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news 2016.01.03 sunday | 6 hits this week 13309 total. Monday caught up with mad max fury
road again. Tuesday 2x circuit in the dark before sunrise 15 mins 35. Wednesday very windy and dark.
New year's eve 2x circuit at sunrise in the wind 16 mins 52. 2016 New year's day slightly frosty. Saturday wet.
Caught up with the xmas university challenge. Sunday wet. |
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news 2016.01.10 sunday | 10 hits this week 13319 total. Wednesday caught up to stage 3 of the dakar rally.
Friday morning frosty. Saturday rain. Sunday 2x round the village circuit at sunrise over the permaslime
16 mins 09. |
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news 2016.01.17 sunday | 6 hits this week 13325 total. Sunday adrian visited. Friday frosty. Saturday frosty. Sunday white. |
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news 2016.01.24 sunday | 8 hits this week 13333 total. Sunday caught up with stage 13 and the summary of the dakar rally. Tuesday frosty - saw -4 degrees. Friday warm again - saw +12 in the afternoon sunshine. Saturday into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and cake. Sunday 2x round the village circuit in the wet 16 mins 49. |
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news 2016.01.31 sunday | 11 hits this week 13344 total. Wednesday the modem router stopped working. Thursday a new netgear n300 modem router.
Saturday cold sunshine. Sunday rain. |
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news 2016.02.07 sunday | 10 hits this week 13354 total. February Wednesday morning some sleet. Thursday M42 and M6 broken again. Saturday rain all day. Sunday 2x round the village circuit in the early morning sunshine,
past wide puddles 16 mins 25. |
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news 2016.02.14 sunday | 6 hits this week 13360 total. I keep forgetting to mention nice to see tracey ullman back on tv. Monday morning saw a badger cross
the road in front of me in the dark. Thursday caught up with the end of war
and peace. Friday off. Saturday up early and down the m1 to steve's to meet up with jes and
christine for the london bike show. Sunday back up the m1 in the cold sunshine. |
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news 2016.02.21 sunday | 14 hits this week 13374 total. Monday off.
Into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and cake at m+s. Tuesday morning frosty -5 degrees. Wednesday heavy rain. Thursday off.
A bit of shopping at dunchurch.
Evening a long sighting of the iss. Friday off.
A bit of tidying up. Saturday grey, then rain. Sunday windy. |
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news 2016.02.28 sunday | 9 hits this week 13383 total. Tuesday nice to see fresh
meat back on tv. Wednesday morning frosty -5 degrees. Saturday 1+ round the village circuit in the cold E wind, aborting
the 2nd lap when the rain started 9 mins 43. Sunday still cold. |
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news 2016.03.06 sunday | 6 hits this week 13389 total. Monday frosty -4 degrees. March Saturday wet. Sunday frosty sunshine. |
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news 2016.03.13 sunday | 8 hits this week 13397 total. Monday frosty -2 degrees. Tuesday frosty and beautiful low sunshine in the morning. Wednesday sustained heavy rain. Friday morning fog. Saturday picked up the car. Sunday sunshine. Still the same bit of tree left. |
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news 2016.03.20 sunday | 8 hits this week 13405 total. Tuesday caught up with the film riddick. Thursday caught up with the end of the 2nd series of happy valley. Saturday into town for lunch at the bus stop cafe, coffee and
biscuit at m+s. Sunday equinox. Added a jquery countdown to the eu referendum. Still the same bit of tree left. |
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news 2016.03.27 sunday | 14 hits this week 13419 total. Tuesday caught up with the film tower block. Wednesday caught up with the motogp from qatar. Friday off in the sunshine. Saturday 2x circuit in the cold grey wind 16 mins 07. Sunday morning an unexpected bit of sunshine. It seems the remaining bit of tree is to be left alone. |
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news 2016.04.03 sunday | 10 hits this week 13429 total. Monday off. Tuesday caught up with the rather lovely end of fresh
meat series 4.
April Friday the ducks have returned. 3 this year.
Saturday morning light rain. Sunday 2x circuit in the wet 15 mins 33. Swapped to the monster logo.
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news 2016.04.10 sunday | 8 hits this week 13437 total. Tuesday caught up with the motogp from argentina. Wednesday back to 3 ducks. Friday back to 4 ducks. Saturday 2x round the village circuit in damp sunshine 15 mins
11. Sunday 2x circuit in the cold sunshine 15 mins 26.
Afternoon over to lutterworth for coffee and cake, and a bit of shopping. |
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news 2016.04.17 sunday | 14 hits this week 13451 total. Wednesday caught up with the motogp from austin. Saturday caught up with macbeth
again. Sunday morning slightly frosty. Still reading the quantum
gravity book. |
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news 2016.04.24 sunday | 9 hits this week 13460 total. Saturday morning 2x round the village circuit in the cold sunshine
15 mins 18. Sunday morning 2x circuit in the cold, low sunshine 15 mins 11.
