This started inauspiciously: I set out intending to go over by Callarfountain into Strathearn, a fine rough path that would suit the roadster I thought, preceded by a stiff climb that would test the Mountain Drive (and me). I didn't get far - about a third of the way up Glenlochay Road in bottom gear … Continue reading Dream Roadster Shakedown – an inadvertent trailer
Category: bicycles
Vanishing Point and the Golden Rule (by way of Immanuel Kant)
I remember once becoming absurdly excited in Princes St. Gardens in Edinburgh - that was just where I chanced to be, not the cause of the excitement - when I realised that an interesting thing happens if you number the dimensions in the reverse of the conventional order. My brother had once explained the concept … Continue reading Vanishing Point and the Golden Rule (by way of Immanuel Kant)
An Each Uisge (The Water Horse)
written as a "Fearie Tale" for Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Winter Words Festival 2013 (where it was admirably read by Dougal Lee on 2 February (an auspicious date -James Joyce's birthday)) - Looks as if it was fished out of a canal, I say. He doesn’t like that, the man behind the counter, a big fellow … Continue reading An Each Uisge (The Water Horse)
My Bicycles
I am a man of many bicycles: too many, some might say. Here are some: there's the c1924 Royal Sunbeam: On which I once rode from Inverness to Dunkeld in a day, a feat alluded to here (where I see I have dated it 1923), and its younger brother, the 1934 Royal Sunbeam: and of course … Continue reading My Bicycles
Evidence of the Atomic Theory at work…
Here’s some I wrote earlier…
Once upon a time, there was a splendid site about fixed-gear cycling called 63xc, run by Will Meister, proprietor of the coolest cycleshop in cyberspace, Hubjub. (I have just learned that Hubjub has now changed hands - I hope it continues the excellent service Will established) This is a piece I wrote for Will in … Continue reading Here’s some I wrote earlier…
COMPLEAT TROWZER 