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Wrong Type of Sun

September 9, 2010 Longrider 19

It seems that the meeja just cannot let go of the long debunked wrong kind of snow cockwaffle. That no one ever said “wrong kind […]

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Ryanair and the Violin

August 31, 2010 Longrider 8

Although it looks as if this situation probably wasn’t handled very well, I can’t say that I have much sympathy for the passenger in this […]

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M6 Toll Failed

August 31, 2010 Longrider 9

Apparently the M6 toll road has been deemed a failure. Traffic jams around Birmingham are at least as bad as they were before the road […]

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CiF on Bikes

August 12, 2010 Longrider 14

An article in CiF that celebrates the open road on a motorcycle. My bike effortlessly unzips the landscape – now becoming the dry yet luminous […]

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Speeding is Antisocial…

August 9, 2010 Longrider 8

Outgoing Chief Constable Julie Spence indulges in a valedictory stab at speeding motorists. Unfortunately, she is being muddle headed about it. Mrs Spence, 55, says […]

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Supervising Learner Drivers

August 2, 2010 Longrider 18

The BBC carries a story about the ignorance prevalent in those supervising learner drivers between their lessons with an ADI. Drivers are risking fines, disqualification […]

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Speed Camera Redux

August 1, 2010 Longrider 10

Following announcements that there will be a switching off of speed cameras due to reducing funding, the anti-motoring brigade has been out in force reiterating […]

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Greenpeace Strike Again

July 27, 2010 Longrider 9

While I detest the thugs posing as concerned activists calling themselves Greenpeace, I am happy enough that they should be allowed to exercise legitimate protest. […]