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January 2009 (5)
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07: Who let the cats out? (1)
06: #84 - Amadeus (1)
05: Lottery (1)
04: Useless Numbers - the 2008 version (8)
01: Is it 2009 already? (0)

December 2008 (24)
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30: Well that’s christmas done for another year (1)
26: Christening Uncle John (1)
24: Uncle John is done (1)
24: It’s that time of year again (1)
22: #33 - It’s a Wonderful Life (0)
22: Sale time (2)
21: Uncle John is sat on the sofa (0)
20: Found (2)
19: Oh cock (4)
18: It’s arrived (7)
18: I can’t get no sleep (1)
17: The return of Courierwatch (4)
16: #2 - The Shawshank Redemption (3)
16: Oops I did it (yet) again. (0)
15: Unusually dangerous, I trust you’ll agree (1)
15: Happy birthday to me (4)
14: Waterson:Carthy and Guests - Frost and Fire - Komedia, Bath (2)
12: This looks nice and healthy (3)
09: #174 - The Thing (4)
09: Todays medical experiments (3)
09: Cold (0)
06: #1 - The Dark Knight (0)
02: #82 - La Vita è bella (Life is Beautiful) (0)
01: Tilt-Shift Monster Trucks (1)

November 2008 (20)
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30: #32 - The Matrix (0)
26: Numb toes (7)
25: #26 - WALL-E (4)
22: 10mm (0)
19: Light and Motion Seca 700 Race (0)
19: Sounds about right (2)
18: #201 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (0)
17: Little and Large (0)
15: Let there be light (3)
14: What a difference a filter makes (0)
13: Half Man Half Biscuit - The Charlotte, Leicester (3)
13: Half Man Half Biscuit - The Waterfront, Norwich (2)
11: #64 - L.A. Confidential (0)
09: A light decision (0)
08: Twatty bar niche part 2 (3)
06: Any idea what the fireworks were like? (0)
05: Twatty bar niche (2)
03: #165 - Iron Man (0)
02: A light problem (9)
02: Bellowhead - Roadmender, Northampton (0)

October 2008 (16)
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28: Acronym overdose (5)
26: End of the holiday (2)
23: Padstow (2)
21: Narrow-band (3)
20: Liquid Sunshine (0)
14: Still ill (0)
13: This seems apt (3)
12: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1)
10: Preacher Man (2)
07: #103 - Blade Runner (1)
07: Empire - The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time (5)
07: #100 - Batman Begins (0)
05: Showers are dangerous (3)
04: Saturday morning fettling (0)
01: Biscuit time (4)
01: Lights go out (5)

September 2008 (23)
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30: #18 - Cidade de Deus (3)
28: Bye bye silly bars (1)
28: Levelling the Royal Albert Hall (4)
27: The perils of shopping with other people (2)
26: Top-flight BMX racing (1)
25: Third time lucky (4)
24: Life behind bars (2)
20: First class to Totnes (0)
19: Facebook like a Pirate (2)
19: Google like a Pirate (0)
17: 5D Mark II (0)
17: Better wrap up warm (2)
13: The weather is taunting me (4)
12: Kevin Smith is back… (0)
10: iPod downgrade (1)
10: Toys and backs (4)
09: #143 - Life of Brian (3)
08: New geeky toy (0)
07: Wet weekend (3)
05: Sofa so good (2)
04: Rain stops golf (0)
03: #11 - 12 Angry Men (0)
02: Didn’t get my meatballs (1)

August 2008 (21)
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30: Mud and dust (6)
30: Beer and games (1)
28: M*A*S*H Oddity (3)
26: #7 - Schindler’s List (1)
26: Back to work (5)
25: Famous last words (5)
24: #5 - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (0)
23: Black and Brown (1)
23: 15 years (7)
21: Justin Sullivan and Dean White - The Rigger, Stoke (1)
19: #21 - The Usual Suspects (9)
18: Fuck Texas, Sing For Us (0)
18: 2009 Trek 69er Singlespeed (9)
16: Another typical summer weekend (1)
15: Economy getting better (0)
12: #8 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (0)
12: The Battle Of Evermore (0)
10: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention (2)
05: Ferocious Frankie (4)
03: Shuttleworth (1)
01: Can someone buy ebuyer a new calendar? (0)