Afternoon over to lutterworth for coffee and cake, and a bit of shopping. |
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news 2016.05.03 tuesday | 12 hits this week (1w+) 13472 total. 2d late due to may day. Tuesday heavy wet hail shower. Wednesday morning frosty. Thursday morning frosty. Friday morning frosty. Saturday 2x round the village circuit 15 mins 06.
Into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and biscuit at m+s. May Sunday up early, and off down the a46, m40 to
oxford to see otway at the bear. Excellent breakast box, orange juice and coffee at quod.
On to thornhill for london.
A bit of a sit down in the warm sunshine with the pigeons at marble arch. Monday off. |
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news 2016.05.08 sunday | 10 hits this week (1w-) 13482 total. Wednesday the car rolled though 900000. Thursday and Friday warm and sunny - top down on the mx5. Saturday 2x round the village circuit in warm sunshine 15 mins
00. A long wander around camden and the stables.
Orange juice and a sit down at cafe loren.
Back up the a40, m40. Sunday warm sunshine. We seem to have skipped spring and gone straight into summer. |
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news 2016.05.15 sunday | 10 hits this week 13492 total. Monday still hot. Tuesday steady rain all day, some of it heavy. Wednesday more rain. Thursday hot again - top down on the mx5. Saturday 2x round the village circuit in the cold sunshine 15 mins
46.
Into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and biscuit at m+s. Sunday pumped up the tyres for 2x circuit in the cool sunshine 15
mins 08. |
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news 2016.05.22 sunday | 14 hits this week 13506 total. Sunday caught up with the rest of the nw200. Monday over to wolston for the scale evening in perfect weather. Tuesday caught up with eurovision. Wednesday carol took the mx5 for an mot. Friday caught up with powers. Saturday rain. Sunday 2x round the village circuit in warm sunshine 15 mins 14. |
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news 2016.05.30 monday | 10 hits this week (1w+) 13516 total. 1d late due to a busy sunday. Sunday evening we went for a walk. Monday m6 a bit broken. Wednesday caught up with motogp from mugello. Friday the mx5 is 5y and 91000+ miles.
Saturday 2x round the village circuit in the warm sunshine 15 mins
27.
Into town for lunch at not browns, caffe e gelato at etna. Sunday 2x circuit in the cool grey wind 15 mins 00. Monday off. |
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news 2016.06.05 sunday | 12 hits this week (1w-) 13528 total. Monday grey wind. June Saturday 2x round the village circuit in the grey 14 mins 57. Sunday 2x circuit in the grey humidity 14 mins 57. |
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Week missing due to isle of wight festival | ||
news 2016.06.19 sunday | 18 hits this week (2w) 13546 total. 1w late due to isle of wight festival. Monday caught up with the iomtt
sidecar race. Tuesday caught up with the supersport race. Wednesday off in the hot sunshine. Thursday up early and off down the a46, m40, a34 to portsmouth and the wightlink ferry for the isle of wight festival.
Stopped for an early lunch at chievely services.
A short drive over to the festival site. Alan Friday desperately short of sleep.
A quick look at a guitar shop.
Back to the site on the bus by a roundabout route with the 1 way
system.
A bit of a wander, then to the hard rock cafe stage.
Back to the big top for gabrielle aplin.
Coffee and cake in the octopus's garden. Tired, I stayed for the sereophonics on the main stage at dusk - flames shooting out of the top of the stage towards the end.
Then joanne shaw taylor in the big top.
A quieter night, with light, steady rain in the early hours. Sarturday into the arena in time to see the lounge
kittens - not, as they were on earlier than clashfinder said.
Over to the hard rock cafe, where we saw lucy may.
Back to the big top for simon townshend.
Back to the hard rock cafe for a bit of the sounds of sirens, followed by ben montague. View slightly obscured by big blue blond girl.
A bit of the corrs in the distance on the main stage.
Back to the big top for the dolls main set.
Turning into a nice sunny evening, still with green grass in the
arena.
Stayed for the start of iggy pop.
Dashed back to the big top for most of the buzzcocks.
Stayed for the damned.
Heavier rain in the night, but only light in the morning. Sunday worried about making the crossing tomorrow morning we booked
a b+b and packed the tent away and dropped it off at the van.
