Not quite
Been out for ~7 mile bike ride. Yes, it was cold.

Animal... I think you've got a third for the small yappy dog camp.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:18, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Oh hey Mat.
How's the site coming on?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:21, Reply)

Not so bad
I'm wanting to get out soon and take a few more photos. I've got plans for a few "how to" style videos (plus the one I made on jumping ages ago) but it's finding time during the day when I'm not busy that's the problem. I might get some stuff done on Saturday.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:24, Reply)

Brilliant.
You're a student, aren't you?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:25, Reply)

Yep
Thinking of setting up a kite society at uni for several reasons - paying (though discounted) work for me, fun, and grants to buy more kites for "club use".
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:27, Reply)

That does sound like a plan.
Do you know lots of people there who are interested in it?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:29, Reply)

I find a good proportion of people are
Certainly if they think they can get free lessons. I've decided to take a somewhat mercenary approach now I've finally had the insurance come through - I'll teach the people I promised lessons to before for free, but that's an end of that, even for my friends. I think I can justifiably say that I should get something for doing quite a difficult job, even if it's not full scale pay.

Unless they're really hot...


P.S. The less glamourous side of the sport...
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:36, Reply)

To be fair, I manage to do that a lot without a kite.
Sounds like you've got yourself quite the plan! I'm jealous, I wish I was so motivated.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:41, Reply)

Motivated?
"Poor" would be a better description. I'm looking for a bit of cash up until June, at which point I want to head down to Cornwall and start teaching full time*, either with an established school or on my own.

*Until September, when I have to come back here again for my final year.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:51, Reply)

Yes, but I'm poor too.
There's no reason for it other than sheer laziness on my part, unfortunately.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:55, Reply)

A 7 mile ride at this time?
And I thought my bike into work this morning was cold (it was though).

I think I'd like to punch a dolphin, or a bear. No, wait, definitely a bear.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:21, Reply)

You will have to do more training.
Why a bear though?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:24, Reply)

Just to say that I'd punched a bear
Also, I did a top 50 list of Things I Want To Do Before I'm Eaten By Bears, and one of them was to learn to fight bears.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:29, Reply)

If you learn how to fight them, how would they eat you?

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:30, Reply)

I don't WANT to be eaten by them
Just want to accomplish what I can and fend off the tricksy beasts for as long as possible.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:32, Reply)

I don't understand why you hate bears so much.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:33, Reply)

You mean apart from because they're going to eat me?
They can be smug. I don't like smug animals.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:35, Reply)

While I abhor smugness in animals
I think there must be some smugger than the bear.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:39, Reply)

Certainly, but I'd punch them too

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:41, Reply)

I'm still sticking to my original answer of small dogs.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:42, Reply)

I'm in Edinburgh
The roads are lovely and quiet at this time. I almost never cycle in the daytime, because I'm always transporting my flatmates to and from uni (we share courses but I have a car). I try to get out as often as I can in the evenings for a bit of exercise.

Edit: That said, I normally end up in the union bar, though only drinking coke. A few pints of sugary drinks are balanced out by the mile-long hill climb I do on leaving campus.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:26, Reply)

I remember Edinburgh being rather hilly
So I don't envy you there. That said, it must be beautiful to cycle around at night.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:30, Reply)

It's pretty good
I can actually just use the union canal towpath to get back to my flat, but you don't get much benefit or satisfaction from cycling two and a half miles on the flat. With the mile hill climb route, I half kill myself on the way up but I get three and a half miles of lovely cruisy downhill bits.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:33, Reply)

My route to work is half flat (with traffic)
Then a bit up and down. It's only 1.7 miles in total one direction, so when the weather's good I'll cycle down the nearby country track and do an additional 6 miles.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:37, Reply)

Something similar for me
Over last summer, I was doing a minimum 26 mile round trip most days. That was back home though, where there is far less traffic and the gaps between towns are bigger.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:39, Reply)

Impressive!
In the summer I'd cycle 18 miles round trip to see my folks at the weekend. This year I hope to cycle a little further afield, but my hybrid's not the best for too long a distance.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:41, Reply)

I don't have a wonderful bike
I'm riding this or something very similar at the moment. One or two mods - different pedals with toe clips, two quick release wheels and panniers. I'd like a racing bike, but I'd just end up putting panniers on it and kind of defeating the object of an ultralight bike in the first place.

That said, I have some friends with racing bikes, and they are wonderful for hill climbing.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:49, Reply)