Does anyone else take as long as me to wake up in the morning? No matter how many alarms I set there are days when I really struggle to drag myself out of bed. Sometimes I’m very thankful of a 4 year old kicking and nagging me to go downstairs! However, once dressed and breakfasted…
Good habits can be revolutionary. After a time, they will have an immense impact on your physical well-being, your mental state, your relationships and even on the environment we live in. I like to think that my habit of cycle commuting is a good one. It has certainly helped my physical fitness and overall health.…
There was good news on several fronts today. After being worried in my last post that there might be a trio of disappointments this week, the trend was broken. The day started nicely with a tidy tailwind blowing me in to work and the sun was poking out as I made my way to Edinburgh.…
In my post earlier this week (see Determination) I talked about determination and asked if this was an essential attribute for continual cycle commuting. Although it is useful I would say a far more important attribute is vigilance. Sharing the road with other vehicles is normally completely fine, but sadly there are a minority of drivers…
I remember being surprised in my Milestone #1 post last week about not being shouted/beeped at until Wed morning. Of course this occurs only from a tiny minority of drivers when you consider the many thousands of vehicles I pass on the daily commute. However, it is still unpleasant at best to say the least. Well, for some…