In this months Town Crier magazine Owen Wilson is offering guided cycle rides in and around Darlington. You can get a copy of an event leaflet by calling 01325 388652 or emailing owen.wilson (at) darlington.gov.uk I’ve sent off for a copy.
Monthly Archives: June 2004
Midsummer Cycle Ride
Part of the Darlington Cycle Festival, the Midsummer Cycle Ride takes place next Wednesday, 16th June, starting at 7pm at the Dolphin Centre and taking around two and a half hours. It is a gentle midsummer’s evening cycle ride through some of the borough’s most attractive countryside
, according to the Darlington Cycling Festival programme.
Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a website for the festival, the news section of the council website is lacking in information, and I can’t find any more information online via Google, so that’s all the information I can give.
I’m planning on going along; any other takers?
Magic Roundabouts
Lets hope nobody builds one of these roundabouts in Darlington: Swindon’s Magic Roundabout, or slightly worse Hemel Hempstead’s Plough Roundabout
How To Run a Weblog on Behalf of Your MP
How To Run a Weblog on Behalf of Your MP: “Why/When Stalk an MP?
# If they don’t have a website.
# If their website isn’t updated frequently enough to be useful.
# If you want to shine a torch up their arse and see if the light comes out of their ears.”
Any takers for Mr Milburn? Or we could blog about the entire council/town (though Darlington Town sort of does that already).
Head Case
Do you like your helmet? If so I’d like to know about it! I’m thinking about buying a brain bucket but what to buy and what are the pros and cons?
Since I’m skint it’ll have to be quite cheap so my budget is something like a miserly £35 🙁
I’ve heard that the best advice is to actually try out models in one of those ye olde shoppe things, so I’ll probably do that if I can make a shortlist of models beforehand. I’ve heard that a badly-fitting helmet can do more damage in an accident than not wearing one at all so this seems excellent advice.
Apparently Specialised head cases are better for folks with narrower heads and Giros are better for folks with round ones. I’ll be looking for a Giro then 🙂
Helmets I’ve seen that I liked were: Specialized 03 Enduro Pro and Giro Animas.
What helmet would you recommend or what should I know about or avoid?