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Journal for [2003-12-07 Sun]

Journal for [2003-12-07 Sun]

Sunday, Dec 7, 2003

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An early start to the day — finally I’ve been convinced that I really do need to train for the Alpine Classic — that day-to-day rides to and from work just aren’t likely to be enough preparation! Six o’clock wake up, breakfast and wait… and wait… and wait some more. The phone rings; Kelvin has had another puncture — of course — and so they’ll be a little late to pick me up. I sat around outside watching and listening to the morning’s bird-life, spotting a butcher bird that I’d never seen before on the neighbour’s roof.

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After the rain

After the rain

Thursday, Dec 4, 2003

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The creek is back down, the heron was back on his rock this morning — I wonder where he went during the flood? The river is still turgid, brown and full of drifting objects. Driftwood everywhere, the stink of mud in the air.
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Thanks for the abuse — mate

Thanks for the abuse — mate

Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003

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To the driver and passenger of the electrician’s white van, Victorian registration QXC-557, just what is it that makes you want to yell abuse at cyclists as you pass on the road? Is it the feeling of power and invulnerability as you speed past, anonymous, except for the foot-high letters advertising your employer’s company? Is it the knowledge that you can outrun the abused/intimidated cyclist, or is it some mistaken belief that if I can’t retaliate at the time, that I won’t be able to record your details, your company name, your phone number, your registration number, and retaliate later…
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The new beastie arrives

The new beastie arrives

Sunday, Nov 16, 2003

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A minor crisis in the bicycle storage facility — the new toy arrives at its new home… Half of it is my birthday present from Jo, half her birthday present from me. A brand-new second-hand Trek T-50 tandem. Three or four weeks since we first saw it, about a fortnight since we decided to buy it, but only this weekend have we finally had time to get down to Peter’s shop in Brighton and pick it up — after a little nagging, mostly because they want the shop space back!
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Phone$, phone$…

Phone$, phone$…

Friday, Nov 14, 2003

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Someone has decided to start trying to log the mobile-phone users and send an email direct to the top — Andre — or Police Minister Andre Haermeyer, if you want to give him his official title. Andre has a mobile phone driver reporting page. You can find it at http://www.ratbagitinerant.com/cm/phones.html Reg says: Dob in a drongo driver! Just the one? As the sign says “Wipe off five". This evening’s mild entertainment came from:
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Deadly Treadly Tour, day 4: Rye to Melbourne

Deadly Treadly Tour, day 4: Rye to Melbourne

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2003

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stats. Today 91.5km Trip 257.0km Final day of the ride, best weather so far! Sticking my head out of the tent at around 6.30 am there was not a breath of wind, the sun was rising and the bay was as flat as a mirror. We left Rye around 10 am, in bright sunshine, but with a chill still in the air. It always amazes me how much traffic there is on the stretch of road between Sorrento and Mornington, I guess to my subconscious the road doesn’t seem to go anywhere, it just ends at the heads, so where do all the cars come from?
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Cycling fun'n'games

Cycling fun'n'games

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003

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More fun and games with Norky bike today. Off I went to deliver the spare wheel to the bike shop so that Jo’s dud wheel can be replaced with a spare — the infamous evil replacement wheel from hell (or Devizes in the UK). Casually mentioning that my gears aren’t quite working properly, investigation reveals that old bottom bracket and the new cranks don’t quite agree with each other, and a narrow bottom bracket is required… The shop is then turned upside down and many a box is emptied trying to find appropriate sized parts, and a quarter-hour quick visit turns into a leisurely hour and a half.
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Travels, day 19: Idro to Peschiera

Travels, day 19: Idro to Peschiera

Thursday, Sep 11, 2003

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stats.
Today 81km
Trip ??km

A long climb up from lake Idro. We passed through the charmingly named village of Crone, then gained about 600m in altitude over ten or so kilometres. One “longish, darkish tunnel” that was luckily straight-ish as well — for it was indeed both very long and very dark! Roughly half-way up the climb the road levelled out to cross a bridge, then turned sharply into a climb complete with 14% warning signs. I left Jo to continue on my own, passing endless signs warning of “2 Tornante” — a quick zigzag and up some more.

