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Tag Archives: poetry
Room 41
March, April, May, June ….. the months I haven’t posted. Not that many miles either. And those I have ridden have been easy ones, mainly off road. And often the same route, the same places. But they are good places, … Continue reading
‘Dear Friend ….’
There is a phrase, somewhat unkind, I can’t help feeling: middle – aged men in lycra. I guess I feel as I do since I am one of them. Over the years I have amassed a drawer full of said … Continue reading
26%
I like to think I live in the Alps, at the summit of the Col du Galibier (2,645 metres). I don’t, but the gradient on the hill that leads to where I live, can feel like that at times. It begins with … Continue reading
Posted in Bi Polar Disorder, Cycling, Depression, Mental Health, mental illness, Poetry, Relapse
Tagged Bi Polar Disorder, cycling, depression, Mania, Mental health recovery, mood swings, Peer Support, poetry, psychiatry, relapse
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Paramedic
It was the summer of 2001. I was riding the 60 mile route from London to Brighton, on the south coast, for the first time. I had started cycling, as an adult at least, the previous summer (a fund – raiser … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Depression, Mental Health, mental illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged cycling, depression, Leonard Cohen's poetry, Mental health recovery, Peer Support, poetry, suicide
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Not
Not writing. Not cycling. Nor a sorrowful face full of tears. Nor a shuddering heart. Nor any shaking shoulders. In fact, nothing much at all. What is this vacancy? Whose are these slumbering eyes that guide me? Whose billowing arms far out … Continue reading
Posted in Bi Polar Disorder, Cycling, Depression, Mental Health, mental illness, Poetry, Relapse, Uncategorized
Tagged Bi Polar Disorder, cycling, depression, poetry, World War 1
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Because
I am writing this not from my usual perch in the Northern Hemisphere during yet another mild winter when the main weather – related problem for the earnest early morning cyclist is shielding his eyes from the blazing sun on … Continue reading
One Train, Two Buses and a Bicycle
These days I’m doing the short miles. A 3 mile round trip to the station 3 times a week to get the train to go to work. Most weeks a 6 mile round trip into the centre of town. Urban, … Continue reading
Not Disco
So, the 103rd edition of the Tour de France has come to an end.The riders conquered mountain passes in the Alps and the Pyrenees before the procession to Paris. Kilometre after kilometre of climbing as the air thins, the oxygen supply … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, dancing, Depression, Genocide, Holocaust, Mental Health, mental illness, Mindfulness, Poetry, Suicide
Tagged Bi Polar Disorder, cycling, depression, Mental health recovery, poetry
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The Wrong Bus
Yes, despite what the title seems to suggest, this is a blog about cycling and mental health. So why the reference to public transport all of a sudden? I took a bus yesterday – a couple of them, in fact. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bi Polar Disorder, Cycling, Depression, Mental Health, mental illness, Poetry, Relapse
Tagged Bi Polar Disorder, cycling, depression, Mental health recovery, mood swings, poetry
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Atlas Shrugged
These past few weeks, the skies above my head have been belligerent. Normally an all – weather cyclist this British summer has turned me into a 6 miles rider. The longest trip is an urban – to and from the … Continue reading
Posted in Bi Polar Disorder, Cycling, Depression, Mental Health, mental illness, Poetry, Relapse
Tagged Bi Polar Disorder, depression, Mental health recovery, mood swings, poetry, relapse
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