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We've moved again. The new address is http://blog.wearehomegrown.co.uk/Hopefully I've put all the right website redirects in place but I can't do the same for RSS so you will need to subscribe to the new feed.Hope to see you soon on the new site.

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Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-34201021636838543502009-05-07T14:11:00.007+01:002009-05-07T14:36:16.561+01:00

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-42945708668097179802009-03-21T22:47:00.003Z2009-08-17T17:59:32.204+01:00

Steady blogging: Three years strong. Strangely, the longer this blog has been around the less concerned I have have become with keeping it updated. I figure that if you've stuck with me this long you're prepared to wait around. This means I can concentrate on the quality rather than just rushing something out. Or perhaps I am just lazy, one of the two.This post is actually a stop gap. I have a

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Hey look: A blog entry that's actually made it out of my imagination and onto the computer screen! We should get straight on with the nonsense, else we'll be here all day...To cut a long story short, I decided set up a Twitter account and quickly became ever so slightly addicted. I like how the service lends itself to protracted (and oft interupted) conversations which really suits the way I keep

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This entry has been sitting in Google Documents, half completed, for quite a while now. The truth is I am suffering from a severe lack of motivation. I haven't had a proper conversation in weeks and I'm going a bit stir crazy. I haven't been riding much either (mostly due to the atrocious weather) so most of my time has been spent staring at a computer screen, waiting for something to happen.At

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So I've been away for a while. Well, actually I've been here all the time, I've just not broken cover. This is going to be a long one so before you get yourself comfortable, might I suggest you sort yourself out with a cup of tea (and perhaps a biscuit or two)?So what happened? September did, that's what. September is my favourite month. I tend to find it a melancholic time. A time of changes and

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My copy of The Ride Journal arrived last week and it is even better than I had dared hope. At it's most basic, what we have here is: a perfect bound book printed on nice heavyweight paper (it's like a Howies catalogue only twice as big). There are one hundred and forty-eight pages (including the front and back covers) and only seven of these are given over to advertising. Compare that ratio to

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Yeah, so I've had better holidays. It didn't so much rain as the sky seemed to fall in every day. My bike was out of action anyway as I'm waiting for (the infamous) H Man to sort me out with some spacers. I've been messing around with my back wheel so much that my brake is completely out of alignment which means it currently sounds like an irritated goose, a fact which amuses me no end.I've been

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-81682893518478795892008-08-04T23:20:00.007+01:002008-08-05T00:48:43.898+01:00

Everybody should watch this video. Go on, do it now before you prepare to read the rest of this drivel.Feeling better? I know I am.I've written and rewritten this introduction many times. Basically, it's been very hot and sunny but I didn't get chance to make the most of it since I've been working constantly to cover my mates holidays. The start of my holiday period coincided with a nasty spell

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The past couple of weeks have felt more like deepest Winter than high Summer. The weather has not been conducive to... well anything really, so I've spent lots of time just staring at the Internet. When I have had to step outside I saw lots of bats and toads - very witchy. We'll start off with a (vaguely?) weather related issue - climate change. I was intrigued to know if our house would survive

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-47929749162804170992008-06-23T15:49:00.002+01:002008-06-23T15:51:06.826+01:00

This won't be the most cohesive blog entry I've ever produced since it's been written in fits and starts over the past too weeks (I was ill, got better and fell ill again - I reek of Vick's Vaporub). Still, that means there should be something to interest everyone (blatant lie).Congratulations to Ed Salter (BlewBMX) for making it to the finals of the Times Young Photographer competition. Also

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-82605577626229026852008-06-09T16:37:00.002+01:002008-06-11T00:45:20.918+01:00

The bluetits have returned. There is a sizable squadron of fluffed up, yellow-faced fledglings twittering away in the garden. I saw the piebald blackbird on my way home from work the other day, his whole head is white and the rest is black so he looks like a tiny Bald Eagle.On Friday Thom (who happens to have started a nice new blog which you can find here) and I went down to Newgale and we found

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We have seen a week of dozy buzzards, a sparrowhawk in the garden and dueling greenfinches. It was also a week of pain - Tuesday morning saw me trundling down the cyclepath to work, travelling at a fair old lick and then decelerating rapidly as I skidded across the tarmac on all my delicate bits.This was followed by a week of squirrels in the woods, rabbits on the verge and toads in the shed (oh

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-33430604496073272522008-06-02T15:44:00.012+01:002008-06-14T18:52:44.793+01:00

I am painfully aware of the fact that if I rode a fixed gear I'd die instantly but that said, I'm still fascinated by them. I love the latest video from Charge Bikes. The puppeteer must have mad skills.I picked up some toy lenses from Loreo (hence today's packaging picture). Basically they turn my dslr into a pinhole aperture with a variable aperture. They're not very sharp but they're fun to

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-48762244224372618262008-06-02T15:44:00.011+01:002008-06-14T18:52:08.489+01:00

I haven't spent much of my computer for the last couple of weeks as I've been too zapped from working.However, the time I have spent meandering through the internet has thrown up a nice crop of links for us to peruse.We'll start simply. I want one of these even more than a shiny new iMac.Tricklist has finally awoken and stumbled, blinking, into the light after a prolonged period of hibernation.

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No updates last week as I was either making the most of the sunshine by exploring with my camera or because I was focusing my attention on Dreamweaver rather than Blogger. As a reward for your patience you can view the initial fruits of my labour here. Recently I've been enjoying Pacifica, which is the first book to be released by Quiet Corners. The book documents Paul's recent trip to the

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-80212403314261672262008-06-02T15:42:00.002+01:002008-06-07T12:06:04.187+01:00

Short DOF? Check. Leaves? Check. Cross processed? Check. Vignetting? Check. One trick pony? We are homegrown.I can't remember where I stole the following link from (but I think it was either It's Nice That or Form Fifty Five) and I can't really explain properly without giving the game away but trust me, it's genius. I present to you; The Hørselstest.Only a tiddly update today but then if I was

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Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-78732914515254797852008-05-22T14:46:00.005+01:002008-05-22T15:12:01.468+01:00

We have seen a week of dozy buzzards, a sparrowhawk in the garden and dueling greenfinches. It was also a week of pain - Tuesday morning saw me trundling down the cyclepath to work, travelling at a fair old lick and then decelerating rapidly as I skidded across the tarmac on all my delicate bits.This was followed by a week of squirrels in the woods, rabbits on the verge and toads in the shed (oh

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-53246580150708969332008-05-08T17:46:00.003+01:002008-05-08T23:11:25.483+01:00

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-72895720907998613842008-05-08T17:45:00.011+01:002008-05-08T23:10:52.630+01:00

I am painfully aware of the fact that if I rode a fixed gear I'd die instantly but that said, I'm still fascinated by them. I love the latest video from Charge Bikes. The puppeteer must have mad skills.I picked up some toy lenses from Loreo (hence today's packaging picture). Basically they turn my dslr into a pinhole aperture with a variable aperture. They're not very sharp but they're fun to

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-49824727885276647052008-05-02T13:43:00.006+01:002008-05-08T15:57:59.404+01:00

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-28217440452032216522008-05-02T13:43:00.004+01:002008-05-02T13:43:56.335+01:00

I haven't spent much of my computer for the last couple of weeks as I've been too zapped from working.However, the time I have spent meandering through the internet has thrown up a nice crop of links for us to peruse.We'll start simply. I want one of these even more than a shiny new iMac.Tricklist has finally awoken and stumbled, blinking, into the light after a prolonged period of hibernation.

Loopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24374374.post-39831172246555440102008-04-19T00:22:00.004+01:002008-04-19T17:39:09.211+01:00

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