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Travels, day 16: Porlezza to Bárzio

Travels, day 16: Porlezza to Bárzio

Monday, Sep 8, 2003

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stats.
Today 69.63km
Trip ??km

Sometime around five in the morning it started to rain — quietly at first, then a solid downpour that sounded as if it would last for days. My temporary patch on the pinhole in the tent’s roof held, but other parts leaked where the walls touched the floor, or where the tent is just too old and worn. There was no point in staying inside and getting gradually wetter, so even though it was supposed to be a short day’s ride, Jo and I got up early and sat around in the marquee.

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Travels, day 14: Resting in Cannobio

Travels, day 14: Resting in Cannobio

Saturday, Sep 6, 2003

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stats. Today 0km Trip ??km Germans, Germans, Germans… Every car we see, every person we pass, every conversation we overhear. As soon as we enter a shop and the shop-keeper realises that we aren’t Italian, they start talking German to us. All very polite of the Italians to the German tourists who are their main source of income, but it’s starting to get a little annoying since we don’t speak German, and would have more chance of understanding a little Italian!
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Travels, day 10: Gruyères to Interlaken

Travels, day 10: Gruyères to Interlaken

Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003

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stats.
Today 84.74km
Trip ??km

A crisp, cold morning greeted us today, everyone in fine spirits — even Eddie, who somehow seemed to have forgotten that Swiss mountains could get cold, even in the summer, and had forgotton to bring any warm clothes.

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Travels, day 9: Cully to Gruyères

Travels, day 9: Cully to Gruyères

Monday, Sep 1, 2003

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stats.
Today 103.82km
Trip total ??km

Around the lake to Villeneuve, then after stopping at the shops to stock up on vitals, Jo and I missed the turn off for the bike path. On and on through town we went, out the other side and then nearly ended up on a major road — the same major road that the route notes warned us not to get onto. Andy arrived just as we were trying to work out where to go next, and redirected us back into the centre of town, with directions on finding the bike path. Once on the bike path it was supposed to be simple: “just follow the signs to Aigle” said the notes.

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Faulty towers anyone?

Faulty towers anyone?

Thursday, Aug 21, 2003

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I called Qantas this morning to enquire whether it was possible to check some of our luggage through from Melbourne to Geneva, even though we’re spending a couple of days in London. Thirteen minutes on hold listening to an endlessly repeating tape, then a voice comes on the line. “Yes, there’s no problem with that,” said the nice lady on the phone. “Just call back with the flight numbers so we can check that it’s with an airline that we share with.
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Riding in the hills

Riding in the hills

Sunday, Aug 17, 2003

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Picked the wrong day this weekend to go for a ride — too cold and too windy — but the scenery more than made up for it. Inspiration had struck on Friday and we tried to retrace parts of the MAD ride — drive out to Yarra Glen, ride to Healesville, then up Myer’s Creek road to Toolangi and back. Yarra Glen to Healesville was mostly flat, but with an icy northerly blowing, not really enjoyable.
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New tyres

New tyres

Saturday, Aug 16, 2003

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Two new tyres for Norky bike, I thought it better get them now rather than feel foolish somewhere on tour. Hutchinson Tom Slicks at $120 a pair! A bit pricey, but they look to be just what I’m after. Fitting them was a pain, after weeks of being folded, they didn’t want to unfold and sit on a wheel. Might need to get some new — narrower — tubes as a result though… We also picked up two cardboard boxes from the two bike shops up the street.
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Bad bad bad Mr taxi

Bad bad bad Mr taxi

Thursday, Aug 14, 2003

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Taxi driver of M-6897, you’re a very naughty boy… Not only are you forbidden from smoking in your cab, but throwing the lit cigarette butt out the window is littering. Its a good thing that both the Victorian Taxi Directorate and the EPA are so keen to take reports on people breaking both sets of rules. You probably shouldn’t have had your arm stuck out the window either, maybe next time a cyclist won’t slow down and you’ll get whacked on the elbow by a handlebar…
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More hill training

