May 2012

(After WM) Without Bicycles Without bicycles, Mao Tse Tung would not have won Even though revolution comes from the barrel of a gun It may also come from sweaty backsides and Sturmey Archer gears On Brooks leather saddles, which need careful breaking in, but will prove rewarding.     If you persevere. For years. In tears.…

Very curious. In the (with hindsight) odd and innocent world of early 1970s Scottish evangelical folk and rock (now THERE’S a niche!) Paul Openshaw was someone spoken of with reverence and a degree of awe. He was the first person I had ever seen who owned and played a Dobro (a proper one, too, none…

Everything is coming together for the Mull2Muckle/Fairly Long Ride, which pedals off officially from the Mull of Galloway lighthouse on the evening of 8 June. But today, I started with the first 10 miles. Plus 13 for luck. I’m taking a week off broadcasting to do the mainland Scotland section of the ride, but I’m…