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Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by Brickboy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Brickboy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 8:20 am

Although you do wonder if he's ever heard of FTFW...

Still, better than hearing about EV eco-mush

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/commentisfree/2025/may/28/on-my-motorbike-i-did-a-road-journey-in-england-avoiding-motorways-and-discovered-a-whole-new-country

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 11:03 am, in reply to "Another excellent Guardian article..."

Thanks Simon, well written and enjoyable.
Den

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by laverdabru <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=laverdabru' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

Yes, read that - anyone know what bike he has?
Bru

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by ChazzyB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=ChazzyB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 2:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

I think may be a clue in "going to Hinckley".

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Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by laverdabru <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=laverdabru' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

He said he had work there? Doesn't indicate the bike was made there...

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 1:05 pm, in reply to "Another excellent Guardian article..."

The first Guardian article I've seen that wasn't just "hateTrumphateTrumphateTrump" on and on.

What he's describing is the only way I travel in the US or the UK. I'm surprised that it's such a unique experience to some.

I think I'll keep doing it that way!

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by Jimbo <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Jimbo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

I wouldn't worry too much about what the Grauinad thinks of Trump. It tends to read as a personal statement of the reader's political leanings and intellect than as a source of news info.

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by Brickboy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Brickboy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2025, 4:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

As in all other papers, Jimbo. I'd say the FT Weekend edition is the only one worth actually reading for news. The others are a useful guide to what's currently controversial in each camp.

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 30, 2025, 8:04 am, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

The only interesting newspaper I ever bought was way back and was full of fish and chips at the time.
Den

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by Brickboy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Brickboy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 30, 2025, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

I was encouraged to read the Guardian and the Telegraph when I was a student studying political ideology and history. I always enjoyed the days when the same story was, apparently, fantastic and awful for the country at the same time.

I have only recently stopped bothering with the news, really as it's just so unremittingly awful and I can't do anything much about the people in charge. In the same way that the Guardian and Telegraph were so different my daily life is very different to the misery I see on the news mostly full of lovely encounters with people. It's much nicer to think about that so I do - obviously in between thinking about whether to sell my latest or all bikes and buy another/give up bikes. You know, the normal daily pondering!!

Re: Another excellent Guardian article...

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 30, 2025, 2:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Another excellent Guardian article..."

Well it’s nice to see you have your priorities right Simon.
Den

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