With very little if any practice, Lucas and I are off to south Holland tomorrow for a ride up the coast to mid Holland.
I have rebuilt both bikes with new parts and tested the single speed with all the weight on it. I just rode 5km. It felt really heavy but manageable. I wasn’t wearing my backpack, so there’s that.
I found the faster I rode, the easier it was to control and manage. The slower speed was really difficult and the small slopes, I had to walk up, with a single speed which usually would really be easy.
I feel better about the whole thing now and I am still worried for Lucas, Friday will be a 20 miler. My Boy is strong.
After a 3 month break which started with a lack in enthusiasm, then became a major technical issue. I have returned to amuse myself and talk to myself on the internet once again.
Back with a blog that no one has heard of or listens to but me, even though I don’t like the sound of my voice, I still feel compelled to make them.
I am feeling a bit icky and tetchy, mainly because I am not getting out as much as I want to and it is starting to worry me. I have in the past been a hoarder and I am making amends to rectify this, so I am decorating my home and getting rid of all the stuff I don’t use or need. This takes a lot of time at home, and I clearly don’t get out much.
It all starts with the smallest room in my home, which was originally my podcast studio, then became store room and more recently junk room. I had painted it red to match the now deceased Red Room as a tribute and built a studio in there. I stopped making music and then it was used as a dumping ground for the Dread House kit. I have nearly finished painting it all white again and sorted out all of the art supplies and props, bought storage boxes for my tools and it is almost ready to move back into and take out all the crap of out my living room.
Once this is done, I can finish my hallway and (badly) wallpaper one of the walls, that needs it. Then I can start on my kitchen, tidy up my bathroom and living room. So not a massive undertaking but of all the skills I possess, decorating is not my strong suit.
I am getting wanderlust and keep looking at the door and trying plan trips on my computer but can’t really do this until the above is sorted. I also find myself in more and more online meetings and preparation for my new roll in June as Manager, hence the title of this post. The irony, transitioning in to a manager of an LGBT charity. I am excited about it though.
In amongst all of this, I have built a mini studio and I am recording an E.P. called ‘The Beautiful Peasants’.
Today, I am off to Capel manor to be the Easter bunny, I have mixed opinions about this, mainly because I have Milo to look after this weekend, as much as I love him and I do, he is hilarious, he is a handful. Despite being Lucas’ dog, he isn’t much help.
I will let you know how it goes.
The Oranje Podcast
Featured Track in this Podcast;
Oranje by L'errance - Taken from the forthcoming 'The Beautiful Peasants' E.P.
