Jul 20 2011
The Cooper family is proud and excited to announce the arrival of a new baby girl, Kathryn (Katie for short), who was delivered on Friday afternoon. She is very, very red, but very, very pretty – a sister for three-year-old Lara. Mum and baby are doing well; dad’s wallet . . . not so much. …
Apr 24 2009
Two weeks. Two weeks after chopping in the bikes against a nice, sensible car* and my husband was getting twitchy. By March, the days were getting longer, the sun was coming out… you can tell where this is going. He wanted another bike. The “garage vacuum” was pulling *hard*. So he’s bought a BMW F800GS. …
Jan 21 2009
Alas, the time has come. My balance problems have got to the point where Rob is terrified to take me pillion on the bike, and I am so leery about getting on and off that I have decided, with great reluctance, to hang up my lid. I’ve always loved bikes, ever since I saw a …
Jul 31 2001
We’ve all had these bright ideas from time to time. You know, the kind of thing that seems like a perfectly reasonable proposition at the outset, but four hours later, when you’re bruised, sweaty and covered in dust and the FZR 1000 EXUP is firmly wedged in the living room doorway, well, you start to …