I’ve now had my new e-bike for four weeks. I’ve ridden it often, so am slowly getting used to it. I’ve ridden a very light weight road bike for most of my adult life, so I came very slowly to transitioning to an e-bike, which is much heavier. I hadn’t been riding regularly for a […]
Next Phase In Cycling
The Awakening A couple of weeks ago, blogger friend Denyse made a comment on my blog that “she sensed a longing in me, for what was”. Well, Denyse is very perceptive. The longing in me lately has been to turn back the clock to when I was superfit and could do anything I put […]
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The Luckiest Day of my Life
This week is the 10th anniversary of what I consider to be the luckiest day of my life. I’d lost track of the years or even the date of the event, but was reminded this week by Facebook. On that Tuesday morning, at about 7am, I left home on my road bike, to ride about […]
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Rail Trail Series – Ballarat to Skipton
Ballarat to Skipton This rail trail starts on the west side of Ballarat, and runs along the old Skipton railway line, for a distance of 57 kilometers. The rail trail goes through Haddon, Smythesdale and Pittong. Smythesdale is a historic gold mining town, so anyone interested in the history of Victoria, would find a stop […]
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My life in cycling
This is a repost of a post from my other blog Tracking Down The Family. On that blog, I’ve been doing a writing memoir series, where I am working through the writing exercises in a book titled Writing True stories by Patti.Miller. One of the writing exercises was to write about a symbol that relates […]
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Feeling very happy with myself
I did it! A few days ago, I forced myself to get back on the bike. I know that doesn’t sound like much of an ‘I did it’ moment. But in my world, just now, it’s a huge step forward. Or perhaps I should say it’s a huge pedal forward. For most of my life […]
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Rail Trail Series – Lilydale to Warburton
This 38k rail trail , starts behind the railway station at Lilydale in the Yarra Valley which is east of Melbourne, Victoria.The trail then follows the route of the old historic railway line, finishing at Warburton. After crossing the overpass over Maroondah Highway, you can expect to ride through beautiful bushland, vineyards and farmland, with […]
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Rail Trail Series – Rushworth to Murchison
Twelve years ago, I lived just outside Rushworth, in Central Victoria, on the foreshore of the Waranga Basin, a huge man made water reservoir which was created in the early 20th century to provide water for famers, to irrigate their properties. Just before I moved, discussions began about the old railway line being turned into […]
