Posted on May 26, 2010 by cstandley
Last Friday I took the day off work and because the weather forecast was good I decided to go on an over night camping trip. I searched for a suitable MA state camp ground that had opened for the season. Otter State park was open, but I’ve been there before, so I chose Wompatuck State [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2010 by cstandley
The hit count on my blog has tripled over the last few days. The most popular search term was “Iceland Map”. Looks like people are interested in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano that is causing all the chaos in Southern Iceland and across Europe as it’s ash cloud has grounded all the aeroplanes. It’s also cuased me [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by cstandley
Eight weeks has slowly become sixteen, but at last, my De Rosa Neo Primato is here. I suppose it’s worth waiting for good things; I bet the Pope went up to Michelangelo more than a couple of times and asked him when he’d finish painting the ceiling. But I’m sure he was happy with the [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2010 by cstandley
As I’ll probably be taking my Atlantis to Iceland I thought that I should get out on it a bit more often. My Atlantis is a 54.5cm frame so it has 26″ wheels and I’m using 47-559 Schwalbe Marathon tyres on it for winter riding. So here it is on a shopping trip. This also [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2010 by cstandley
Boston has been covered in snow and the temperatures have been below zero for a couple of weeks now so my cycling has been limited to a couple of short trips to the supermarket. So what’s a bicycle tourist to do. Well there’s always planning for next summer. This usually involves lots of time spent [...]
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Posted on August 18, 2009 by cstandley
I’ve managed to get the pictures posted for my 2008 and 2009 tours
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Posted on August 13, 2009 by cstandley
There are numerous decisions to be made to get a blog going. Of course you have to take the mental leap and put yourself out there, but then there are all the practical choices too. What blog service should I use, heck what should I write, which theme and what pictures should I put in [...]
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