July 2008 (22)
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31: The Dark Knight (0)
30: Pigs in Space (2)
30: #94 - Full Metal Jacket (0)
28: Too hot to work (4)
28: Happy birthday to Scully (1)
26: A Child and his Lawnmower (1)
23: Tour Time (1)
21: Is this summer? (8)
20: Testing the EF300/f4L IS lens (3)
20: This weekend I achieved all my goals (0)
19: Lazy days (2)
15: RIP UCI? (7)
15: Knock knock. Who’s there? (0)
14: Useless trailers (1)
12: New lens (2)
11: John Spiers & Jon Boden - Widcombe Social Club (0)
09: Resistance is futile (2)
08: Nettle rash (0)
07: Happy Birthday to Mulder (2)
05: And the world rejoices (4)
05: Happy Birthday to the NHS (0)
03: Sulian Golf (0)

June 2008 (22)
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30: Subtitled Scots (0)
29: Old photos (1)
28: HMV must stop having sales (3)
26: It’s made the news (4)
25: Take the children bowling (1)
23: Summer evening rides (0)
16: All the gold in Lego Land (1)
16: I have the key (1)
15: Lego Star Wars (0)
13: This weekend (4)
11: Outdoor cats (0)
10: Another evening ride (0)
09: Perfect evening riding (0)
08: Proof that I actually go off-road (2)
08: Babyhead and Bellowhead - Pavillion, Bath (0)
06: This post also goes to eleven (2)
05: This post goes to eleven (1)
05: That’s not much use (2)
04: Afternoon cheek (0)
04: Nuts (2)
01: An Environmentalist’s Nightmare? (5)
01: I’m back (6)

May 2008 (31)
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23: Waterson:Carthy - Assembly Rooms, Bath (1)
23: Killing puppies (4)
21: Worst loan company ever? (10)
20: 3 from 3 (5)
20: I spoke too soon (1)
19: Another Uni ride (5)
18: The worst DVD ever (2)
18: Uni ride (4)
18: New bicycle (5)
17: Meeting people in unexpected places (0)
17: Maverick sold to Spot (4)
15: Carless (3)
14: New car (23)
13: Car replacement (12)
12: Failed (5)
12: It’s that time of year again (6)
11: Lake, but no cake (2)
09: Let there be light (0)
09: Wet, Wet, Soaked (5)
09: Looks like I’ll be getting a supermarket for a neighbour (4)
08: Bye bye Kaboom (2)
07: Another night, another ride (2)
06: 259 days (4)
04: Trek 69er (4)
04: I’m a doofus (4)
03: Apologies to ISIS (5)
03: It’s built (3)
02: Odd parts to find with your 69er (1)
02: It’s here! (0)
02: New bike watch (0)
01: All being well… (5)

April 2008 (40)
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30: Dropping like flies (4)
29: Lengthy committee meetings suck (1)
29: Ooh nice (1)
28: More Lego Star Wars (1)
27: Weekend redux (0)
25: 69 Dude (6)
24: Half Man Half Biscuit - Rock City, Notts (0)
24: Let’s go fly a kite (3)
24: We’re back (0)
22: Beer of the night (2)
22: I have succumbed to peer pressure… (4)
21: Another evening lost to Lego Star Wars (2)
20: Some of the worst acting ever seen (5)
20: Lego Star Wars stole my day (1)
19: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (4)
18: The day the house turned Blu (3)
17: CSI:Ambleside has arrived (0)
17: (Let’s Get) Physio (2)
17: Creak no more (1)
16: Jelly legs again (1)
15: Bladder problems (2)
14: Fettling (4)
13: CSI:Ambleside now available (2)
13: It’s a hard life being a scout leader (0)
12: Tate must go (8)
12: Scout Skills Camp (0)
12: Has Hell frozen over? (3)
10: Use the Schwartz (0)
09: This feels weird. (5)
09: Maybe I shouldn’t have bought a phone on O2 (0)
08: End of a relationship (3)
05: God I hate Catherine Tate (6)
05: This one goes to eleven (1)
05: Thank god for BBC iPlayer (2)
04: It’s here (5)
03: Oh no. Customs have got it. (0)
02: Jelly legs and frozen toes (3)
02: Intellectual rejecter (1)
01: Still on form lyrically (3)
01: Reality TV the way it should be done (2)

