The day before the autumn equinox was spent on a photo-recce of Arc 10 and 11 to check that three prized sections are still in fine fettle. These are two stretches of abandoned road and the shortcut through Penn Woods – all indispensable parts of the C25 system. Continue reading
The equinoxes are better known for storms than flat calm, but a year ago I caught this stretch of the Thames in an eerie stasis of slackwater high tide and no breath of wind. Air and water stood still, the seabirds hung randomly at anchor, as it were – but these concrete WW11 landing craft go nowhere under any conditions. Continue reading
The Cycling and Society Symposium was held (at short notice) at Imperial College on September 7-8. I have been increasingly attending academic and activist cycling meetings; this was the most comprehensive and stimulating, Continue reading
A performance of La Boheme for Opera Up Close in Bishop’s Stortford gave me the opportunity to upgrade the photos of Arc 1B and Spinoff 1 by cycling from Cheshunt to Stortford. As it transpired more was achieved: Continue reading