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It’s a common consultant’s pitch – adding value – and a relevant question to ask when engaging one. Last week our Auckland team moved...
Oct 19, 2026
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I had a sense of slight disappointment when someone texted me to say that most of our restrictions were about to end. I was doing...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 33 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
A very kind reader sent me a message today “I have learnt a lot more about you than I otherwise would in the business world. You’re a...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 32 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It was another stunning day, helped by some rain overnight. I didn’t manage a COVID-19km walk because of my sore ITB but I got to 13. Dr...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 31 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
I walked to the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Cenotaph at the front which felt right on Anzac Day. There were three or four...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 30 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It’s almost as good as a trip to Europe – Paris and London – replete with car chases, the main scenic attractions, historical buildings...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 29 in
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Victor Harris was one of my best friends at Linwood Avenue School. I remember coming back from an “after school” visit to Victor’s house...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 28 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It should have been the final chapter. Really. But not quite. It’s a few more days only including our second long weekend of the...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 27 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It could have been the penultimate Lockdown blog, but we’ve still got five more days. David Bowie’s Five Years comes to mind for no...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 26 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
If you want to know what your favourite film is, doesn’t it have to been the one you’ve watched the most? (excluding children’s films)...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 25 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
It was like one of those old school Sundays where it’s a bit cold outside, there’s nowhere to go anyway, and the inside is full of...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 24 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Writing the titles for this series of blogs has been pretty straightforward, obviously. Writing it today I had a sense of it coming to...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 23 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Who would have thought that almost the entire New Zealand inside is painted the same colour – more or less? Or that it took only 2 days...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 22 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
Sadly, my trip down to Christchurch to do a surprise visit for Mum’s 89th birthday got cancelled by Air NZ. Well, I’m sure Air NZ didn’t...
Oct 19, 2026
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Stephen Drain posted the thread
Day 21 in
Seasonal Urban Cycling Loads .
We turned 21 but we didn’t get the Key! Battle lines are being drawn between experts.
One group, who advise the government, says that...
Oct 19, 2026