When I retired nearly fifteen years ago, I went on a four month European cycle ride. I visited the battlefields of Flanders, my SERVAS host took me to see the 8pm service at the Menin Gate Ypres the memorial to WW1.Visited the still hostile mood of the Balkans, through the newly...

This blog is a slight departure from my cycling experiences, though not from my overall concept of ZYCLING . Incidentally I just bought a pair of Bluetooth headphones that I use on some of my long rides listening to Dhamma talks to sweeten the wet,cold and windy winter. I may be...

              Try practicing being a BODHISATTVA   Just returned from volunteering to read with children at the primary school in the village. I've done this before, when I worked as a blood donor attendant , on the way to the venue. So in this blog...

    Israel/Palestine---Feast---Soldiers----Olives------Litter----Prayers/Metta                                                   Wow factor 10/10   In 1961 I hitch-hiked around Israel working on Kibbutzim and trying to connect to my rather vague heritage. My grandparents...

Some zycling Twitters    ZYCLING is less about pedalling the truth But more about letting go of thought   ZYCLING is not so much blowing up a total war More about patching up a holy one  (as in tyre)   The faster a ZYCLIST pedals The longer it takes to their...