As we approach the end of 2008 I felt I should post a short post to round off 2008 – The year of the Potato!
Cycling
Back in January I resolved to get fitter, to motivate me to this end I signed up to the Royal British Legion 2008 Poppy Cycle to Paris.  In January it seemed like a long time off – it wasn’t until September that the cycle started but I wuickly started training.  I soon bought a new bike a Giant OCR 4 (road / race bike) and almost …

The Barsley Brief has transformed again. now into its third new look this year.

I wanted to change the look, feel and usability of this site because I feel it grew and met constraints in its old form. Also I just didn’t like the look and feel.

The primary change is that rather than a “blog” format (just a long page of articles) I now using a newspaper format. I think this is much better for navigation as a user doesn’t just see a long list of posts but can like a magazine look at they favourite category. At the moment I have the categories Books, Cycling, Musings and Web Links.

A clear sunny day at last!  Not perfect though as there was a strong headwind of around 25mph.
Another good breakfast at the hotel and then a long bus back to Abbeville to pick up the bikes.  After the rain the previous day we tried to clean off most of the dirt from the bikes and re oil the chain.  Several people found punctures where their tyres had slowly gone down overnight.  My bike was ok though.  The war memorial was on the main roundabout of the town and once again …

This week I haven’t done one long cycle but rather several smaller cycles.  My cousin (who also enjoys cycling) was back home for the week so I took the opportunity to get out on with a different cyclist.  So was out Monday and Thursday night after work and also today.
Really enjoyed going out for a cycle after work, After the train journey home you feel shattered and it’s so easy to just lounge in front of the tele.  But once you get out it’s really enjoyable with the warm light …