Should I....

...cycle to Brighton on a crisp clear Saturday morning, sandwiched between late week Roundhouse gigs and the wonderful Cougar on Sunday evening.

..or stay in bed, cocooned against the cold.

24 hours cycling from Lisbon

Yes, its possible, as long as you have a little help.

Even if you're only in Lisbon for four days. As long as you meet up with Didier from Bike Iberia and he decides that you're cut of the right kind of cycling stuff to suggest that you should take on the Sebutal Peninsula.

Suffice to say Lisbon was still fairly hot in late October, we got to swim in the sea, and survived a hideous morning ride up (on something I swear was a motorway) to the least bike friendly rail station ever.

Full report on its way. We're just being a bit slack at the moment. Its winter you see.

The 1000 km photo

Hopefully the start of a tradition - and I've been carrying a camera around for a few days in anticipation....

Not quite the achievement that clocking the bike computer will be, but little steps, eh.

All these adventures we've been having and the numbers click over less than a km from home on a regular weekday commute.

Bangers

New Radiohead album out today... which was a good excuse to head down to Regents Park at lunchtime with a donated windup radio to see if I could pick up the XFM broadcast of the album at 12. Did see some nice modern art whilst wandering around the 'sculpture park' corner of the Frieze Art Fair, but apart from a fleeting soundbite, couldn't catch the radiostation in headphones.

Now I am very patiently waiting (and savouring the anticipation) to get home and click on that download link.