March 2008 (45)
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31: Creak creak creak… (1)
31: I have an urge to buy one of these (14)
31: This could be interesting (1)
30: Wordpress 2.5 (0)
30: It’s on the move again (0)
30: Pimp your camera (1)
29: CSI: Ambleside - The track listing (2)
29: An early arrival at the Olympics (5)
29: Mulder asleep (2)
29: Courierwatch is back (2)
28: CSI: Ambleside, now with added cover (3)
27: Quaint English (1)
25: All Buffy’d out (5)
23: Outdoor cats (4)
23: Birthdays and Easter (2)
22: West Wing actors get everywhere (again) (2)
21: More G9 fiddling (0)
20: A month with Mulder and Scully (4)
20: Happy Birthday Father (5)
19: Mulder, Scully, and a G9 (0)
19: Back problems (3)
19: I’ve been locked in the Rock City, Notts (0)
19: Not a good start (3)
18: CSI: Ambleside (3)
18: The Half Marathon effect on flickr. (0)
17: Mud (0)
17: The downside of the half-marathon (1)
16: Half-Marathon (2)
15: 30 from 30 (4)
14: The Scunthorpe problem (8)
13: A new kind of camera strap (8)
13: Best of friends (5)
13: Larvae lamps? (1)
12: A very civil reception (0)
12: Annoying (5)
12: Bastard (1)
11: From Buffy to Angel (2)
10: West Wing actors get everywhere (0)
10: Always put your light tent away (2)
09: As proved by Al earlier. (1)
07: I take it all back (6)
07: Cocks (1)
06: Experimenting with SPF (0)
04: Anticlimax (4)
01: Pan’s Labyrinth (with added cats) (1)

February 2008 (37)
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29: Tried, and failed (1)
28: There’s something mesmerizing about this (4)
28: Settling in nicely. (2)
28: Still ill (7)
25: I blame Alex (6)
25: Calibration, that’s what you need (4)
24: Hobbes (3)
23: That I did not expect! (1)
23: Nothing lasts these days (5)
23: A change for the better (2)
22: Mulder and Scully (3)
22: A week off work (4)
22: Me? Near a bike? (6)
21: The day the world turned Blu (1)
21: Life imitates art, or does art imitate life? (0)
21: Homicidal Psycho Vampire Cats (3)
20: It’s all over (7)
19: Scully (4)
19: Mulder (5)
19: I know what you look like, so don’t ever come near Stroud. (1)
19: Still hiding (7)
18: They’re home… (12)
17: Rejected cat names (16)
16: Freeborn John - Union Chapel, London (0)
15: 1000 views (3)
14: X-Files or West Wing? (5)
14: Catching up a bit (0)
13: Freeborn John - Derngate, Northampton (7)
12: Rent (2)
12: The future’s so bright (2)
10: A diagnosis? (4)
09: Rings and things (3)
05: It’s time for a new category (12)
05: Easier WordPress upgrades (0)
03: Hoses (8)
02: Fire, I’ll take you to learn - Part 2 (2)
02: I wonder if it will be as good at the Guinness version? (3)

January 2008 (25)
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31: Hot and bothered (5)
29: Making Firefox 3 look less stupid (5)
28: Burn baby burn (2)
28: Happy 50th Birthday (4)
27: Fire, I’ll take you to learn (3)
26: Another new toy (4)
25: Citylink deliver nothing (4)
23: How to alienate your customers (5)
22: Shoot ‘Em Up (2)
21: Back problems (2)
18: Two weeks running? (11)
18: Ti 456 (8)
17: New geeky toys. (2)
16: Did they really think it was serious? (0)
12: Not dead yet (2)
12: Norovirus (8)
11: I guess I’m going to Bristol then (1)
11: It’s on a van (0)
10: Courierwatch Continues (2)
10: Misleading (3)
09: Back in the office (3)
07: Annoying (1)
04: A mud bath’s my way of getting clean (3)
01: NYE - The Aftermath (10)
01: Happy New Year (2)

December 2007 (23)
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31: Useless Numbers (1)
31: Did hell freeze over? (3)
31: Typical (2)
29: Upgrade Time (3)
28: I Am Legend (0)
27: Oh Christmas Tree (3)
26: A Wider Perspective (6)
25: It’s Christmas (2)
23: Post on a Sunday? (4)
21: This’ll probably only appeal to local people. (2)
20: Breaking the habit of a lifetime (5)
19: What a load of bollocks (3)
19: First Christmas present of the year (3)
18: Common sense prevails (4)
18: It’s political correctness gone mad (2)
18: Wordpress vs Movable Type (2)
17: Just in case I hadn’t got enough to watch… (9)
17: Cold (0)
15: (Threescore years and ten)/2 (13)
13: Hello (7)
13: Robbery ruins diet (5)
08: Apparently it’s nearly christmas (4)
01: Good News (5)