More hill training

Sunday, Aug 10, 2003

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More hills, more hills! Time to ride up some more hills… Richmond to The Basin along Canterbury road, then off through the forest along the Basin-Olinda road, a dirt road that winds peacefully up through the hills before popping out in the midst of Sunday tourist mayhem. There was more traffic today than I’ve met on previous rides up that road — some days I haven’t seen anyone else during the whole six kilometres, today there was traffic in both directions, slippin’ and slidin’ on the slick clay road.
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Journal for [2003-08-04 Mon]

Journal for [2003-08-04 Mon]

Monday, Aug 4, 2003

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More fun-and-games on the bike path under Glenferrie road this morning… a warning sign and huge row of orange cones. Is it flooded? Are they trying to install a dyke to keep the water out? I slowed as I entered… no, there’s a film crew setting up for a shoot in the storm-water drain. There’s lights and generators and cables and wires and chairs and people everywhere. Shame that some of the public are actually trying to use the bloody track to get to work!
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Mt Donna Buang in the snow

Mt Donna Buang in the snow

Saturday, Aug 2, 2003

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It seemed like a good idea at the time… If we’re going to be riding in the Alps next month, Jo thought she should have a little hill riding as training. Over a beer or two last night Evan mentioned that he hadn’t ridden up Mount Donna Buang for some time, and what a great ride it is at this time of year, especially with the Warburton-Healesville road being closed over winter.
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Humevale hill

Humevale hill

Sunday, Jul 27, 2003

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P-plates, Commodores, baseball-caps. What is it about the combination of the three that leads to such predictably abusive behaviour on the roads? We’d decided to go for a bike ride from Bundoora to Kinglake West, a few warm-up kilometres along the flat, then the seven kilometre climb up through the forest along the Humevale road. A strong northerly wind made the Bundoora to Whittlesea leg more onerous than necessary, A brief pause at the petrol station before Whittlesea to refuel on jelly-babies, then four kilometres of the thoroughly unpleasant leg of the Plenty road before reaching the Humevale turnoff.
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Journal for [2003-07-22 Tue]

Journal for [2003-07-22 Tue]

Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003

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Second day in a row of warm, almost Spring-like, weather in the evening. It made riding home such a change from the last few weeks! The warmer weather seems to have brought out the idiots too — two days in a row I’ve met the same guy who’s decided that he needs to ride with a red light on the front of his bike. Hopefully soon someone will kill him painlessly, before he causes anyone to crash avoiding him.
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Journal for [2003-07-19 Sat]

Journal for [2003-07-19 Sat]

Saturday, Jul 19, 2003

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Another Saturday morning ride, running late this time we missed the start by ten minutes and rode down towards Mordialloc alone — or as alone as you can be on Beach road on a Saturday morning. A winter sunset from the balcony Time to tidy up and catch up in the afternoon, I’m still writing up bits of my 1998 trip to Spain. Really ought to do this quicker, but the memories are still vivid, and my paper notebooks may well outlive this website anyway!
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Saturday morning ride

Saturday morning ride

Saturday, Jul 12, 2003

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There’s a first time for everything; today we managed to get up, fed, dressed and out on the bikes by nine o’clock! Early enough to try and meet friends who have a 9:30 social ride every Saturday morning. The gods must have laughed, because today nobody except Rae turned up, according to her there are lots of people most mornings. A pleasant enough sixty kilometres though. Almost down to Mordialloc before turning for the ride home — straight into the headwind.
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Journal for [2003-06-30 Mon]

Journal for [2003-06-30 Mon]

Monday, Jun 30, 2003

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After last Friday’s massive media beat up regarding the Critical Mass ride through the Burnley tunnel, there’s a few rants on how cyclists were abused more than usual over the weekend and since as a direct result. I’m curious; does it happen? Is it just cyclists being more than usually paranoid and expecting it? Limited data from my riding, Friday evening was well away from the whole area, but seemed to have just the usual mix of abuse and stupidity on the part of the motorists, Saturday was just an ordinary 30km ride, today’s commute was no different to normal…
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Journal for [2003-06-27 Fri]

Journal for [2003-06-27 Fri]

