Goodbye 2021
2021 turned out to be another busy and fun year for Bowen despite lockdowns, silly Covid rules and no holidays abroad or family visiting us. However, the year certainly started off like no other...
OMG! the best car racing last lap in F1 ever!
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will go down in history as the best car racing on the last lap of the last race of 2021, that is if you are a Max Verstappen and...
Android Auto now works on Tesla Model 3 via app TeslAA.
Android Auto – Connect your phone to your car display – in this day and age almost feels like a given, but alas! Android Auto has been the missing puzzle piece in our car...
Brompton bike ride to RAF Kenley / ride to Woldingham School.
The above route was my longest ride to date on my Brompton bike. My friend Sebastian was cycling from Dulwich, in London and we agreed to meet at Kenley Aerodrome, which was more commonly...
Brompton bike ride to Woldingham station.
Today we did a nice long cycle to Woldingham station via Gangers Hill, the Woldingham school and Caterham Viewpoint. We were meant to do this cycle route yesterday, but I had a fault on...
Brompton bike ride to Marsden Park and then a problem with the left pedal crank bolt.
I used my Strava account to create a lovely figure of eight route via Marsden Park, Woldingham station and back home again. Some of the route planning was not great as it took us...
Parkrun #4 Reigate Priory.
It was a lovely morning to do the parkrun, my fourth and Jo’s sixth park walk. 😉 There was quite a large crowd today, which included a school of youngsters. For most of the...
Brompton bike ride to Woldingham School.
I took a late evening cycle to Woldingham School. I rode on cycle path 21 towards Greenwich. The ride was mostly through forests with gravel paths or lanes. Near the school, the road was...
Brompton bike ride to Reigate Hill.
Jo and I cycled along cycle path 21 from Bletchingley via Redhill to Reigate hill. There are some incredibly steep hills in Surrey and Redhill and Reigate are no exceptions. Having an electric bike...
Brompton bike ride around Royal Leamington Spa.
We were in Royal Leamington Spa for a night and a day, primarily to watch the County Lawn Bowls championships that were being held there for a couple of days. We drove up on...
Our Second Parkrun at Reigate Priory.
Second Parkrun walk completed at Reigate Priory. Our second Parkrun at Reigate Priory was a much better performance. We dressed a lot lighter and didn’t carry a backpack or wear long pants, hiking boots or...
Brompton Nano Electric Bike.
It was way back in 2017 when we bought Brompton fold-up bikes and they have proved to be a good investment over the years. We have cycled all over the UK with them. If...
Our first Parkrun was completed at Reigate Priory.
First Parkrun walk completed at Reigate Priory. It was the first Parkrun event in England for over a year and since they welcome anyone to run, jog, crawl or walk we thought we’d give...
Siamese Finnegan joins the house.
Welcome to the house, Finnegan. Our latest kitten is a break from tradition. We have always had Tonkinese cats in the past
A walk around Holmwood Common.
Today we took a drive out to Holmwood Common in Surrey, where there is a National Trust circular walk around a pond and a relatively large common. It was a pleasant walk along decent...
A circular clifftop walk from Martin’s Haven to Marloes Sands.
We visited the dramatic coastline of Pembrokeshire in Wales and were treated to a lovely ramble along the clifftops at Martin’s Haven, a National Trust site with paths to Marloes Sands. Clifftop walk The...
We are Mike and Jo Bowen. Originally from South Africa, we now live & work in the United Kingdom. Mike is the blogger,