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2008 Round up

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

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Posted in Cycling, Musings

A New Look to the Barsley Brief

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.

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Day Three – Abbeville to Beauvais

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

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Lots of cycles

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

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