August 2022 came and at the start of it I packed all my riding gear and headed to England to participate in the LEL2022, I read many comments in the forums on what to bring with me and what to ta...
http://blog.flatto.net/2022/09/lel-2022-it-could-have-been-worse-day-1/
It is Passover here in Israel and I have been adding more rides to my training, so much so that today I passed the 400 KM cumulative distance I rode this month and we are just about half way done...
The LEL2022 is getting closer and with it my trepidation of not being up to the task, I partially blame COVID for it, being sick and off the bike for a period of 6 weeks obviously did not help my...
Last Thursday I did the Tel Aviv Brevet which was a 200km night ride. Let me reiterate this, this is a night ride in July in Israel. If you think you have hot days, know that the months of Ju...
….So we are still stuck with the COVID-19 virus, Yay :-( !! And to add insult to injury the kids have started the school summer break, Are you effing kidding me ? the school year was barely a 4...
http://blog.flatto.net/2021/07/still-in-covid-days-turmoil-all-around/
I am not sure if there is really anything left to say about the situation that hasn’t been said, 2020 started of bad and went worse every day since . Wild fires, floods, the Amazon burning, Cov...
Since the Covid-19 struck, I have been in turmoil both in the home front and the work side. The company I worked for was involved in the public transport and as the world embraced the lockdown an...
The boredom of staying at home with the kids has drove many of us to become creative with how to engage the kids and keep them occupied. For some time we tried a “home made gym” and that wo...
For a long time I have been faffing about with the idea of writing something. Back in the days of serious gaming I wrote some short stories, started a couple of book ideas, and even started writi...
It has been a year since I last posted here and SO much has happened I am not sure where I can start. I’ll start with some good news, my bid to participate in the LEL2021 has been accepted and...