November 2007 (17)
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29: New Model Army - Roadmender, Northampton (3)
28: New Model Army - Thekla, Bristol (0)
25: New Model Army - Oxford Academy (2)
23: This should last me a while (5)
23: Silence is golden, but it can get a bit boring (2)
21: We’re out! (5)
19: Breakage (4)
17: Jello Biafra - Bristol University (1)
17: A Peculiar Ride (7)
11: Standing in for Matt (1)
10: Pimp my TriCross (2)
06: Going solo (5)
06: Thomson Twins (5)
05: Fireworks Night (3)
04: This is what road bikes were made for (1)
03: Hobbes memorial tattoo (3)
02: End of an era (6)

October 2007 (13)
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25: Richard Thompson Band - Cambridge Corn Exchange (2)
25: No Prologue? That’s Unpossible! (2)
24: Plasma Update (5)
23: 42" of lovelyness (9)
21: Ice Ice Baby (2)
18: Posting a cable to Scotland (4)
17: From Canti to V (1)
16: Bow down before the one you serve (0)
11: 42:20 (2)
10: Hobbes memorial tattoo: Session four (7)
07: Hooked on Classics (2)
03: Student Scum (6)
01: Marketing Nonsense (3)

September 2007 (23)
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28: Rich in bike riding shock! (3)
27: Dehydration (2)
26: Padstow (2)
20: Free money (7)
19: Cold, wet, windy? (3)
18: Geek or luddite? (5)
18: Hobbes memorial tattoo: Session three (9)
17: For those of you who felt you were missing out (2)
16: An Intense weekend (4)
13: Reminiscing (2)
13: Mandatory Torture (0)
13: Less Than Zero (1)
11: Strike (3)
10: I spoke too soon (4)
08: Rib update (3)
07: Run Fatboy Run (1)
06: Useless fact of the day (4)
03: This feels strange (2)
03: Bye Bye Langster (0)
02: I must be going deaf (1)
01: Photos after session two (1)
01: Pimp my TriCross part 3 (0)
01: A new look (5)

August 2007 (28)
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31: I am weak willed (6)
30: Pimp my TriCross part 2 (0)
29: Pimp my TriCross (7)
28: Hobbes memorial tattoo: Session two (5)
26: The opening of Stalag Luft Ethan (3)
26: A few more TriCross photos (0)
25: Specialized TriCross Singlecross (3)
25: When walls attack (4)
24: It’s built (2)
24: It’s here. (3)
24: Box Frenzy (8)
23: Feel the pain (13)
22: The ultimate in lazyness (8)
21: Accidents will happen (10)
20: New bike time (6)
18: Breakfast with attitude (5)
18: Best gig ever? (0)
17: Something must be wrong (7)
13: Rain stops play (3)
13: Freakboy (6)
12: Photos after session one (7)
09: Hobbes memorial tattoo: Session one (10)
07: A nice clean sensor (4)
07: A bad idea
06: Summer road riding (3)
05: Castle Combe Classic Raceday
03: Here we go again?
01: It was 100 years ago today

July 2007 (22)
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31: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2)
31: Happy anniversary
30: Hold the Mayo (1)
30: There’s something wrong (1)
26: First Aid: Day four (3)
26: Another one bites the dust
25: First Aid: Day three
25: Another day, another team gone (3)
24: The Tour de France is dead (4)
24: First Aid: Day two
23: First Aid: Day one (3)
22: Getting out of the office (1)
21: Deathly Hallows (8)
19: Why does it always rain on me? (3)
18: A new project? (5)
17: It’s a little bit wet out (1)
16: Bad timing (2)
14: Fettling (3)
13: Shitty Link (4)
12: Interesting pricing (9)
10: Bulding a Jamboree
10: RIP Hobbes (4)

June 2007 (22)
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29: Fopp goes Pop (3)
27: The NHS Rejoices (1)
25: This seems strangely apt (7)
21: (Now) I Know (Where I’m Going) Our Kid (4)
20: I think they got lost (10)
20: I think it’s gone to Saturn (2)
17: Tea and Cake
14: I can’t decide (2)
14: Is this a record? (3)
14: Fun with MySpace (4)
12: Enforced Singlespeeding
12: Hell Bent For Leather (1)
11: Fettling (1)
10: SSUK07 (3)
06: SSUK preparation (1)
06: To ride or not to ride? (6)
06: The Verve lied to me (8)
05: Drugs are good (3)
02: Ill (3)
01: We are the supreme champions (2)
01: The time is now being told… (2)
01: It’s going to be one of those days (7)

