The Woods....

....can heal

Thanks, see you again soon!

Yesterday....

....was a long day. After a pretty early start, the three hours from 8-11am were probably 3 of the longest hours I have ever had in my life. The waiting around wasn't the best and the outcome was, slightly frustrating and disappointing.

However, on reflection, it is only disappointing because of the trails and the lost opportunity to have fun riding my bike with friends there.

Ha - God Bless America!!!

On the plus side - the pm of the day was much more enjoyable, chilling down at Volt :)
Thanks for the company, the wheels, the tea (cheers Witch) and the chat, seriously made such a crappy day turn into something enjoyable, cheers Volt BMX!

Union treats

hunted down this spot last year for a look around. It was after the riding season so all was tarped down and snug for the winter. Its amazing how many more lines there are now, hopefully I'll get chance visit with my bike this summer

Day of reckoning....

Well, it's nearly here...its been a bit of an anxious wait, but tomorrow is the day of reckoning....

Will they, won't they..? By midday tomorrow I should know, if I will ever get to visit Texas, Colorada, the North West and PA, to name a few.

Fingers crossed then!!

Talking of PA, the woods just posted a random old mix of....

PsOTD = Tab-le

Joe @ Pretty Shady posted some good pics today :)

I like tables, perhaps they are the most versatile trick ever????

When done well, they have it all....in my view much more than any circusdirtjumpingcontesttrick people have to throw out nowadays to get noticed (yes I am old)

You can't buy style, as they say

Man down

Sorry to hear the news of Mr Yeagle, sounds like he is lucky to be sitting up talking to a camera.

So many guys, who can ride better than most anyone on earth, have had head injuries over the last few years

All I can say is don't always have the 'it will never happen to me attitude'

trails

These la Source trails are something else....I'm sure I've seen a video where people are riding a perpetual line here...amazing building and riding skills for sure :)

poor trees

The Telegraph - Sudden Death for thousands of trees


Woods are, in my opinion, one of the nicest places you can possibly be....

Get out and enjoy some woods near you, in whatever way you can, just in case they aren't there one day

the drawback of so called education

Wonder if it will ever get to this, here in England?

I don't have a degree, I never used to think they were worth it, and I believe they are even less worth it nowadays....

a nice mix of

Jazz, funk, bunny hops and manuels

Double thumbs up from me :)

BF used to have long hair!

Tse Centre 20th Aniversary Demo trailer

Dylan Rieder

I love to see good skating.....thks to prettyshady for putting this up

lits

lost in the shadows dot net often have awesome photos

Do you ever wonder how these idiots get to run a country

Some of the powers that be are trying to stop people having the right to protest....police state?....see - Police mull banning all UK protests

Of course the student fee cuts, the following protests and provoked violence should be seen for what it is - completely engineered, because when hundreds of thousands protested against going to war....they were ignored anyway

So always ask yourself the question - Who really benefits from these situations.
the students? / the average tax payer? / the governement? / the bankers?

obviously the governement will continue to do everything it can to put and keep as many people in debt and slaving away for their entire lives, so they need to install the debt in people as early as possible

In the grand scheme of the country's debt (which is ficticious anyway and doesn't need to be there) and the cuts needed and the blah blah blah, someone at the Telegraph had this to say:

Student fee 'savings' will fund windmills in Africa

The £2.9 billion the Government will save by increasing tuition fees matches the amount earmarked for a global warming project, finds Christopher Booker.

The cause of the major political story of last week – the row over tuition fees, students rioting and all – was, as we all know, “public spending cuts”. But how much money does the Government actually hope to save on tuition fees? If the immediate problem is our massive state deficit, it seems odd that the Government should risk such unpopularity, not for any immediate saving, but in the hope that it will get the money back over the next 30 years, as students can afford to repay it.

In the short term, the Government’s own projection as to how much it will save is that the funding of university tuition will be cut by £2.9 billion by 2014. As it happens, £2.9 billion is the sum ring-fenced, by the same public spending review, to be given to developing countries to help them fight global warming with windmills and solar panels. It is also slightly less than the £3 billion by which our public debt is rising every week. These much-vaunted “cuts” are not all we are led to believe.

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The interest charge on UK governement debt for 2010 is estimated to be £25 - £30 billion (some say £43b). (the Times and the Telegraph )

Boing Boing

has cool and interesting stuff everyday



www.boingboing.net

The best is yet to come....

Good news?

Good, as in quality, news can be hard to find

I quite like PressTV for a different viewpoint when you've had enough of the same old same old...

A link to their British news page is now over there - >


They say:

About PressTV

Press TV takes revolutionary steps as the first Iranian international news network, broadcasting in English on a round-the-clock basis.

Our global Tehran-based headquarters is staffed with outstanding Iranian and foreign media professionals.

Press TV is extensively networked with bureaus located in the world's most strategic cities.

VISION

Heeding the often neglected voices and perspectives of a great portion of the world;

Embracing and building bridges of cultural understanding;

Encouraging human beings of different nationalities, races and creeds to identify with one another;

Bringing to light untold and overlooked stories of individuals who have experienced the vitality and versatility of political and cultural divides firsthand.

htc online

Got the desire up and running :)