Stayed for gutterdammerung.
Back to the car park, and on to the b+b, once again giving the headliners a miss on the distant main stage. More rain in the night. Monday grey, with plenty of time to the ferry, stopping for a while
at the pub down the road.
Crossing at 11:00. Tuesday off. Thursday the r6 is 7y today. Saturday grey. Sunday 2x circuit in lovely dry sunshine 14 mins 51. eu
referendum next week. |
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news 2016.06.26 sunday | 11 hits this week 13557 total. Monday solstice. Thursday eu referendum. Friday the result.
Saturday 2x round the village circuit 14 mins 57.
Down underground to the saskatchewan room for a talk on the new cohen quad on walton street,
due to open this year.
We skipped the history of the college talk, and went for a wander to
find a printer shop to do full size extension drawings. Saw the end of the muse set from a very wet glastonbury. Sunday 2x circuit in the wet wind 15 mins 48. Been watching more of glastonbury,
including zz top, wolf alice, band of
skulls. |
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news 2016.07.03 sunday | 10 hits this week 13567 total. Monday caught up with the full set from wolf alice. Tuesday caught up with the full set from band of
skulls. Thursday 6y since I lost my job. July Friday caught up with the full set from squeeze. Saturday 2x round the village circuit in the damp, windy sunshine 15
mins 54.
Sunday 2x circuit in the early morning sunshine 14 mins 47. |
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news 2016.07.10 sunday | 9 hits this week 13576 total. Monday evening met adrian at the cadmac meeting. Friday evening into town for carol's dance event. Saturday into town for lunch, coffee and sundae at not browns. Sunday 2x round the village circuit 15 mins 00. Struggling to keep up with le tour. |
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Week missing due to europe | ||
Week missing due to europe | ||
Week missing due to europe, and work of course | ||
Week missing due to europe, and work of course | ||
news 2016.08.14 sunday | 36 hits this week (5w) 13608 total. 4w late due to europe, and work of course. Monday saw the hedgehog again. Thursday morning m6 broken in the sunshine. Friday evening the remainder of packing for italia 2016. Saturday the 848 is 6y today. Sunday refuel and down the remaining m20 to eurotunnel.
Supposed to be on the 11:20, but swapped to the 10:20 as we were
reasonably early. Lundi skipped breakfast and rode into the main square. 4 bikes 14, 15, 16 making my 09 bike look rather old, but still the most beautiful. Anyway, back on the road.
Entered verdun
through the impressive fortifications.
Managed to park the bikes right outside reception.
Wandered back to the hotel at dusk. Signs showing the temperature as +30 degrees C. Mardi onwards SE in the cooler air of the morning.
Temperature continued to climb to about 32 degrees C.
Soon found the hotel
sonne eintracht with a private car park round the back. Mittwoch after a good night's sleep in a lovely room, a good buffet frühstück on the top floor overlooking the many trees in the cooler early morning sunshine.
A refuel and up into the cooler hills of the schwarzwald.
Stopped somwhere in the hills for cool drinks before joining the
beautiful b500 schwarzwald-hochstrasse
tourist road.
Onwards SE through open countryside, stopping for cool drinks, coffee and a shared cake at risstal metzgerei at ingoldingen.
Aiming to stop overnight at lake constance we rode through rush hour traffic to the edge of the lake in the centre of friedrichshafen.
Busy with people on holiday, messing about on the water, we failed
to find anywhere nearby, ending up at the hotel föhr to the W. Donnerstag it had clearly rained in the night, but dry enough now,
if a bit grey.
Decided to stay the night in in austria. Freitag heading S to italia. Caught up with them at st
leonhard.
More greyness and thunder in the distance, so we put on the
waterproofs. Sabato an exciting ascent of the ramp from the underground parking,
setting off for lago
di como as the rain started.
Anyway, not much point in hanging around.
I didn't realise we were about to enter the gotthard road
tunnel.
Selected the hotel alpina. Lacking any swiss francs, and not wanting any in change, I bought
some sandwiches from the coop underground at the station and took them
back to the hotel. Sonntag usual puddle of suds around steve's bike where he had
cleaned it earlier.
Ended up in francophone delémont. Lundi skipped the fairly expensive petit déjeuner. Stopped for lunch at le traiteur de la place in bains-les-bains.
On to neufchâteau,
where we stayed at hotel eden.
Mardi onwards W.
At some point a deer bounded across the road in front of us,
disappearing into the crops.
Noisy outside through the old velux window from all the wildlife on
the river. Mercredi getting bored with northern france, and being within
striking distance of home, decided to head home.
