Last night the world witnessed one of the most unedifying spectacles that has ever been seen in sport, a 9 times World Champion using his bike as a weapon to crash a fellow competitor out of the … [Read more...]
Productive days
The speedway season is almost upon us which means that it's time for me to put on another hat. As commentator at Nowra Speedway, my local track, and sometime guest commentator at Goulburn and the ACT, … [Read more...]
Saying goodbye – again
It's been said that one of the sure sign of advancing years is that we start attending more funerals than weddings. If this is true, and I'm sure that it is, then I am well and truly in the "advancing … [Read more...]
What a race!
Over the last few years I haven't watched as much racing as I used to and it has nothing to do with losing interest. The encroachment of Pay per View into TV has meant that, unless you pay, you don't … [Read more...]
Road trip
I look at the blog front page and I think, "How can it have been a week since I did the last update?" They say that, when you retire, you have to stay busy or you die. Well, at this rate, I'm going to … [Read more...]
Vantastic
It's now over a year since we bought the Minibago. From a chance discovery, finding it for sale on the side of the road to a whirlwind purchase, it has been an example of serendipity at its finest. We … [Read more...]
On two wheels
I've been putting my mechanical skills to good use lately. Since the family arrived home from America, they have enjoyed the "comparatively" wide open spaces that our neighbourhood allows. Living in a … [Read more...]
Living in rebound mode
My brother has a lot of favourite sayings. Some of them are the same as mine and derive from the collected wisdom of our dad who made a point of having something wise to say about pretty much … [Read more...]