Thanks for the link, Eric. http://www.theartoftheride.com/ On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 7:45:04 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> A few more... > > [image: IMG_1690.JPG] > [image: IMG_20181204_111813.jpg] > [image: L1020188.JPG] > [image: IMG_1543920215272.jpg] > On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 9:43:58 PM UTC-5 Philip Barrett wrote: > >> I saw that today, my parents live about a mile from him! >> >> It's an interesting part of the world blessed with the nicest climate in >> the UK (which is a bit like saying it's a light Rivendell). But unlike >> other South Coast towns with excellent rail links to London whose >> popularity and property values have skyrocketed, poor Hastings is served by >> an old, slow & unreliable rail service which eliminates all but the >> hardiest commuter from the area. Left over from it's heyday as THE place to >> see & be seen are huge Victorian piles, many of which have been broken up >> into small apartments and are used for social housing. Not a bad place to >> live on the dole, there's beaches and the weather is perfectly tolerable >> but obviously the downside to this is the same that can be seen in places >> like San Francisco or Portland. >> >> However, surrounding Hastings & St. Leonards are some of the most >> exclusive retirement towns, Bexhill is one that he mentioned, 8 miles down >> the road and and incredibly pricey. Eastbourne is the next major town West >> with a similar makeup & if you head East you get to the ancient fishing >> port of Rye, an incredibly picturesque village with a tidal harbor & >> medieval homes. >> >> So in a small geographic area you have photographer's paradise. Run down >> Victorian and Art Deco combine with an old town dating from the 1500s and >> before, Tudor pubs and mystical salt marshes, beautiful beaches and a >> highly photogenic local fishing industry where rusty bulldozers launch >> gaily painted wooden boats into the surf directly from the beach. With the >> hard light coming from the sea or the soft misty sprays I find new subjects >> every time I visit. >> >> For cycling, all I can say is, be prepared for hills almost of San >> Francisco proportions in places! Even with those, it's a very popular town >> and seafront for 2 wheel vehicles of both the motorized and non-motorized >> type and is infamous for the running Mods vs. Rockers battles fought on >> it's beaches in the 60s! >> >> [image: IMG_20181207_163841.jpg] >> [image: IMG_20181207_163822.jpg] >> [image: IMG_20181206_152604.jpg] >> >> >> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 3:28:44 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Yankeebird: From his blog: "I have three bicycles but the one that >>> appears in nearly every image is an old-school tourer custom-built for me >>> some years ago by Mark Reilly (now of Reilly Cycleworks >>> <https://www.reillycycleworks.com/>) back when he was the master >>> builder for Enigma <https://www.enigmabikes.com/>. Assisting him at the >>> time was Matthew Sowter, now of Saffron Frameworks >>> <https://www.saffronframeworks.com/>. So you could say it has a >>> pedigree of the best of British framebuilding." >>> >>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 4:27:20 PM UTC-4 Yankeebird wrote: >>> >>>> But what's the bike?! >>>> >>>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 4:18:51 PM UTC-4 David Person wrote: >>>> >>>>> He used to have a really nice blog called my-bicycle-and-I, that has >>>>> now gone the way of many cycling blogs. He would post lots of beautiful >>>>> pictures of his rides in the south of England. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 11:15:47 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I couldn't believe there were so many pictures, more and more as I >>>>>> kept scrolling! Glad you liked it, Marty. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 1:15:00 PM UTC-4 Marty Gierke, >>>>>> Stewartstown PA wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Now that is inspiring - especially the part about all these photos >>>>>>> taken within ten miles of home. Might be a challenge I am willing to >>>>>>> accept. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for posting the link Eric. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Marty >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 12:54:25 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Very nice series of cycling self-portraits by Roff Smith in the New >>>>>>>> York Times today. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Part of the lovely feature series World Through a Lens. Worth >>>>>>>> exploring :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/travel/sussex-bicycle-portraits.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4f7c437b-03c9-48d5-ba76-81c11b44eea2n%40googlegroups.com.
