Month: March 2026

Day 2666 Saturday March 14th 2026 Winchester I’ve got the bike back but I fancied getting a bit of exercise so I walked into town – and the 12-string is light so it wasn’t too bad. There’s some Hat Fair-ish act near the Buttercross (the scaffolding will be up for 6-8 weeks, apparently) but no one in The Square so… Read more →

Day 2665 Tuesday March 10th 2026 Winchester Back into town with the bike, now with nice, non-squeaky and working front break. I picked it up yesterday and my man didn’t want any money for the repair – and he had to take the hub apart. I wanted to pay him but he just said to buy him some biscuits so… Read more →

Day 2664 Sunday March 8th 2026 Winchester I was torn between staying in and watching Man About The House on the 70’s repeat channel, and coming in to entertain the natives. A difficult decision but the guitar won. The bike’s still at BikeX so I’m on foot until I get it back, which is fine as the 12-string is quite… Read more →

Day 2663 Wednesday March 4th 2026 Winchester The front brake of the bike is acting up – the wheel is squeaking and there’s a delay in the release of the brake, which is doing my head in so on coming into town I dropped it off at the bike shop around the corner from Sainsbury’s. It was a bad idea… Read more →

Day 2662 Monday March 2nd 2026 Winchester Shock, horror, what’s this? The Buttercross is surrounded by scafolding – it’s even blocking off the alley so you have to go on a side street to get to The Square, and it’s extended a few feet into the high street so you can’t really set up. That’ll piss Rob off in a… Read more →