... and not a satellite swell as i thought the first time i heard the song, but anyway that's beside the point.
The Boy has outgrown his alleycat which means if we want to go anywhere
with him on the bike, he has to ride solo. Today was his second proper
open road outing (admitedly he had been on the road before but it was
with his grandfather and in the middle of nowhere so i don't think it
counts not when compared to riding on the roads of West London does
it?). The first one was a quick trip down the road to choir practice
with me riding behind im. Though it was only a short distance it was a
hair raising experience and i was not keen to repeat it.
However if I want The Boy to acquire some road sense I need to let go
of my instinct to wrap him in cotton wool and start taking him out
supervised more often.
So today we picked a relatively traffic free route to Richmond and
stuck him between Him Indoor's bike and mine, with Him Indoors shouting
numbers at im everytime he thought The Boy ought to change gear.
It was a lot less scary than last time though we do suspect The Boy
spent more time looking at his speedo than he did looking at the road.
On the way back we spotted a kestrel in the Old Deer Park. As we got
closer it flew off and we noticed it had a prey in its talons. I never
cease to be amazed by the amount of wildlife in London and how
completely unbothered it is by the presence of humans the animals are.
Mind you, doesn't this look like contryside to you albeit tame countryside ?
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(11.6.05 22:54) Sounds very good, and yeah, looks like the countryside to me 
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Jiiiim!!! / Website (13.6.05 13:05) When I used to live by Richmond Park (up the Kingston end, if you're interested) I used to go riding round it to keep fit (well, fit-ish). I stuck to the bike after I decided to have a bit of a run one day, went off-road and rounded a corner to come face-to-face with a small herd of deer. Quite how they didn't hear me coming I shall never know but the sight of a dozen or so sharp-antlered creatures suddenly giving me the evil eye from about ten feet away was somewhat unnerving. I may have appeared to nonchalantly stroll round them, giving them as wide a berth as possible, but I was actually looking for the nearest climbable tree in case one or more decided to charge me.... |
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(13.6.05 18:08) oh dear, or should I say oh deer! they are rather large and scary. I would probably have failed the nonchalent stroll bit. I always say running is a bad idea - very dangerous indeed. |
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kevin / Website (14.6.05 09:27) Nice picture! |
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kevin / Website (14.6.05 09:29) Hi Henri, it seems there are some invalid code in your webpage title. have u seen it? maybe u wish to change it to make ur page better
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(14.6.05 10:58) I haven't got brave enough to let my boy out on the roads and he's 11. he's got road sence but the traffic scares me. We used to got to ALice hOLT IN Farnham lovley woods owned by the Forestry commision. |
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(14.6.05 21:52) hello Kevin, loads of things I fancy tweaking on the site but not enough time. It's on the to do list. Princess - I was daft and promised The Boy that he could cycle to school when he goes to secondary school so I have to make sure he is a safe cyclist by then, but i know what you mean about drivers, i see them everyday - loonies most of them the minute they sit behind the wheel. |
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(15.6.05 06:00) Oh strop, you, the boy and his bike... me, Lulu and the car. The desire to wrap them in cotton wool (or bubble wrap) will not be ending any time soon. *sigh* |
