After spending a lot of time building this blog in the early part of this year, I haven’t been out on my bike now for the best part of three months. Why the hiatus you might wonder?

Well, predominantly boredom I’m afraid to say. Most of the winter was spent slogging round the same old routes which took some shine off things but I don’t think I can really blame that. I just think that after nearly four years of constant riding you start to get a bit jaded. That’s only natural I would say. When you start to find things a becoming a chore, things like cleaning the bike after a ride or mending a puncture, or it just seems too much trouble to take the Camelbak bladder out, clean it and refill it, I think it’s time to take a break.

Added to that, there’s an element of creative exhaustion. This blog took a lot to get right, having built Mk I it was obvious it needed further work to get to the Mk II version we currently have. Sorting out all the little details, like archive layout, photo styles, search results pages and everything else that makes the difference between a proper website and a ‘bedroom homebrew’ site also took time.

Now, over to you…

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