Posted in Fitness, Politics by: Alan G
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03 Feb
In parliament today a bill on euthanasia for those with terminal illnesses was punted to a sub-committee. This is probably what you would expect in a parliament.
What was strange was it had been expected to be handed to the Health committee. According to party hacks euthanasia doesn’t fall under the remit of health.
The more you [...]
Posted in Cycling, Rant by: Alan G
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19 May
There are two stories about Perth today in the papers – both of which are horrendous.
The first has been overlooked by the national news: Woman beat for seven hours.
A woman was beaten for seven hours by her partner, the neighbours at around midnight heard cries resembling shrieks from a horror film. Neighbours were wakened by [...]
Posted in Cycling, Fitness by: Alan G
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16 Feb
With the weather finally clearing we managed to get out on the bikes at the weekend.
The route map is:
It was a pretty hard slog for two main reasons, lack of fitness and the gears not working correctly on bike. I was able to switch from 2 to 1 but not up again, when I fiddled [...]
Posted in Cycling, Fitness, Random by: Alan G
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18 Jan
I have been trying to get my work to enter the Cycle2Work scheme. Looks quite positive although it is on hold until the new office is complete around September. Unfortunately that’s the time of year I’d be least likely to start cycling seeing as it will be starting to have heavy showers. I figure if [...]