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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Good Grief! Crums!

I have no idea how I missed this but WOW!
I love old 30’s style racers and this is a great one. By the time you’ve fixed the rear wheel and disposed of the brakes it HAS to be a winner.
More here: http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/guvnor.html

Xtracycle update

It’s been ages since I’ve updated you guys on the Xtracycle - perhaps you’d like to know how it’s going?
It has been getting a bit of use lately - the picture above is from a few months ago just after we moved house - In the racks there is;

Hoover (upright)
Bin (full size kirchen bin)
A crapload [...]

Cardboard toys!

I wish I was a bit younger - I could happily sit in one of these making rocket sounds all day!
I like the fact that they’re a use of old packageing materials, can be used to package stuff again and eventually it’ll biodegrade (if you use the right paints). What a cool alternative to plastic.

Environmental Vandals

I’ve just finished uploading the pictures from Scotland and I came across this one that I had forgotten about;
It really makes me mad to see this an a beautiful projection on the shores of Loch Lomond - they had left everything from the tent pegs to the sleeping mats. I would have loved to pack [...]

New hosts!

Well - we’re back from Scotland and I have spent all day sorting out the new hosting for the website. I’ve had a bit of an ongoing arguement with Flickr - their customer service is crap and I couldn’t upload. it was just the impetus I needed to move the website over to my own [...]