Author Archives: janh1

About janh1

Part-time hedonist.

1 to be ready… 2 to be steady….3 for the CHEESE!!

Posted on June 2, 2013

For the first time EVER, no cheeses were bowled at the centuries-old cheese rolling ceremony at Brockworth this year. Instead, rounds of weighted foam were wrapped up in white plastic and sent bouncing down the 1 in 3 slope of … Continue reading →

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Cycling consumer fail

Posted on May 12, 2013

It was only when I was getting the kit on to go mountainbiking in the Forest of Dean last weekend that I realised that where bike shops are concerned, I am a living nightmare. It’s not so much that they … Continue reading →

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Sewing? Bee careful!

Posted on April 6, 2013

I can’t be trusted with trousers. Or socks for that matter. Sewing repairs are a struggle and they go wrong. The moment I discovered the availability of iron-on hem tape was a “sliced bread” moment. Never again would I gather … Continue reading →

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Don’t make me hate you, Colin

Posted on April 1, 2013

It’s oddly paradoxical isn’t it, how someone being ridiculously over-friendly, over-solicitous and nice makes you want to kill avoid them? No? Just me then. Colin, the irritating chap from the Fast Show sketch who tells terrible jokes and laughs at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Food, Ridiculous Tosh, Seaside, Watery things | 10 Comments

Getting hammered at Lyme Regis

Posted on April 1, 2013

The kid ahead of me on the beach must have been about four years old. He wore baggy little jeans, warm red jacket and cute little bobble hat pulled well down over his ears against the cold. He was so … Continue reading →

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Lyme Surprise

Posted on April 1, 2013

Lyme Regis was a surprise which turned into a delight.  Sounds a bit gushing, but it’s true. The town sits at the bottom of hills where the rushing River Lym flows into the sea.  I loved the beautifully preserved Georgian … Continue reading →

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A tale of two rides

Posted on March 26, 2013

It’s Spring!  Everyone says so and the evidence was all there when I went for the first of a couple of really peachy longish bikes rides about ten days ago. There were lots of tweety birds in the lanes, small … Continue reading →

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Movie celeb at Gloucester Docks

Posted on March 26, 2013

  The thing about a new arrival at Gloucester Docks is that you can generally spot it from some distance. So it was with the latest visitor – a celebrity tall ship who’s starred in too many films to list … Continue reading →

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La Gira del Vago

Posted on March 25, 2013

Eurospurt’s TV coverage of La Giro de la Incertidumbre. Try and imagine the visuals ok? This is just a blog after all… Alan: Welcome to La Gira del Vago more accurately known as La Gira de la Incertidumbre and you … Continue reading →

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Dog Training for Cats – the last update (perhaps)

Posted on March 23, 2013

I wasn’t intending to write any more Dog Training for Cats blogs. I thought I’d taken the observations as far as I could go really, recognising finally that while cats are from Venus, dogs are from Mars. Two different species, … Continue reading →

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