Up/Down...Down/Up

Up/Down…Down/Up

For every up there is a down. For every down there is an up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c5y0l0v6y2do Muriel Furrer

Tragic news reached me last Friday, of the death of promising young Swiss rider, Muriel Furrer at the World Championships in Zurich. Cycling is such a troubled sport. The greatest sport will always have the greatest difficulties.

A cyclist strives to perform at their individual optimum.

Laying in hospital forces independent thought.

I was then entrenched in a rehabilitation life where independence was the ultimate goal. 

I achieved the ability to live alone.

I am alone, forever.

Much as I want to be in a strong relationship with a partner, I think it may be impossible.

‘Oh, what do you do? Where do you work?’

‘My job is living life.’

I use this blog as a route back to the real world, knowing that people anywhere can read my words!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o

Momentous. (the link above, explains Britain closing it's final coal power plant).

Unfortunately for many portions of this country, this halt in such industry will hurt greatly. The step can be viewed so importantly though. Positively, this is such a vital step forward. The whole Globe is feeling the effects of our fossil fuelled damage to our climate. If the UK can be a leading country in renewable energy production, it can only be a good thing.

Is the monk going bald?

(I love any excuse to include a photo of my coffees)!

So many coffee shops ask customers whether they want chocolate on top of their cappuccino. I am me, and I always feel like interrupting and asking ‘well, is the monk going bald?’

Although perhaps the most popular coffee drink, very, very few people know the backgrounds of the name.

When you add ‘ino’ on the end of any Italian noun, it basically tells you that it is a small version of the initial part. The ‘Cappuco’ part tells us that it is a monk. So ‘a little monk’. It is when you look down on top (of either), you understand. The sprinkled chocolate symbolises the monk’s balding scalp. The surrounding frothy milk represents the monk’s hair. The outer, slim ring of coffee represents the monk’s cloak, or ‘habit’.

:) SO THERE!

‘The Capuchin Franciscans are a Roman Catholic order of brothers shaped by this heritage. Building on this Franciscan tradition, the Capuchins were founded in 1528 and emphasized prayer and contemplation, preaching, and physical care of the needy. Today, many of our brothers continue this preaching tradition.’

Merckx on Pogacar

The greatest on the (new) greatest...

Some almighty due praise for Tadej Pogacar... BRAVO TADEJ!!