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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 20 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
I almost broke the chain of blogs today, but no way. I could hear the 1pm press conference echoing in my ear – STAY HOME AND WRITE! – or...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 19 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It was a day of Nineteens. 19 new or probable infections of COVID-19 on day 19 of the Lockdown. Another death bringing the reported...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 18 in
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Jerry Seinfeld attributes his success as a comedian to one particular habit. As he was developing his career, every day he wrote jokes...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 17 in
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It was like I was in a scene from the charming British series Detectorists. I had been trying to get rid of some wasps that had made a...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 16 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It was another gorgeous day today in Auckland so perhaps my welcoming of Winter was a bit premature. I had my 119th and 120th walks of...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 15 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
If my European trip had gone ahead I would have landed back in Auckland today. It would have been Singapore, Paris, Ireland – to see my...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 14 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Are we there yet!
Could we be half-way? Well we could be, but at least we can be certain we are halfway through the minimum sentence...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 13 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
A lucky day for me, being born on a 13th but not so for some, or so it’s said. Friday the 13th, 1307, legend (only) has it, is when the...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 12 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Settling in was the feeling today. We’ve had two weekends and it’s the third working week we’re in. After my walk this evening I felt...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 11 in
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It’s already late! And we’re supposed to have had an extra hour to make us get to bed early. It was dark by the time I got back from a...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 10 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Double digits! 18 days and 1 hour to go. Maybe.
The rates of infection have levelled and there was hope today that we’re on the right...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 9 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
We’re all bouncing around in our bubbles in anticipation of the weekend. So what better way to start the weekend than with a Day 9...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 8 in
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It really is the weirdest of times. Tonight I had that slightly surreal feeling, similar to what you have when you wake up in Europe...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 7 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
You know on the late night American TV talk shows they take the mickey out of weird news items around the world. Right now, we’re...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 6 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Today seemed lighter.
The sun shone all day, and work was busy, very busy from first thing until about 7pm. But there were walks for...
Oct 19, 2026