The bike ride!

Today was the day of my bike ride along the Tarka Trail, the path which follows the route of the old train line called the Tarka Trail. It was featured in a James May's Toy Stories (Wikipedia, This Is North Devon) when he used a Hornby toy train to get from Barnstaple to Bideford, the route which I took. The ride out was very fun, not bad weather, not too cold and not boiling hot, just right for cycling! The ride back presented a couple of problems though... I rode the trail for about two miles, before stopping for lunch and talked to my brother for a while. Then it started raining. Not badly, but enough to be annoying! The cycle back into Bideford was not the worst, despite the rain. The cycle back into Westward Ho! was the problem! I used the path which I had used to go the other way, but I got a little lost in the maze that was a beautiful village that I had never seen before. I didn't mind, the sun was starting to shine a little and the houses where exquisite! I eventually found a way out that would, eventually take me home. It was the coastal path. After about five miles in, along an excellent track for mountain biking (Down hill rutted with rocks and exposed tree roots - I loved it!) I found a road. I thought that I might as well just see where it would take me for the fun of it! It took me to the bottom of the hill in Appledore from where it was an amazing ride back home! This is where I got my top speed of the day, 30mph on a slippy road, maybe not the best idea, but the adrenaline rush was amazing!
That is all comrades. Stay strong the newly formed NLC, and also Japan, who are struggling also!

Some photos...

Here are my photos from this weeks and last weeks"52" challenge. I know that they are rather old images, and they may appear in my "Rolling portfolio" on the right hand side of this blog, but photos are there to be shared and enjoyed! I will probably take a few on my ride out to Barnstaple (And maybe beyond) on Saturday (Weather Permitting, of course!) Here they are comrades:

1. The sun setting over Lundy island, seen from the pebble ridge at Westward Ho!

2. The renault F1 car at a "Display Day" set up by renault.

Live long the revolution in Libya (Well, until Goddafi goes, then you can stop and sort the chaos out!)

Hello again!

Hello, it's been a long while since I blogged last, but not much has happened really! I have been spending some time with my aunt, uncle and cousins. I spent saturday evening with them watching The Hurt Locker on their new surroiund sound set up, then I spent Sunday with them bowling, last night with them for not much of a reason and I am fresh back from the cinema after watching Paul with them. They are a nice bunch and we are close (as are we all in our family!)
With all of the time spent with them I am runningo out of time to do my fitness stuff (With the amount I am fed I need the 7.5 miles a day I do on my bike!) And so I am needing to push myself againtst the odds to stay fit and healthy! It seems to be working though!
I am really missing the great friends I had back up north, but I am hoping to make new ones as I settle here. Currently I am looking at doing a couple of local clubs and stuff. So far I have seen the Rugby club who look good, and possibly a camera club, but sometimes they can turn into a competition of who has the most expensive kit and nothing given to actual photography! That reminds me, IU forgot to do my photo last week so I need to do one for last and this week!
Libya still stays under the rule of a mentally ill ruler and we see no signs of change! Egypt seems to have fallen quiet, but that was an exemplary overthrow of an oppressor! Vie la revolution! As the french would say!
That's all for now but I will try and blog tomorrow, maybe with my images!

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That is my website. I try and get out and upload pictures when I can, but in my current situation I am finding it hard to do anything sponateous.
I haven't blogged for a while, so here is one to keep you going!
This week was my first one at a new school. As any autistic will tell you. Starting a new school is hard, very hard. Especially when you only know two people out of the 1500 (Three times the size of my last, I think!) I was assigned two peers to look after me. After about a day of one of them asking me every lesson if I knew where to go, I politely told her that I prefered to be alone. My first day was not improved by my second. As my "options" are different to theirs I have 6 free periods. 4 on a tuesday morning, and 2 last thing on a friday. I spend them in the library. I spent much of the week on auto-pilot if I'm honest! But on thursday I was able to prove that I wazs more than just a geek who didn't like other people.
Thursday's lessons included PE. As the school had a fairly well stocked gym I was able to show my colours. We where challenged with finding out how much our bodies could do. Ther wher a couple of chavs who where in front of us in the rotation around the gym. The challenged each other to do different weights and failed on some. I waded in one time and did a heavier weight than either of them could and told them to hurry up! In my head a small victory!
Even with the disruption this week I have managed to sort a routine. I get up, wash and watch the news. Then I go to school. As the school finishes early I am able to be home by 1530 every night. I have therefore been able to do a 10 mile bike ride before dinner. A hard task for me to complete but I need to get a little fresh air!
That is all my comrades.
I may blog tomorrow, but I may also not!
Stay strong Libya!