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There are two ways I can close out my loops on my long morning rides out to Pevensey and points west, and both of them involve my climbing a fairly steep hill towards the end of the ride. Given that I am presented with a choice it might seem a little odd that virtually...
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What a difference a shift in light and mood can make to a scene. If you’ve been following this blog you might recall that a couple of weeks ago I shot a photograph of an old bathers-hut/ice cream stand on the Bexhill seafront, which I pedalled past early on a Sunday morning just as...
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The Tirah Campaign of 1897-98 was another of those endless frontier wars the British always seemed to be fighting on India’s northwest borders back in the glory days of Kipling and the Raj. In this case it was a group of renegade Afridi tribesmen who rose up when nobody was expecting them to and...
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What a difference a week makes. Although all seemed dark and gloomy to me only last Sunday with the unwanted and much-grumbled-about (by me) shift to Daylight Savings Time, already the sun has clawed back a full fifteen minutes of that hour, and its rays could be seen bursting above the horizon at 6:33...
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One of the many things I love about cycling through the English countryside is the breezy familiarity you acquire here with antiquity and tradition. By that I don't mean just the big-ticket items, the ruined castles, Norman churches and picturesque 15th century pubs, all of which by the way I see all the time...
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Welcome to My-Bicycle-and-I
By way of introduction I am a magazine writer and sometime photographer who loves bicycles and cycling—not to race or get fit or even commute, but for the simple pleasure of being abroad in the world on two skinny wheels.
Since I enjoy writing nearly as much as I enjoy riding, I decided to put together this eclectic collection of stories, essays, reviews and columns.
I hope you'll find some things you like. Read a bit more here.