We set out together N up the d1 towards soissons for a while, before
the others headed W for the coast.
Took the bypass around soissons, but missed the turn for san
quentin, ending up heading NE for laon instead. Stopped at clacket lane
services for a refuel. Here is a map of more or less where we/I went.
Thursday 2x round the village circuit in the morning sunshine 15
mins 16.
Friday 2x circuit in the grey 15 mins 30. Saturday we went to london. Sunday afternoon over to lutterworth for coffee and cake, and a bit
of shopping. August Friday the gpz is 30y. Saturday 1x round the village circuit in perfect weather sunshine 8
mins 31. Sunday windy. Monday m6 broken. Tuesday m6 broken again. Saturday 1x round the village circuit as the rain started 7 mins
34. Sunday 2x circuit in the early morning grey 15 mins 27. |
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news 2016.08.21 sunday | 16 hits this week 13624 total. Sunday late afternoon we went for a walk around the village circuit. Wednesday the airlander 10 made its 1st flight from cardington (since 2012). Saturday wind and rain.
Sunday 2x circuit 16 mins 11.
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Week missing due to reading, and work of course | ||
news 2016.09.04 sunday | 19 hits this week (2w) 13643 total. 1w late due to reading. Monday finished reading the ballad of halo jones. Tuesday hot and top down on the mx5 - saw +31 degrees C ouutside. Wednesday the airlander
10 flew again and crashed. Thursday off. Friday up early for more packing.
Stopped anyway for the traditional stawberry tart and coffee at S
oxford sainsburys.
It has been so dry this year, that they didn't bother with the usual
metal road along the edge of white camping.
Lunch.
The end of superheaven in the pit.
The bbc introducing stage has a new tent.
Down to the main stage for die antwoord.
Back to festival republic for the sherlocks, where the bouncing beach balls were fun.
Back to bbc introducing, where we saw a bit of muncie girls.
Saw a couple of paragliders over the river.
Back to festival republic where we saw a little of lost under heaven.
Heading back at sunset, with low sunshine past the nme tent.
Stopped at street pastors for a hot drink, biscuits, a sit down, and
a game of dominoes.
Quite a peaceful night, not really bothered by the approaching jet engines, eventually resolving itself into train noise. Saturday morning steady rain at about 06:00, as forecast, but clear
by breakfast of orange juice, grapes, coffee, bacon baps cooked on the
trangia.
A bit grey and cloudy, but still dry, as we headed over to the arena
in plenty of time for lunch, seeing a bit of holly walsh in the
alternative tent along the way.
Saw a little of tuff love at the festival republic.
Back to the alternative tent for daniel
simonsen.
Lunch.
Saw a bit of milk teeth in the pit.
Main stage for a bit of eodm.
Sunshine returned.
Had a quick look at the bbc introducing stage, then headed back to
the tent before dark. Sunday morning same breakfast, then we put the tent away. Stopped at infinity on the a4074
and had lunch just beyond at h cafe. Monday off. Tuesday m6 broken. September Saturday 2x round the village circuit in low sunshine 15 mins 40. Sunday pumped up the tyres for 2x circuit in the damp, windy
sunshine 15 mins 48. |
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Week missing due to rain, oxford, and work of course | ||
news 2016.09.18 sunday | 20 hits this week (2w) 13663 total. 1w late due to oxford. Sunday afternoon over to lutterworth for coffee and cake, and a bit
of shopping. Monday m6 broken. Wednesday caught up with the motogp from silverstone. Friday morning caught up with the film the
assassin. Saturday morning rain. Sunday morning 2x circuit in the cold sunshine 15 mins 54. On to merton college. Back up high street, past the radcliffe camera, and a busker with a pilgrim harp.
A bit of shopping at oxford services. Tuesday caught up with the motogp from misano. Wednesday m6 broken. Thursday morning foggy. Friday caught up with the film her. Saturday morning 2x circuit in the cold wind 15 mins 47.
Into town for lunch at the bus stop cafe, coffee and cake at m+s. Sunday morning 2x circuit in the cold sunshine 15 mins 53. |
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news 2016.09.25 sunday | 12 hits this week 13675 total. Sunday 2x round the village circuit 15 mins 07. Monday morning rain, and the m6 broken. Tuesday my 2nd htc one mini 2 arrived. Thursday equinox. Friday started configuring the htc. Saturday 2x circuit 15 mins 53. Sunday morning damp. |
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news 2016.10.02 sunday | 14 hits this week 13689 total. Sunday afternoon over to lutterworth for coffee and cake, and a bit
of shopping. Monday 2x new rear tyres on the car. Thursday morning rain in the dark. Friday rosetta
was dumped on the comet. October Saturday 2x round the village circuit in the cold, just after
sunrise 15 mins 44. Sunday morning 2x circuit in the cold, damp sunshine 15 mins 50. |
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news 2016.10.09 sunday | 9 hits this week 13698 total. Monday m42 broken. Thursday morning m6 broken. Friday black turkeys at the services.