May 2007 (38)
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31: Windows Live Writer (2)
30: Time to stock up on those FSA headsets (4)
30: Comparing mileages (4)
30: Guessing time (7)
28: Camp redux
28: Just for Alex (4)
27: Wet Wet Wet (6)
24: Happy birthday to… (4)
23: Relaxation (6)
22: The first of (hopefully) many
21: I am jinxed (4)
20: Retyred again (2)
20: I do have my uses (4)
19: Afternoon Delight (5)
19: Retyred (7)
16: The most foul smelling stench imaginable (4)
16: Thanks for the memory (1)
16: It’s a boy without a winkie (1)
15: I came here to get ripped (1)
15: Ebuyer are trying to confuse me
14: My NAS project is jinxed (6)
12: It’s done (8)
12: Changing Sides (5)
11: TNT are messing with my head (9)
11: Computer updates (1)
09: It’s good to be back
09: Fun with couriers (2)
08: Bonus (2)
08: It lives (9)
08: Dell = Not as slow as they look? (5)
08: Dell = Getting there
05: Dell = Could they get any slower? (5)
04: A new experience (6)
04: Dell = Even Slower (1)
03: Dell = Slow (8)
02: Fancy decoding a HD-DVD? (1)
02: Are we any cooler? (8)
01: Indecision Time

April 2007 (23)
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30: Crazy Gang vs Housing Admin (5)
30: End of an era (5)
30: Cooling down (5)
29: Post hoc, ergo propter hoc (4)
28: Bringing myself almost up to date (16)
25: Hobbs Cup Final: Treasurers vs Housing Admin (5)
25: About time too (1)
25: DHL employ blind drivers (10)
23: Housing Admin vs Crazy Gang (2)
22: St George in Bath (2)
19: RUH Porters vs Housing Admin (1)
17: Deja Vu (3)
16: 400 at last (4)
14: We will be shedbuilding (10)
12: Bargain of the week (2)
10: Bars, how low can you go (1)
08: Bright and early (3)
06: The 10%er (3)
04: Double Wool (1)
04: This could prove interesting (3)
04: Famous last words (2)
03: Calendar based heating (6)
02: Housing Admin vs RUH Porters (5)

March 2007 (25)
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30: An interesting sandwich combo (5)
30: Getting Organised (9)
29: Bath Hospitals vs Housing Admin (1)
28: My Secret Life (4)
27: It’s back (1)
26: Housing Admin vs Odd Bods
26: Preparation
25: Bath Half Marathon
21: Loose Rear End - Part 2 (2)
21: A new biscuit king? (10)
19: Loose Rear End (9)
14: BARDS vs Housing Admin - Pins Cup semi-final (3)
14: Hobbes: The walking pharmacy (5)
13: On firm ground again (1)
13: How "limitless" quickly becomes "limited" (8)
12: Housing Admin vs Bath Hospitals
12: Out of time (1)
11: @Bristol
10: Double Trouble (4)
10: Spring must be here (8)
09: I could have done with this last weekend (7)
08: An evil server (7)
07: Bluecoat House vs Housing Admin
05: A shock to the system
03: Lunar Eclipse (3)

February 2007 (21)
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January 2007 (23)
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31: Eleven Years (8)
30: The Plague (5)
29: Housing Admin vs Police (2)
25: The postie must love me (12)
24: Diesel Power (1)
22: Useless (4)
21: Winter Road Rides (3)
20: Nearly a Monkey (5)
16: Crack Cocaine for Cats (5)
16: I rode again (4)
15: Should I ride or not? (7)
14: Today’s Ride (1)
14: Fine Tuning (2)
12: That Was The Week That Was (5)
09: Picture of the day: Illuminated tree at night (2)
08: Housing Admin vs Treasurers (2)
07: Bars. How low can you go (2)
03: Video night (1)
03: MRI (10)
02: A pleasant end to the festive season (3)
02: The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
02: Catch up (5)
01: Happy new year (3)

December 2006 (28)
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30: 2006 Ride Totals (8)
30: December Ride Totals (3)
29: Sympathy for Hobbes (and my credit card) (5)
27: Important job for the day (9)
25: My christmas (7)
24: Unfestive (8)
20: Treasurers vs Housing Admin (14)
16: Westonbirt at night (2)
16: It rocks! (4)
15: It works! (12)
15: Ooh look (9)
14: Weighty matters (3)
14: How to swap a frame the unplanned way (5)
14: It lives! (4)
14: Panic Over (4)
14: Frustration (4)
13: Tracking nonsense (1)
13: Pie and a pint (or three) (4)
12: Hmm (4)
12: More packages (1)
12: It’s landed (5)
11: