Month: March 2008

General Ramblings

Need to smile?
ByMatthew Cashmore March 31, 2008

Joy

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Bad weather calls off the camping…
ByMatthew Cashmore March 30, 2008

I don’t mind the rain, in fact I list my favourite sound as rain against canvas. But this weekend we were due to camp on Dartmoor testing out a new tent from The Aussie Shop called a swag bag – old fashioned canvas and it all fits into one bag on the back of the bike – tent,…

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Runners for Over the Air
ByMatthew Cashmore March 26, 2008

I’ve come in rather late to the organising of Over the Air, but I’ve dropped a few other things and am lending Ian a hand in getting this thing rocking. What I need now though is 10 runners willing to work two 12 hour shifts on the 4th and 5th April (not this weekend, the…

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Wine Snob
ByMatthew Cashmore March 19, 2008

There’s nothing better at the end of a hard day than a long cold beer, except perhaps a beautifully rich, deep bodied, glass of Bordeaux. Neither is that practical on a bike. The beer? Well it tends to be warm, and the wine? Frankly it doesn’t get out of France before I’ve finished off my…

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General | Russia

Wine snob
ByMatthew Cashmore March 19, 2008July 14, 2011

There’s nothing better at the end of a hard day than a long cold beer, except perhaps a beautifully rich, deep bodied, glass of Bordeaux. Neither is that practical on a bike. The beer? Well it tends to be warm, and the wine? Frankly it doesn’t get out of France before I’ve finished off my…

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General Ramblings

Come on Wales!
ByMatthew Cashmore March 15, 2008

Well how can I not comment, I’m just too damn excited right now to write very much. But here we go, we conceded only two tries all season, we didn’t lose a match, and we finished in style. Now of course I’ll watch with glee as the Lions side is chosen and not a single…

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General | Russia

Off-road training day
ByMatthew Cashmore March 10, 2008July 14, 2011

The Ady Smith school sounded like a really great way to spend the weekend. Not only was it going to be fun but I was also looking at it as further rider training and being able to relate some of things I learned on the weekend to my road riding. Ady Smith runs a good…

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Adventure Motorcycling Review (the book)
ByMatthew Cashmore March 5, 2008July 14, 2011

I was looking forward to having a look at this book when it came out. As practical ‘how to’ guides on adventure motorcycling are a bit few and far between so it’s nice to see another title for people to pick-up when they start planning or even dreaming about a long trip. On first impressions…

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9 inches of silicon pleasure
ByMatthew Cashmore March 4, 2008

oh yes baby From Crave I mean… come on… 9 inch screen, £300, 1gb RAM, up to 12gb Flash based HD… get me one now! In fact, Asus, I’ve pretty much sold an entire truck load of the 7inch versions for you, so just ship me the 9 inch now and then I’ll review it…

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