tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560934058727325259.post3912410744246792268..comments2023-03-29T20:44:13.999-07:00Comments on Chafe City: well that was humblingChafedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600452318978949340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560934058727325259.post-60064098420457471632012-11-21T14:59:43.007-08:002012-11-21T14:59:43.007-08:00I wish very much that I had done exactly this =( ...I wish very much that I had done exactly this =( Chafedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600452318978949340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560934058727325259.post-46740674447159787912012-11-19T17:32:45.679-08:002012-11-19T17:32:45.679-08:00Isn't "sorry but I have to leave now so I...Isn't "sorry but I have to leave now so I can bike home on an unfamiliar route before it gets very dark" an automatic and heroic way to get out of the meeting? And shouldn't you get carbon offset points for that?<br /><br />Isn't it the bicyclist's version of "Sorry, gotta leave, carpool y'know"?<br /><br />Say it loud.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-560934058727325259.post-62712346683854912132012-11-19T13:55:05.459-08:002012-11-19T13:55:05.459-08:00First time I cycled from Chester Station to my par...First time I cycled from Chester Station to my parents-in-law on the Wirral in Cheshire, for Christmas 2003, it was much the same story. I rode 20 miles through often unlit paths in the countryside. The worst bit was a very muddy old railway cutting overshadowed by trees, at a point where my front light's battery was beginning to give up. The Invisible Visible Woman had pretty much given me up for dead by the time I emerged, blinking, from the wintry darkness...Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.com