Bobby hears shock news about the Editor

Imagine the surprise when you find that someone that you thought didn’t drive much, turns out to be a rally driver in disguise? That, dear reader, is exactly the situation I now find myself in with Anthony our esteemed, missing for almost two weeks, Editor.

As you may (or may not) know I am not a particularly (computer) literate person. My only contact with the cyber world is by dial up modem on my 9 year old Olivetti Echo - state of the art in 1998 and a damned attractive computer to boot (and re-boot). I think that the black and white screen is perfectly matched for someone of my writing ability. Did Hugh MacDiarmid write in colour, I ask you?

All these technical trimmings from Microserf® are mere frippery and yet another cause of climate change as people are forced to ‘upgrade’ just so they can type a letter. I have better things to do than spend half the year working for Bill Gates just so he can give my money away to charities of his choice.

Anyway, I digress.

It turns out that Anthony and partner M (not named here for legal reasons) have been gallivanting around the world in a sort of small car - a BMW Mini.

Not a real SmallCar® - this new mini is apparently capable of going at over 50 mph and can carry luggage too !! It can even carry four people in comfort and doesn’t tip over on corners. It’s enough to encourage driving - totally wrong for the Editor of CityCycling in my view.

This is a man that uses a fixed wheel bike so I am most disappointed.