1. Mersey meadow madness

    I woke up early with the intention of doing a quick 1 hour training ride before work. Instead, I wound up on a hidden beach a few miles from my house. How did that happen?

    Mersey meadow madness

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  2. Location, location, location

    I learned a fairly big lesson in the first couple of days that I tried to work from my camper van. It's about where you park it. And this is not a holiday.

    Parked up near Fisherfield Forest

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  3. A late 1940's fixie

    Back in 2007, while trawling the CTC forum's classified section for second hand touring bikes, my Dad stumbled across something a bit special. In British racing green.

    1940s path bike against a wall

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  4. Riding with grass up the middle

    Yesterday, I went on my first ride with Grass Up the Middle CC. All you really need to know about this club is that it's about riding at speeds that encourage good chat, on quiet country roads. On lanes where there's hardly any traffic. Lanes where the grass gets a chance to grow "up the middle".

    Paul and Steve

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  5. When Panasonic's Android app won't connect to your camera

    Plenty of people seem to have been struggling to get Panasonic's Image App to work on recent Android phones. It seems that those of us running Android 7 (codenamed Nougat) have the most problems. I've found a workaround that works for my Google Pixel and GX80/GX85 camera. Hopefully it'll work you too…

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