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Category Archives: Climate Change
Bicycle Critical Mass Tbilisi, Georgia for Climate Week
On 24th October cyclists, walkers and skaters gathered outside the Philharmonia theatre in Tbilisi to parade down Rustaveli as part of Climate Week combined with the ‘Tbilisoba’ or Tbilisi’s day- a yearly traditional celebration.
Posted in Climate Change Tagged activism, bicycling, Climate Change, climate week, critical mass, Cycling, demonstration, Environment, Georgia, protest, Tbilisi Leave a comment
A Two Month Storm
Long time since I wrote, I know. In fact I’ve been spending a lot of time in front of a computer. I’ve been writing every morning and now have written 95000 words of my book. I met one of my sister’s friends a couple of days ago who has just finished writing a book she [...]
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10 things I’ve learnt from writing a book so far
I’m now 55,000 words into my book’s first draft and I’ve learnt a few things which I thought I’d share: Get up early in the morning to write. e.g. 6 am. I tried writing late at night and got into a counter-productive routine of falling asleep at 10.30 pm, waking up at 2 am and [...]
Also posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, writing Tagged Cycling, learning, Process, productivity, tips, writing 5 Comments
Back on the Road, for now.
Hi, I’m back in that bumpy, unforgiving place of discovery they call the road. This time I’ve only got myself and the wildlife for company. I’m in exotic ancient Persia, or Iran on modern maps. I traversed the mountainous land of Armenia in a thigh burning, vodka toting, but rewarding 6 days. The luxury of [...]
Also posted in Armenia, Iran 4 Comments
Climate Survivor
Tom and I construed the idea to satisfy a desire to see the world. We minimalised our possessions, with most sold on ebay to fund our trip or given away. We researched the ideal items of equipment we would need for a life on the road. When we left we realised soon we still had [...]
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It’s Now Approaching Midnight
Peep through the door It seems as though the grass was much greener before The dead life has been washed upon the sea shore Money and greed deluded what is truly pure And yet our flesh keeps screeching out for more
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Procrasti-Nation
If you live in the UK you will have heard and probably know a little about climate change by now. It concerns me how I talk to people about the issue and it is possible to know the scientific evidence of what is happening and yet compartmentalise the problem and switch back to the everyday [...]
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Practicing What You Preach
Last night I went to teach my English speaking lesson at the ‘Georgian-Scottish-House’ in Tbilisi. Recently I have had another gear-change with regards to my thinking on how I can do my bit to help reduce the now widely accepted human-induced climate change that is happening. A main aim of Ride Earth is to observe [...]
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Tbilisi Beneath the Ice
When Sylvester, the Polish cyclist we met on Christmas Day in Batumi, was explaining that conditions were difficult here for local people in Georgia, coping with the cold midwinter, I remember thinking, surely it’s not as difficult as cycling round the world? What a weird comparison and abstract concept. People in places with extreme weather [...]
Also posted in Asia, Expedition Journal, Georgia 3 Comments
Chapters 1-20 of my book now available for reading