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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Of Apple, Casio, Garmin and Suunto Wearing

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThere was a time, for decades, if not centuries, when a watch provided us with the time. We would wear it in a pocket, attached to a chain, we would stare up at a clock tower and we would see the time. We might even hear church bells to indicate every quarter,…

  • Autumn Weather and Flexibility

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWith Autumn comes a change in weather. The days get shorter and the temperatures drop. Clouds come more often, and stick around. The result is that events that are scheduled are cancelled. Today the weather was good, but the event is scheduled for tomorrow. In a situation such as this I would…

  • A Cycling Stroll With a Group

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a subconscious desire for a lot of cyclists, especially on group rides, to speed up and challenge each other. There is the urge to go as fast as possible on every ride, to leave people in the dust. There is the urge to light up Strava with personal records. For…

  • Autumn Colours and an Autumn Ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it is overcast colours are washed out and harder to distinguish. For several days clouds have covered the sun so it has been darker, and with this darkness so the Autumnal colours have been harder to distinguish. This morning, during the morning ride we started in the grey light of an…

  • The Nocturnal Run

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night, as I finished dinner I noticed that others were out so I joined them within twenty minutes or so. That wasn’t fast enough. They had decided to call it a night. As this impacted my mental health I decided to go for a run. Often you see people are out,…

  • The Strava IPO and My Desire To Quit the App

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I woke at 0530 and thought "I can’t be bothered to go for a ride so early." Within a few minutes I was up getting ready. I put on my Autumnal cyclist stuff and pumped the tyres to 80 bar. I then road to the meeting point. I arrived 15…

  • The Strava IPO and My Desire To Quit the App

    Reading Time: 3 minutesStrava intends to float itself on the stock exchange. In my experience of Twitter, Facebook and other social media apps this is the beginning of the end for the app. In my experience when an app such as Zwift gets VC funding it loses control of its app. Users go from being…

  • Autumn Cycling

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe first bicycle ride, when it got cooler, felt unpleasant. My hands felt cold, the areas around zips felt cold, my legs felt cold, and then, over a few rides I got used to the temperature. When you cycle in the pre-dawn dark the temperature is cool. You can feel it biting…

  • Google Adsense Ads Removed

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years, or even decades I have had Google Adsense on my site, and I have been paid several times over the years. In recent years though Google Adsense has flooded my site with ads, but has not flooded me with revenue so yesterday I removed the ads. For a while we…

  • Broken FrontMatter Extension

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor two days now FrontMatter has been slightly broken. When I want to create new posts via the interface it refuses, so I have to copy and paste the front matter info from the previous day, and add it to a new markdown document. The operation is quick and easy but it’s…