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  1. I cannot believe....

    When I got caught in a thunderstorm on my road bike, that six months later, the blog I was going to write and instead became a story, is still going. I hate to think how many words, pages and megabytes it occupies. It also seems to maintain its relative p ...

    - 2008/01/08 - 7:04am - 7 comments

  2. 300 and still counting.

    I had my first story posted on the fourth of October 2004 on Sapphires Place, the first episode of Snafu- a confection of New Age, transgenderism, military, medical and the occult. For some reason readers liked it, and I'm still writing it, although ...

    - 2008/01/15 - 4:16pm - 7 comments

  3. Gires- worth a look

    The link below is worth a look for those who haven't seen it before. Essentially a charitable research organisation with some credibility in the UK. http://www.gires.org.uk/Web_Page_Assets/frontframeset.htm Angharad. ...

    - 2008/01/16 - 5:39pm - 1 comment

  4. Charlotte's Tale.

    The most recent, ie part 10 are all new episodes which have not been posted anywhere else. I know this one is not as popular as some of my other stories, but it's still the one I like best. To the other two who will read it, I hope you enjoy it. Angh ...

    - 2008/01/20 - 9:59am - 4 comments

  5. EAFOB 208

    I'm disappointed with my latest effort, there isn't much subtlety in action stories, at least, not in the way I write them. ...

    - 2008/02/16 - 1:54am - 7 comments

  6. Being Welsh

    We 'Cymro'- the people, have little to celebrate. We're a small nation overrun in mediaeval times by our larger and more powerful neighbour, but never quite subdued. ...

    - 2008/02/23 - 6:08pm - 18 comments

  7. Transsexual in Iran.

    To see this fascinating documentary, go to: www.bbc.co.uk. click on i-player, then go to BBC2, factual. You have six days to see it. I found it profoundly disturbing but compelling viewing. Angharad. ...

    - 2008/02/25 - 3:34pm - 8 comments

  8. Falling Off?

    I keep stating that I can't believe this is still running, and now after 236 episodes, I feel a need to check that you as readers want me to continue churning out this stuff. Angharad. PS thanks for the support you've shown throughout this story ...

    - 2008/03/15 - 3:39pm - 17 comments

  9. 53 weeks

    I have noticed that I became a member here a year and a week ago, which for some is probably 53 weeks too long. I have frequented this site for a few years but previously as a reader, particularly attracted by Wanda's 'Kelly Girl', which I ...

    - 2008/03/29 - 12:21pm - 8 comments

  10. Pregnant man- not really!

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Taxonomy upgrade extras:  General Audience (pg) Having it both ways? The following turned up on MSN website about a pregnant man. It isn't really. http://news.uk.msn.com/what-we-learned-this-week.aspx?cp-doc... ...

    - 2008/03/30 - 1:08pm - 9 comments

  11. Thursday's Afternoon Play

    on BBC Radio 4, 'Out of season' by Anne-Marie O'Connor, deals with four people visiting a cafe in Blackpool and the thoughts they have about what is going on in their lives. One of whom is a M2F transsexual, meeting her father for the first ...

    - 2008/04/05 - 1:38am - 3 comments

  12. British Cycling

    I finally got around to joining British Cycling, which for those not in the know, is an organisation dedicated to sport and leisure cycling. I'm already a member of the Cyclist's Touring Club, which is the main lobbying group for cyclists. ...

    - 2008/04/05 - 9:27am - 3 comments

  13. Girl- the original meaning.

    According to Sol Steinmetz, lexicographer and dictionary editor,(author of Semantic Antics), speaking on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Word of Mouth, 15.4.08, the original meaning of the word girl, was a young child of either sex. ...

    - 2008/04/15 - 11:21am - 5 comments

  14. HIV is frightening Stuff.

    The following link is to an e-medical journal, which I hope works (the link I mean). It's pretty serious stuff but as a health professional, I make no apologies for it. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571708_print Angharad. ...

    - 2008/04/17 - 1:05pm - 1 comment

  15. Weekends are too short!

    Here we are again, the end of another weekend with work lurking just over the horizon. Once more I feel that I haven't done very much at all, didn't do a bike ride or write another masterpiece, only fiddled about and achieved very little. ...

    - 2008/04/20 - 1:36pm - 7 comments

  16. Civil Partnership For Previously Married Couple

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Taxonomy upgrade extras:  General Audience (pg) In the crazy world of English law and taxes, such things are possible if farcical. See the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7376925.stm ...

    - 2008/05/02 - 2:18pm - 7 comments

  17. Staying on a bike!

    'Falling off a bike' started as an experience of cycling through a thunderstorm. Today, I cycled through another one, this time on a mountain bike, with some wet weather gear and mudguards on the bike. ...

    - 2008/05/04 - 9:34am - 8 comments

  18. Approaching 300!

    As I approach episode 300 of Falling Off A Bike, I think I'd like to take check on if readers still want me to continue posting them or to bring it to a conclusion. I'm aware it's at best literature lite, but given its preparation is zero, ...

    - 2008/05/08 - 8:36am - 22 comments

  19. Writing Frenzy

    On Sunday I wrote and posted over 11,000 words on this site in three separate entries, Totally Insane;Totally Insane (Concluded) and Falling off a bike. Quite how or why I did it, and that included help from one or two others with express proofing etc.,I ...

    - 2008/05/20 - 11:37am - 7 comments

  20. Totally Insane- me, I think.

    Sometimes ideas just come into your head and won't go away until they manifest as bits of typescript. This was the case with the start of Bike and Totally Bonkers. Both were intended as one offs. Okay so I did a second of both, and that should have e ...

    - 2008/05/26 - 6:38am - 1 comment

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