So, it's been more than a while since I posted & I feel more than a little trepidation typing this, as it's been so long.
Anyway, here I am! I'd been considering a return to some blogging/writing but not justified the time or the reasoning with my brain. The catyalst for my return was a great meeting with a good friend of mine & blogging advisor thanks @soulcruzer. We chatted at length over several very good Cuban coffees about the ups & downs of life & work. Eventually we came to discuss the positive mental output of blogging, it's benefits to the author & potential pitfalls, which brings me to why I stopped before. I was blogging for the wrong reasons. I realised from the restart meeting that I had fallen into a trap of writing what I thought people would want to read. Chasing fish with a net, was one of the analogys used. No longer would that be the case
From here on in, it will be all about me! Well, not literally, but I'm only going to pen what I would like to read & if people like it great, if not, no loss. So its bikes, beers, food & the overall joys of cycling, whether for pleasure, transport or fitness. Think hairy bikers, but not very hirsute & on a push iron (bicycle to you). A blog dedicated to enjoying a bike ride, enjoying a good beer, ale or bottles, I don't do fizzy lager! Or good food, not necessarily fancy food, but the sort you want to sustain & thrive upon.
I now feel an enjoyment on my bike that I can share, allow to seep into my life generally, maybe yours? If I see a great view & I'll tweet it, or save it for here, or both. Last week, wild garlic & nettles, which make the most amazing foraged soup. A beautiful sunset, flies in my teeth, anything! Liberating!
So that's where I am currently. There's an exciting plan afoot for the first 'off-road trip' we'll be heading out on the mountain bikes, indirectly to the pub, a series of live tweets, some blogging, some food, beer tastings & general musings about life at large. @soulcruzer has promised some digital arts & some modern poetry. Lets see where the path takes us.
So, for now? A real blog by a real person living a real life, How it pans out from here? Who can tell, but I've a growing list of plans in my head about more blog posts & ideas for adventures yet to be had, so blogging for me looks like the way forward.... Enjoy the ride.
@davesaul
@soulcruzer
