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Even if you’ve already received your child’s class assignments, gotten him or her a handy 7 speed beach cruiser to ride to school and had thorough discussions about handling school pressure, you may still need to stock up on some back-to-school supplies before the semester starts. Having the right supplies can help prepare your child to tackle the new school year head-on and can help ensure that he or she has all the tools for academic success. If you’re not sure what items you need to add to your back-to-school shopping list, cover all your bases with this quick guide....

Are you looking for hotels with Peloton bikes in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas or another Texas city? What about a vacation rental in Galveston or Austin? This blog post can help. This article on Texas hotels with Peloton bikes grew out of a bigger post about hotels worldwide with Pelotons in them. I first wrote that post in 2019. Since then it’s grown to be huge. Why write about Texas hotels and rentals with Pelotons Before I started breaking out these posts by region, that Peloton hotels article was 14,000+ words. That’s just too long for anyone to read. So,...

The comedian on pancakes, croissants, battered sausages, working out and getting a ‘Sunday’ tattooSunday morning? I love the feel of a Sunday, but sometimes Sundays are like Tuesdays, but a Wednesday can be a Sunday, too. If it’s a day off, I wake up at 9.30am, but stay in bed until 10am if I’m feeling fruity. Then my wife, Hannah, makes pancakes.The perfect day? I’d work out – to earn those pancakes. Then we’ll go for a bike ride if the weather’s good. I got her a cute Dutch bike with a basket for Christmas. We’ve started going to Hampton...

 I’ve had the pleasure of the company of an old friend recently, who I haven’t seen in person for about three years. We had a lovely couple of days together and I was taken out for meals, some local sight seeing and thoroughly spoilt. (Subscribers to my Patreon blog extra can find a picture packed post about our visit to Attingham Park and house here). As if this social whirl was not enough, I returned home to find an invitation to an art exhibition which was being held at the nearby Pitchford Estate, at the Orangery. My distant neighbours, Mary...

An epic ride in the shadow of Julián Berrendero, who spent 18 months in a Franco concentration camp, then put two fingers up to the dictator by winning the raceThe temperature stood at 42C as I rode into Salamanca one dog-day afternoon a little over a year ago. After two and a half brutal days I had finally completed stage one of the 1941 Vuelta a España, a stage won in just under eight hours by the man who would go on to claim victory in the first edition of this national bike race held under the Franco regime. Continue...