A coded message from AYF
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For years, an American Youth Foundation summer camp in the area had run
bike tours as part of its offerings. Camp Merrowvista in Tuftonboro had
even had...
Sunny Hot Sunday Goosing Sikes Lake
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On this third day of Spring, the 4th Sunday of the 2026 version of March,
it was to Sikes Lake I ventured for some salubrious endorphin acquisition.
A ...
Why I Rode
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This, on a Friday afternoon, in one of winter’s last moments:
I mounted Tosca, my Mercian fixed gear bike for a ride I needed to do for
no other reason ...
RANTWICK LOVES the USA
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Hey. I suspect that with my long absence, nobody will see this.
Nonetheless, I feel the need to make an unequivocal, blanket statement: I
love the USA. I...
Back in the Blogger Saddle
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Five years ago, I left Blogger because Google was no longer supporting it.
Blogging was going out of style because social media was taking over, and I
pr...
Six weeks off.
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The visit to see the Consultant went quite well really ... My ' numbers'
have started to creep up again so I am going to be given a different
treatme...
Phoning Back to Home
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In my last post, I was amazed to find pay phones out in the wilds of the
Olympic Penninsula. Well, apparently, those phones were connected straight
to Dal...
Spring Break Countdown
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I am pleased that *Tim* and I are planning our third consecutive spring
break bikepacking outing. We've had some good times on prior editions to
Arkans...
View along The Chattahoochee
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View of the bridge across The Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Georgia.
Photo taken from the Roswell Riverfront Trail, while on a bicycle commute.
Please cli...
Subject Matter Mostly it's about local transportation cycling, as it exists in the here and now. It's got a smattering of other gratuitous toy recreation thrown in to keep y'all a little off balance. For those that don't know me, toy recreation means English & Italian cars, aircraft - and downhill skiing.