The bad run of luck continues with my Hugh Porter road bike, fortunately it is nothing serious. I had a visit from the puncture fairy the other day and when I took off the offending tyre and examined it closely I found it to be perished. I was a little surprised because when inflated it looked perfectly OK. I checked the other and that was exactly the same so I ordered a pair off e bay. As usual I had to buy from the budget end of the market and bought a pair of DSI tyres & tubes for 15 quid. Obviously I can't say how good (or bad) they are yet but they look OK and no doubt, time will tell.
Last week I went walking for a change (See walks 2012 & look at 'John Cross & John Bonds sheep house'). This is an area where I spent a lot of time with my family when they were growing up so it was a walk down memory lane for me. It is surprising how different everything now looks. Part of the walk is through forestry commission land and some areas have been harvested while some other parts which I remember being planted now have trees reaching maturity. The biggest change to me is how overgrown thing now look. Before the foot and mouth epidemic a few years back there were many more sheep roaming around the area and consequently there were large areas of close cropped grass. now these same areas are full of weeds, bracken and even young trees have self seeded. I have mixed feelings about it all. One side of me would like to see it as it was, but I can also see that it must now be better for wildlife.
Last week I went walking for a change (See walks 2012 & look at 'John Cross & John Bonds sheep house'). This is an area where I spent a lot of time with my family when they were growing up so it was a walk down memory lane for me. It is surprising how different everything now looks. Part of the walk is through forestry commission land and some areas have been harvested while some other parts which I remember being planted now have trees reaching maturity. The biggest change to me is how overgrown thing now look. Before the foot and mouth epidemic a few years back there were many more sheep roaming around the area and consequently there were large areas of close cropped grass. now these same areas are full of weeds, bracken and even young trees have self seeded. I have mixed feelings about it all. One side of me would like to see it as it was, but I can also see that it must now be better for wildlife.