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Adam Chamberlin

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Got A Busy Month

This Monday it will be October 1st, the year feels like it is flying away. Once again this year shibbyonline will be going PinkForOctober in aid of breast cancer awareness. Given that Jacqui is back in hospital at present for further surgery it feels the right time to show some support. But that’s not all on the 15th I will also be taking part in Blog Action Day. This is an idea that multiple...

It's Halo Time

There are times like today when I just love living in sleepy quiet Sudbury. Because it means there are no queues at Woolworths and you canjust walk on in a pick up a copy of Halo3! This game as been in the making for the last 37 years, or so it seems. I know that Chris has had it on pre-order at Amazon since April 2006! As usual I did not pre-order, I did not panic and run around I just took my...

24th And I'm At Home

It is the morning of the 24th September; around 8:30, and by all accounts I should not be here. In fact I should be some where in Scotland on a bike making a dash for the border, taking part in another end to end cycle ride. Yet instead I’m sitting here with a laptop trying to decide what to do today. Beginning of the month everything looked to be on track for another crack at cycling the length...

Delusions of grandure

I just can not stand reality shows; Big Bother, I’m a Celebrity and anything else like that just makes my skin crawl. The only thing worse than those shows are the talent show; X Idol, Pop Factor, Britain’s Next Drama Queen. They are all just excuses for 15 minutes of fame. Lucy on the other hand loves them, so much so that Saturday evening we had to watch another round of qualifying for X Factor....

Missing something?

Look through your feeds, notice something missing? Content? Yep I’ve been elsewhere the last few days. Understandable if you had this parked outside! It all started last week, having ordered the bike I was getting like a school boy at Christmas, I could not concentrate on anything and was turned upside down. Finally Monday the 3rd arrived and I set off to collect my new machine. Since then I have...

Blag some new kit

Online cycle shop Wiggle are running a competition at the moment where they are giving away a full Shimano XT groupset. All you have to do is tell them why you dersve it over all overs. Here is my excuse: I think I deserve a new XT groupset as my bike needs one badly and I’ve begged the other half but I can’t buy anything new until she has her wisdom teeth out. So I’m having to ride around using...

Canon 40D Is On The Way

In the last 24 hours or so details of Canon’s replacement for the 30D has been unveiled. It started with Amazon ‘accidentally’ putting the page live of their site, then counter details were released across the tubes. I for one use Digital Photography Review as my source of all things Photography based, so when I see it there I start believing. Whoot! Given that I only upgraded camera body in the...

The Test Ride

Earlier this week I passed my DAS test, which means I am now able to ride any size bike (insurance costs permitting) I wish. So as a means to get my foot on the bike ladder I went out and purchased my first motorbike; a Yamaha FZ6 S2. Ok technically this is not my very first motorbike, when I turned 16 I did not go down the usual route and wait for a car, I opted to get on the road early and my...

DAS Passed

Yesterday I had my last lesson on the CB500 with Ian over at Excel Rider Training. It started at 9:30 in the morning with my test booked for 13:30 that afternoon. To be honest it was a long day and as it went on my nerves were getting worse, have not felt like this for a quite a while; well since my driving test. I knew my Achilles heal would be the U-Turn having slam dunked the bike twice on the...