Category Archives: Exercise

Freeway Bike Hike Conundrum

I’ve just found out that this year’s Freeway Bike Hike has a 60km option as well as the 30km and 10km ones. For some reason I feel drawn to the 60km option, not sure why…
Pros: I’ve got a better bike & have been riding regularly, so the 30km might be too cruisy; also it’d be […]

Bush Walking

I went to Serpentine this weekend. I didn’t get to do a lot of bushwalking, but I really enjoyed wandering around the nearer bits. On Saturday night we went for a late-night walk to look for a lost phone. We only had one torch between the four of us, which made navigating rocks, fallen branches […]

Lesser-known Cycling Hazard #1: Umbrellas

On my way home from uni today, in the rain, I discovered three ways that umbrellas are a hazard to cyclists:

People huddle under their umbrellas and lean in to the rain, obscuring their view of what’s around them.
Umbrellas are wider than people, filling up the paths and the spaces between people.
Several people huddling under one […]