Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

I had a splendid evening on Monday, with truly excellent company, discussions about an exciting variety of things (inc feminism, body image, and the philosophy of consciousness), some BOSH, & possibly a little too much of the boozes.

But after a fry-up yesterday (as cooked by me - the greasy spoon was shut over the holiday), felt entirely up to a gentle bike ride with uon to Staves Hill, as per last year. Except this year doop was fully OK with riding on roads, performing right turns, etc etc. It was very nice indeed - the view from there is splendid.

Also I got to test out my new front wheel (which I built myself! from scratch!) which works both in the "turning round & no spokes falling out" sense and in the "dynamo actually powers light" sense. (NB I did not build the dynamo hub myself, I bought that bit from the nice people at Shimano.) The latter particularly good as there is something of a bodge going on with wire, mangled spade connectors, solder, and electrical tape, in order to convert Schmidt light into Shimano connection; not to mention the slightly unusual fork mount.

Today I am revising, go me.

Also: tell me stuff! (Likelihood is that I will not in fact do the "construct review" part of this but We Shall See.)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

I had a splendid evening on Monday, with truly excellent company, discussions about an exciting variety of things (inc feminism, body image, and the philosophy of consciousness), some BOSH, & possibly a little too much of the boozes.

But after a fry-up yesterday (as cooked by me - the greasy spoon was shut over the holiday), felt entirely up to a gentle bike ride with uon to Staves Hill, as per last year. Except this year doop was fully OK with riding on roads, performing right turns, etc etc. It was very nice indeed - the view from there is splendid.

Also I got to test out my new front wheel (which I built myself! from scratch!) which works both in the "turning round & no spokes falling out" sense and in the "dynamo actually powers light" sense. (NB I did not build the dynamo hub myself, I bought that bit from the nice people at Shimano.) The latter particularly good as there is something of a bodge going on with wire, mangled spade connectors, solder, and electrical tape, in order to convert Schmidt light into Shimano connection; not to mention the slightly unusual fork mount.

Today I am revising, go me.

Also: tell me stuff! (Likelihood is that I will not in fact do the "construct review" part of this but We Shall See.)

A request

If anyone is chucking out anything that looks remotely like a container you could put compost in & grow plants in, please let me know - I am seeking more containers for the balcony & would rather reuse/recycle than buy.

Things I am already intending to use: elderly metal roasting tin (good for things that don't have lots of roots), plastic tubs that I think used to hold some variety of pigment (thank you freecycle!), ice-cream boxes. Anything that you can drill holes in (for drainage) and won't rot. (The roasting tin may in due course rust but I'll worry about that as & when.)

A request

If anyone is chucking out anything that looks remotely like a container you could put compost in & grow plants in, please let me know - I am seeking more containers for the balcony & would rather reuse/recycle than buy.

Things I am already intending to use: elderly metal roasting tin (good for things that don't have lots of roots), plastic tubs that I think used to hold some variety of pigment (thank you freecycle!), ice-cream boxes. Anything that you can drill holes in (for drainage) and won't rot. (The roasting tin may in due course rust but I'll worry about that as & when.)