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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Shoppers aren’t all motorists
There’s a lot of fuss in Congleton about car park charges being introduced that will ‘kill the town centre’, but a study of some local shopping areas in Bristol showed that traders overestimated how many shoppers arrived by car. They … Continue reading
Recycling batteries/electrical things
Forever, it seems like, we’ve been taking our old batteries and electrical things (mainly dead printers) to Congleton’s Curry’s for recycling, but they’ve stopped taking them. The good news is that I noticed last week that Morrison’s has a battery … Continue reading
Congleton Sunday morning trains?
As Congleton train travellers know, we are badly served on Sundays, with only three trains (Northern stoppers) each way and these not until the afternoon. So the only public transport serving Congleton on Sunday mornings is
Haiti earthquake appeal – quick link
Donate now at the Disaster Emergency Commission website – funds go to 13 charities already working in the area.
Warm hands for cycling?
Just come across a possible solution – actually one for keeping hands dry but that’s half the battle. Washing up gloves. I’d forgotten that my 3-layer approach to fending of frostbite in
How to stay upright on icy pavements
We’re brushing up on our scuttling technique that we learnt during a winter in Poland. It kept us upright on the icy pavements there, and so far it’s working here too. Just as well as having to walk
Cold cyclists read this
Further to my research into warm toes etc, I found a couple of useful sites yesterday. One is the Guardian’s Bike Blog for 5th and 6th Jan, where a lot of people have contributed ideas. The other is about
Brrrrrrrr. It’s brassy on a bike.
How do you keep your fingers and toes toasty in this weather? Not by cycling, that’s for sure. So far no-one seems to have been out clearing or gritting any but the main roads round our way (Congleton), so we’ve … Continue reading
Old blog address
We decided to move our blog to WordPress so we could incorporate more features, but it’s going to take us a while to customise it. Bear with us. You’ll find our older posts at this address: http://scaresbrooks.blogspot.com/