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Minoule
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 15:54Wear Sunscreen
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 13:06I always liked this song.
The words originated from an article written in the Chicago Tribune by Mary Schmich in 1997. It had the title of: "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young"
Soon an urban legend rose which attributed the text to a commencement speech by Kurt Vonnegut, the author famous for his novel "Slaughterhouse-five" published in 1969. He never made a commencement speech, but said he'd have been proud of this one had he made it. For a long time his lawyer was inundated with requests for copies of the text.
Dirty Reiver 2017
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 04/24/2017 - 14:45Early in the year, I signed up again for the 2nd Dirty Reiver event, a 200km gravel race ( I rode the first one, which you can read about in my book). This is not really my normal type of ride, but I enjoyed it last time (funny how memory gets skewed over time) so thought I'd give it another go.
The date of the event was almost upon me as I realised I probably hadn't been doing enough riding. I also had a bit of a bug and wasn't exactly feeling brilliant. Still, this was no time to be mouping around, I checked my 29 hardtail bike over, oiled it up and drove myself over the hills down to the remote village of Kielder where I'd booked myself a spot in the camp-site for a couple of nights.
Biisuke Ball's Big Adventure
Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 04/21/2017 - 15:37Some balls escape from others in a great story involving a Rube Goldberg machine.
Rage against the machine - Killing in the name
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 22:14Played on children's instruments. Filmed in Uckange in France
And here's the start of their interesting documentary: The art of protest:
"Arguably the most provocative band of the last 20 years, Rage Against The Machine have since their explosive debut, been the group most associated with the American protest movement. "
Dirty Reiver
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 17:01Doing this in a couple of weeks!
Dirty Reiver trailer from Orange Trike Media on Vimeo.
Impeachara
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 16:54Ask your doctor if Impeachara® might help with your symptoms of T.I.A.D.
Impeachara ® from Sam Friedlander on Vimeo.
Glacier Exit
Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 16:41Some friends set out on a trip to explore the glaciers of Alaska. Instead of adventure, they found a man named Rick Brown, and a story of how climate change is drastically altering our landscape before our eyes. The glaciers that Rick calls home are now disappearing at an alarming rate — it only takes one month for them to recede the same distance that used to take hundreds of years.
GLACIER EXIT from Raphael Rogers on Vimeo.
Climb Mount Everest
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 13:53Here's a interesting website giving a 3D view of the main route up Mount Everest
Dreamride
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 03/20/2017 - 14:48A dream-like bike ride.
DreamRide 2 from Diamondback Bicycles on Vimeo.
An animated history of Spain
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 03/20/2017 - 14:39Internet Warriors - The Guardian (Warning: Some strong language!)
Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 17:14Why do so many people use the internet to harass and threaten people, and stretch the freedom of speech to its limits? Director Kyrre Lien meets a global group of strongly opinionated individuals, who spend their time debating online on the subjects they care most strongly about. Online platforms are their favourite tools to express the opinions that others might find objectionable in language that often offends. Do they behave in the same way when they come offline?
Heather coloured common frog - Cairngorms
Submitted by Dave Blair on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 22:13Almost stepped on this guy on a weekend trip up north.
Lammermuir ride
Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 14:47Went for a great overnight adventure in the Lammermuir hills at the weekend with Jay and Markus (from bikepackingscotland.com). We were planning on heading further afield, but a broken down van scuppered that idea. Instead we headed south, riding from my front door.
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