Sandcastles

Beaches !!

>> http://www.art-spire.com/en/art/40-awesome-sand-sculptures/

What a great way to spend time on the Beach, all I ever built were sandcastles that always seemed to fall down.

How do they get them to stay together ??

And how do they come up with such great themes ??

I'm not an Artist in any way, when I left School it was a simple case of get a job and earn money.

The Artists seem to be those who had parents who had the money, to send them to some fancy Art School.

But isn't the Internet a wonderful thing, now anyone can study art, anytime they want..

Beach Ride

It was a lot warmer this morning so I took a run up the coast, there were only a few places you could not ride because of either soft sand or rocks.
The new Singlespeed setup faired well, but it was strange only having one gear and for some reason it all seemed easier than when using gears, maybe it's because it's a lot less complicated as you don't have to wonder if you are in the right gear, as the right gear is the only gear.




Saw this strange rock with it's twisted shape there is a lot of interesting rock formations on this part of the beach.
So spent some time looking over them.
It was a good ride as the sun shone and it was rather like a Summers day, rather than a winter one.

Have now started to get together parts for the new Bike I am building.
I will buy the fancy parts when I know exactly what I am looking for things like the handlebar stem ??? (what length will be the correct one for me??)
So it's build it cheap, ride it, then perfect it .
So far I have the crank arms and the handlebar stem( Ebay)
I have decided that when it gets transformed in its final build I can build another bike with the leftover parts.
The frame will be a Surly karate monkey as it means I get 29" wheels plus I can run gears or singlespeed.
It was going to be a Surly 1x1 but that would mean singlespeed only.

Above is a picture from todays ride along the beach.