Saturday 2x round the village circuit 15 mins 23. Sunday 2x circuit in the cold sunhine 15 mins 21. I think we can say the autumn is upon us, now that some of the trees are turning. |
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news 2016.10.16 sunday | 10 hits this week 13708 total. Sunday evening the white fungus is due in the garden about now, and there it is. 3 this time.
Wednesday afternoon m6 broken.
Friday the white fungus is gone, with only black stalks remaining. Saturday morning 2x round the village circuit 15 mins 52. Coffee and cake back at the cafe. Sunday rain.
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news 2016.10.23 sunday | 12 hits this week 13720 total. Tuesday caught up with the motogp from motegi. Wednesday schiaparelli plummeted into the surface of mars. Thursday 8y since we finished paying for the house.
Friday afternoon we took the gpz and monster for an mot. Saturday into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and biscuit at
m+s. Sunday 2x round the village circuit in the cold wind 16 mins 23.
We went for a walk around the village circuit in the late afternoon low sunshine. |
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news 2016.10.30 sunday | 14 hits this week 13734 total. Tuesday caught up with the motogp from phillip island.
Thursday the 3rd optimate 4 for the monster arrived.
Saturday 1x round the village circuit in the damp autumn air 8 mins
31. End of bst. Sunday 1x circuit in the damp 8 mins 24. |
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news 2016.11.06 sunday | 8 hits this week 13742 total. Monday morning misty. November Tuesday caught up with the motogp from sepang. Wednesday morning frosty. Thursday morning frosty. Monday morning rain. Saturday morning over to ducati coventry in the cold
sunshine to collect the 848. Sunday caught up with the film rush. |
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news 2016.11.13 sunday | 7 hits this week 13749 total. Tuesday morning frosty -4. Saturday rain. Sunday a bit of sunshine. |
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news 2016.11.20 sunday | 8 hits this week 13757 total. Sunday afternoon we went for a walk round the village circuit. Tuesday caught up with the motogp from valencia. Saturday frosty sunshine. Through leicester
square to fopp and denmark
street. Long drive in the dark, in light rain. Sunday rain. Been reading some more algebraist.
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news 2016.11.27 sunday | 9 hits this week 13766 total. Monday off in steady rain.
Still raining on the way home through the usual nonsense on the m6 in the dark. Thursday morning m6 broken. Friday afternoon m6 broken. Saturday 1x round the village circuit in the grey 8 mins 30. Sunday morning grey. Added this year's xmas advent calendar. |
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news 2016.12.04 sunday | 12 hits this week 13778 total. Sunday afternoon low sunshine. Monday off in the low sunshine. Tuesday morning frosty -5. Wednesday morning not really frosty, just extremely cold -6. December Thursday morning not so cold -3. Saturday into town for xmas lunch at not browns, coffee and mince
pie at m+s. Sunday morning frosty again. |
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news 2016.12.11 sunday | 10 hits this week 13788 total. Monday off in the frosty sunshine. Tuesday morning fog, m6 broken. Wednesday morning warm, m6 broken.
Friday set up some new web space. Saturday over to coventry ducati in the rain for the open day and see a motogp bike fired up in the workshop. Into town for lunch at not browns, coffee and mince pie at m+s. Sunday damp sunshine. |
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news 2016.12.18 sunday | 11 hits this week 13799 total. Sunday 1x round the village circuit 8 mins 40. Monday off in the grey. Tuesday morning fog.
Friday evening we went out into thick fog to see rogue 1. Saturday up late. Sunday morning grey. |
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news 2016.12.25 xmas day | 11 hits this week 13810 total. Sunday 1x round the village circuit in the damp 8 mins 54. Monday off in the grey. Wednesday winter solstice. Thursday morning frost and fog. Friday morning the car rolled through 99000. Xmas eve late morning 1x circuit in the damp windy sunshine 9 mins
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Xmas day morning a bit of warm sunshine. For those who missed the advent calendar, here is what it looked like closed and open. Added a browser icon.
Tidied up the menu links with separate javascript calls. Swapped to the winter trees logo.
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