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Mountain valley in the rainy season. Gifu, Japan.

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January 24, 2021

Archives: Rainy Season Gifu Ride

There has always been a part of me that relishes the knowledge that more than likely I was the only one out there on a road bike that day. Even now as the weekend downpour shows no sign of letting up part of me wants to be outside.

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Adventure, autumn, cycling 

November 21, 2020December 24, 2020

Cycling: Suwa’s Ginko Tree

Ginko trees (inchō・銀杏), along with momiji (紅葉) and persimmon (kaki・柿 – not to be confused with the other kaki meaning oyster) make for a staple of the Japanese autumn.

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Adventure, cycling, Japan 

August 31, 2020December 24, 2020

Cycling: Slowing Down

After I’d finished I sat waiting a couple of kilometres from where the festival was about to start at a michi-no-eki and I wondered why I hadn’t just jumped in the car with everyone else.

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April 19, 2020November 28, 2020

Cycling: Real Voices at a Time Like This

I went on a short bike ride this morning. The first in a few days. The pressure of last week

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February 23, 2020February 23, 2020

Photography: Dusting Off the Leica

It’s been a while since I shot a roll of film on my Leica. It was browsing through the wonderful book of photographs of travels throughout Asia in the 1990s (and 1980s?) called Asia Grace by Kevin Kelly and John Sypal’s Zuisha (随写) that did it.

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January 26, 2020November 28, 2020

Mountain Biking: Nagoya

When you think of big Japanese cities I doubt that mountain biking comes to mind. But if you know where to look even in the major urban sprawls you’ll be able to find potential trails.

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