Month: February 2008

College Courses | General Ramblings | Mechanics

Potching
ByMatthew Cashmore February 28, 2008

I’m not sure when it happened, but all of a sudden I seem to be a potcher. Anytime I find myself twiddling my thumbs I gravitate to the garage where I start taking things appart and attempting to make them better. It may seem harmless, but my poor motorbike is getting a little sick of…

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General | russia

The Longest Day
ByMatthew Cashmore February 26, 2008July 14, 2011

Well as if a 5,000 mile trip to Russia wasn’t enough for me I’ve signed up for a special day out in June! I’m going to use it as a bit of ‘light’ training… Myself and some friends from www.xrv.org.uk will be attempting to ride from John O’Groats to Lands End on 21st June 2008…

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adventure | charity | Touring

It’s for charity
ByMatthew Cashmore February 26, 2008

I wrote a short piece over at journeytorussia about how touched I’ve been by the donations we’ve received for Everyman. The thing that has struck me has been the amount of money people have parted with – Everyman is an amazing charity that makes sure people know about Male Cancers and the more money we…

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General | russia

Raising money for charity
ByMatthew Cashmore February 21, 2008July 14, 2011

When we started this whole thing we did wonder if we should do something ‘worthy’ to try and off-set the blatant fun we were going to have blasting around old Europe and Russia on our bikes. But when it came to choosing what to do the ‘charidee’ thing seemed a little… well, done and ‘old’….

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Hack Day | hackday | mashed

More Mashed details
ByMatthew Cashmore February 12, 2008

It’s been a hell of a couple of weeks, as well as working on Innovation Labs I’m also pulling together everything for Mashed in June – the good news is I’ve managed to secure the dates and venue – it’s going to be held at Alexandra Palace again and it will run over the 20th…

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General | russia

New video show page
ByMatthew Cashmore February 3, 2008July 14, 2011

Given we’re now filming in wide-screen and that it would be nice to watch all the review shows in one place we’ve built a new page to allow you to do just that! It sounds more exciting than it really is, but bookmark this link http://journeytorussia.co.uk/watch-the-show or subscribe to the RSS feed at http://journeytorussia.blip.tv/rss Shows…

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