You know the scary thing about bicycling in Zurich? The really scary, unnerving thing? No, it's not the cars, and it's not even the tram-tracks ( Read more... )

Wow. Only seven hours' sleep? I guess I'm caught up at last. Ever since Monday I've been switching my alarm-clock off, crashing out by about ten o'clock and sleeping like a python for nine or ten hours ( Read more... )

On Monday I brought my bicycle down from Germany where it's been languishing, unused and unloved, in our garage for over six months. Today I rode it to work and back, which is about ten miles each way. I'm unfit. It hurt ( Read more... )