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		<title>Emergency bike wash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I washed my Yamaha FZ1 today for the first time in weeks. Months, probably. Cue shock and awe among the general biker population. What kind of a man? Not washing means not loving, means not caring, means, in the end, neglect. Poor Yammy.
My rear tire challenges this conclusion. 4,000 miles and it’s down to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=567&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children’s books</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our little Bruce is growing fast. He’s got loads of energy &#8211; running, climbing, yelling, shouting&#8230; especially the shouting. He likes asserting his ebullience and notifying his maker that he’s still here doing His good work. Sometimes he’s like a Scottish squall &#8211; you&#8217;re sitting there in a peaceful, thoughtful mood and all of sudden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=564&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Toilets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate public toilets. No matter how recently it has been cleaned there’s always a wee piddly puddle on the floor in front of the toilet or urinal. Fuck, I say, spreading my feet so I’m not standing in it. Sometimes, after I’m done, I notice more piddles than when I started. Fuck, I say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=561&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rocking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrewinscotland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently joined a rock and roll band. Every rocker&#8217;s dream, right? Actually it is pretty cool &#8211; I&#8217;m really enjoying it. I&#8217;m wondering why I waited this long.
It&#8217;s a bunch a guys from work, getting together for a bit of fun. The plan is to put on a fund-raising charity show sometime around Christmas. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=556&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in MaryHill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got lost in MaryHill the other night. Well, maybe lost is the wrong word. I knew where I was, I just couldn&#8217;t find where I was going. Not that that&#8217;s anything new &#8211; I get lost all the time in Glasgow. And Edinburgh. And Sterling &#8211; any UK city really. 
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		<title>Attack mode</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motorcycling is always a highly enjoyable and rewarding activity, but you never really know what the next ride will bring. I tend to be a moody person, and this extends somewhat to my riding. My motorcycling moods depend (among other things) on the weather outside, the weather inside, the general state and health of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=550&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Driving in Canada and the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, so, Canada, eh? This summer we all took a three week holiday to the Great White North. It was brill. (Hurts, doesn’t it? Even worse than “fab”. But, seeing as how we’re no longer in Canada, one must attempt to fit in, adapt, keep low one’s centre of gravity.)
Yeah, so it was good -  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=545&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The return of sanity</title>
		<link>http://thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-return-of-sanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a break in the blog, a time when everything was chickens with their heads cut off, hallucinations in the night, panting and fidgeting and then sinking ever lower until I could barely filter my own thoughts.
And then my sister died, and I started smoking again. I won’t say too much more about my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=539&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a smoking car on this train?</title>
		<link>http://thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/is-there-a-smoking-car-on-this-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I quit smoking, right? And? So what? It’s hard and things suck and I can grumble and whine or I can just get on with it.
And that’s fine, life changes, we move on, and so I keep trying to get on with things, to make life bigger, and I am, but it’s an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=524&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quitting smoking with Allen Carr</title>
		<link>http://thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/quitting-smoking-with-allen-carr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve quit smoking. I’m now on Day Five, and it sucks, really, really badly. I can’t imagine anything more physically uncomfortable or mentally excruciating. It is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
I sit here trying to type, but all I can think about is the smoke that’s lacking. So I think of things less painful, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thistrainisforgourock.wordpress.com&blog=3679605&post=506&subd=thistrainisforgourock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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