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Saturday, July 23, 2016

future home dreaming...

I've been delving into the world of portable, sustainable architecture of late, inspired partly by outrageous property prices in Sydney, partly by trying to work out how to make a difference in a more sustainable future for the planet... My good friend Richard Stewart is a few years ahead of me in this department having started out with the refurbished railway carriage pictured below, moving on to a building a full eco house, a life on the road in a refitted old van and now scouring boatyards for forgotten hulls to turn into maritime masterpieces...

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

round and round...

Towards the final days of our 2015 Euro adventure, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to smash out some fixed revolutions around the London Olympic Velodrome. Though it wasn't my first time riding fixed, it was my first time on the berms and banks. Needless to say, it's initially quite intimidating riding without brakes on angles of around 45 degrees, though by the end of the session I was hooked and keen to have a crack at Eddy Merckx hour mark! Another day perhaps...