admit, nothing will deter the most determined thief, but raising the bar is relatively easy to do.
Thankfully, I haven’t had mine stolen yet, but it might also be because I have only parked it in a [...]
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Tags: bike theft, Cycling, lock, London, theft
Tube strike… ouch!
Seems the Metronet strike could not have been averted. I don’t know about the maintenance workers, but with tube drivers earning in the region of £30k, I’m wondering what the real issue here is…
Thankfully I haven’t been on the tube in quite a while, thanks to my trusty steed and some good weather for [...]
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Tags: Cycling, London, metronet, Politics, public transport, strike, tube
Critical Mass in London
I attended my inaugural Critical Mass ride this Friday, and to my pleasant surprise I enjoyed it tremendously. It is great being able to roam the capital’s streets without the normal paranoid attitude one has to maintain while cycling with regards to other forms of traffic, and the experience was especially [...]
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Tags: activism, celebration, critical mass, Cycling, London
Latest toy
Since arriving here, I haven’t been doing too much in the way of exercising. So, after having a few very frustrating weeks on public transport, and with the glorious spring weather that’s been hanging around, I’ve caved in and decided cycling to work should be a good option.
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Tags: commute, Cycling, decathlon, London, triban
Points failure and fire alerts
What normally constitutes a simple 20-minute train ride, turned into a hellish hour-plus journey between various overcrowded lines and stations to try and find an alternative route.
This isn’t the norm, luckily. Wish I’d known that before boarding the first time, since a bus would most probably have been quicker and less stressful.
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Tags: commute, London, tube
London, here we come!
Today I picked up our passports with a two-year Entry Clearance visa for the UK. The wife and I will be going there for a few years (two at least) to spread our wings a little. We qualified under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, which gives you an initial two-year period (extendable for [...]
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Tags: London, migration
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