Category Archives: Blog

It’s been a long, long while since I was out on the Swifty Air kick scooter during the wee small hours of the morning, though I do prefer the term silly o’clock, a phrase I heard from a neighbour while … Continue reading →

My goodness, doesn’t time fly. In the month of May this coming year I’ll have been retired for 5-years, yes, that’s 60 months, or 260 weeks, or more days than my mental arithmetic can calculate. And you know what, it’s … Continue reading →

The Blog section is the home to stuff that does not fall within the other category headings, so all my other interests, along with just about anything else, will end up here including, nature, weather, DIY, life, the multiverse and … Continue reading →

With the hopefully imminent arrival of my latest velocipede, the Sonder Broken Road Ti, an off-road wilderness trail bike, I’m super-excited (oh I hate that term!) to be able to get out into the hills again with a bike more … Continue reading →

Finally, after a few false starts, the latest bike makeover is complete in resplendent gloss white with gloss black wheel rims. The rims were originally going to be alternating panels of white and black but it did not look very … Continue reading →

About this time last year, I completed a custom paint job on a Reynolds 853 framed Genesis Day One. The final bike became known as Harley Quinn, so named after all the bright colours I choose at the time. However, … Continue reading →

Well, finally the fishy thing, come artwork, sculpture, mobile, not sure what to call it, is now installed on the garden fence at the rear of the house. The fish have actually been ready for some time, we’ve just been … Continue reading →

I was never really happy with the paint finish on the Surly Ogre, particularly the wheel rims. The finish was not smooth and over time chain oil and general cycling dirt became ingrained into the paint and difficult to remove. … Continue reading →

The Blog section is the home to stuff that does not fall within the other category headings, so all my other interests, along with just about anything else, will end up here including, nature, weather, DIY, life, the multiverse and … Continue reading →

Well folks, it’s been some time since I posted a blog in this section, so about time for a wee catch up on what’s been happening on Planet Gary. I had meant to write this on the 12th, my birthday, … Continue reading →