Well tyred…

Having had the rear tyre punctured and replaced with a new Dunlop Qualifier RR the bike felt rather strange turning into corners: hesitant, as though front and back were not talking to each other. Only solution is to buy a fresh new Quali RR front tyre, which arrived yesterday. And wow – it actually feels almost sticky – should give excellent grip in the spring… Can’t wait!!

Ole Man Weller

Paul Weller at Brixton Academy last night. Storming performance – though most of the highlights were his early stuff: ‘Shout to the Top’ got the crowd jumping along with ‘Eton Rifles’ and the big finish with ‘Town called Malice’. Also included a nice cover of ‘Wishing on a Star’ and a powerful anti-war video backdrop to the last but one track, mixing harrowing imagery with quotes from Ghandi, Lennon, Martin Luther King and JFK.

VW TravelBug

We popped out to visit a nearby Geocache ‘Wolverton Railway Triangle’ (see http://www.geocaching.com) where we deposited the wonderfully named travel-bug “Doris the anti-cellulite fairy” which we had picked up a few weeks ago with Lucy and Bo. We picked up a VW keyring whose stated mission is ‘to travel the world being photographed with VWs. So far it seems to have been stuck in the UK so we will take on holiday with us and drop it in Hawaii or Australia… Lucky little thing!

Guinness @ The Toucan

With Fredrik being over from Sweden for the week, and four new additions to the Development Team, we headed in to Soho for some of London’s finest Guinness 🙂

It’s been cold…

Especially without central heating 😉
So we’ve been burning fossil fuels. Tut tut. Thankfully a new gas boiler is on the way and will be installed whilst we are on holiday. So the shock of returning to these shores should be lessened…!

Snow in St Albans!

Met up with Lee Yeap at a bar near St Pauls – a wet and windy Tuesday evening in London. Got off the train at St Albans about 9pm to find heavy snow…!

Alea Curry Night

Caught up with Chan, Sarah, Dan Haley, Tony Read and co for a curry. Usual place – beer at The Walrus then round to the Raj.

Bike Surgery

The genius Dr ‘Rusty’ Russ Bennett working his Benelli magic on my new and pristine Tornado. New clutch basket, Z25 gear, airbox drain mod and coil sticks sealed from the elements.
Total bill £1,036 – paid for by OnYerBike, Aylesbury… After a few phone-calls!!!