Tag Archives: Local Politics

Guest Blog: Raised From The Alive

By Tom | Published: December 27, 2009
For this, the first in an occa­sional series of guest blogs (they’re all the rage these days), I’d like to re-introduce an old friend, a man with whom I braved the hor­rors of West­ern and Cent­ral Europe for 10 weeks of this bicycle jour­ney… ladies and gen­tle­men, Mr. Mark Maultby! Take it away… Hello there. This [...]
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A Little Video About Cycling In Yerevan

By Tom | Published: December 9, 2009
My last post was an invit­a­tion to come along to one of the many global bicycle gath­er­ings that happened last Sunday on the eve of the COP15 cli­mate change sum­mit in Copen­ha­gen. I helped to organ­ise a ride here in Yerevan, and I took my trusty video cam­era with me. I’ve been slav­ing over a hot [...]
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Join Me On Sunday — Wherever You Are

By Tom | Published: December 3, 2009
This Sunday I’ll be dash­ing around the streets of Yerevan on my bike, furi­ously try­ing to film a bicycle demon­stra­tion that I’ve been organ­ising for the last few weeks, together with a group of local cyc­lists, as part of the Ride Planet Earth project. Kim Ngyuen’s been cyc­ling from Aus­tralia and is poised to arrive [...]
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What Happened When I Tried To Organise A Bike Ride In Yerevan

By Tom | Published: November 29, 2009
Hello dear read­ers. I’m in a par­tic­u­larly frus­trated mood this even­ing. I’ve had a great day climb­ing one of Yerevan’s nearby moun­tains, trudging through snow all day and hav­ing a lovely  pic­nic on the sum­mit. When I returned home, I read a par­tic­u­larly aggrav­at­ing email, and so I wanted to share the situ­ation with you, [...]
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Off-Road In The Caucasus Mountains Of Georgia

By Tom | Published: October 20, 2009
Last week I trav­elled to the Geor­gian cap­ital of Tbil­isi to meet Andy for a few days of mountain-biking in the Cau­casus moun­tains to the north of the city. Andy told me that many people out­side the coun­try still think it must be a ‘war­zone’. This is prob­ably due to the monu­mental fuss made by the [...]
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