Friday, Jun 27, 2003

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You have to watch out for those idiots in tin boxes, a girl tried to run me over last night… backwards. She couldn’t fit in a parking space and reversed out, then stopped. I was stopped a metre behind her, lights on, bright yellow jacket on, trackstanding and trying to work out whether to go around her on the left, the right, or just wait for her to drive off. Surprise!
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Journal for [2003-06-25 Wed]

Journal for [2003-06-25 Wed]

Wednesday, Jun 25, 2003

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Damn it was cold this morning! I must be getting soft in my old age. Radio reported that it was 3 °C while I was listening in bed, coldest I can remember hearing while I’ve lived in Melbourne, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a decent frost here! Riding to work was a numbing experience for the fingers though, foolishly I left the warm winter gloves at home and opted for the ordinary ones.
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Door, Door...

Door, Door...

Monday, Jun 23, 2003

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From The Age: Man jailed for car-door attack on cyclists A car passenger who attacked a group of cyclists for fun was yesterday sentenced to 15 months’ jail. The Tasmanian Supreme Court was told Stephen Leonard Campbell, 43, was travelling in a car driven by his learner-driver son when they approached five professional cyclists on Hobart’s East Derwent Highway in March last year. “As the car overtook the cyclists, the passenger opened his door, deliberately striking the third cyclist with it, Justice Alan Blow said.
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Good news for cyclists — for once

Good news for cyclists — for once

Friday, Jun 13, 2003

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Man jailed for car-door attack on cyclists A car passenger who attacked a group of cyclists for fun was yesterday sentenced to 15 months’ jail. The Tasmanian Supreme Court was told Stephen Leonard Campbell, 43, was travelling a car driven by his learner-driver son when they approached five professional cyclists on Hobart’s East Derwent Highway in March last year. “As the car overtook the cyclists, the passenger opened his door, deliberately striking the third cyclist with it, Justice Alan Blow said.
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Priceless moments

Priceless moments

Thursday, Jun 12, 2003

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Bike riding — it sure does provide rich and varied experiences… this morning’s priceless moment started with me watching the small truck drive out of the discount tyre place in front of me, slowing as it turned to drive off in front of me, then me hitting the brakes and swerving as it launched a brand new truck tyre out through the open rear doors. Tyres are round, they roll really well!
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Bicycle Path Antics

Bicycle Path Antics

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003

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The perfect end to the day… There I was, minding my own business, riding home along the bike track under the Citylink tollway when all of a sudden a girl heading the other way yells out “Slow Down!” I rounded the curve to find a Volkswagen Golf stuck at the bottom of the track, nose up to the bollards that are designed to prevent motorists from driving in to the bike track.
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Ride along the Great Ocean Road

Ride along the Great Ocean Road

Saturday, Jun 7, 2003

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Give a man a Subaru Imprezza WRX and he thinks he’s a world rally champion… until he slides it backwards off the Great Ocean Road and leaves it hanging over a cliff. One of two great Kodak Moments(™) that I should have taken a photo of today — the other being the road sign: “In Australia, DRIVE ON THE LEFT” — I guess a few too many international tourists stop at the lookouts and then drive off on the wrong side.
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…The Site

Vanity site? Technology experiment? Learning tool? Blog? Journal? Diary? Photo album? I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you…

I experiment. I play. I write and I take pictures. Some of the site is organised around topics, other parts are organized by date, then there’s always the cross-references between them.

Its all been here a fairly long time. Like the papers on my desk, or the books on the bedside table, the pile just grew… and it all grew without much plan or structure. I try not to break URLs, so historical oddities abound.

Long ago it started as a learning experiment with a few static HTML pages, then I added a bit of server-side includes and some very ugly PHP. A hand-built journal/blog on top of that PHP, then a few experiments in moving to various static publishing systems. I’ve never wanted a database-based blogging engine, so over the years I’ve tried PHP, nanoblogger, emacs-muse, silkpage and docbook before settling on Emacs Org mode for writing and jekyll for publishing. But the itch remained… I never really liked jekyll and the ruby underneath always seemed so much black magic. So now the latest incarnation is Org mode and hugo.

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