The Third Policeman

         

Not a song title today but a book title! The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien has achieved legendary status in our Book Club partly because of the surreal humour and partly all the references to bikes. O’Brien talks about half man/half bike which tickled all of us regular bike riders. We often state what percentage bike each one of is!  I only chose this title because I promised a picture of Shadowfax my sturdy work horse of a bike.  So it the picture at the top minus the wheels. There is a picture of a Red Kite at the bottom of the blog because we saw many of them yesterday-beautiful birds! The re-introduction of Red Kites has been really successful.

I had a delightful ride today up and down the Cotswolds. This was on my super duper bike-not Shadowfax! I also made a lovely batch of wholemeal rolls today nearly put a picture of them in the blog-then we  would then be getting like Facebook!

Today’s Quiz Questions (mainly with a French theme)

a) What is the name given to last place in the Tour de France?    b) What French word commonly refers to a bunch or pack of cyclists?  c)  What French railway term refers to the gear shifting system between the chain between sprockets?   d) Who won the 2019 Tour de France?  e) How many bikes are there roughly in the world is it one million, or hundred million, or One hundred thousand million  or one billion?

      

 

 

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Bill Church is the story traveller, a former Headteacher who has a passion for sharing stories with people from 3 years up to 103 years of age. Bill loves stories; finding them (and the story’s story!), telling them and writing them! He is passionate in believing that everybody can tell stories and is keen to help people whatever their age do this. His blog ranges from his Story telling experiences to his obsessions sport, bird watching and cycling!

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