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Today's shot of choice is a Cuban bean from Algerian Coffee Stores on Old Compton St. Very nicely balanced flavour, not too strong tasting, but packs a heck of a punch on caffeine content! Recommended if you need to wake up sharpish.

We used to go to the Hyde Park cinema in Leeds, late 90's, when (I think) it was the last cinema in the UK to have gas lighting.

Moneyball last night. Think that I enjoyed it - nice slow pace and lots of chewin' tobaccy...

Sounds like a narrow squeak - stay safe out there Ollie...

Completed RH2BE with hours to spare yesterday, which has left a nice sense of achievement.

Watched Limitless last night - very entertaining and would recommend.

bmxed - that is fantastic. Well done! I've only managed 25% over what must have been a pretty flat 1,000km.

58km for me to do this weekend in order to complete RH2BE. The Nuun challenge thing is well out of my league.

wow. just wow.

The Orphanage is creepy and very atmospheric - I really enjoyed it, but not quite as much as Pan's Labyrinth.

Watched Tintin last night. Visually stunning, but left me feeling a little cold.

Bought a Baratza Virtuosa grinder yesterday from Coffee Machine on the King's Road. Good service in there and reps for giving me a free bag of house blend beans. Been saving up for a while and really glad with the results. It has 40 grind settings and really low RPM. Very excited to be buying beans rather than ground from now on....

Spotted: 20 military horses shitting all over the Kings Road this morning.

Am only 60% through the RH2BE challenge; suspect (know) that I don't have the legs or time to achieve the Nuun challenge. Signed up anyway.

The Guard - what a fucking great film. Laughed pretty much the whole way through. Good soundtrack too. More of the same please.

Ides of March last night. Entertaining, if not actually excellent. West Wing with swearing but without the snappy dialogue.

Rum Diary last night. Sort of enjoyed it but couldn't help thinking that it lost its way a bit and was a tad toooo Fear and Loathing.

Commuting has definately turned into interval training since Strava came along! On quite of few of the segments on my commute, the biggest influence on timing is how heavy the traffic is and whether or not the lights fall in your favour. Tend to ignore those segments, thereby avoiding the temptation to take stupid risks, and concentrate on the safer segments.

This is my current target: http://app.strava.com/rides/5933243#113094918 and chuffed to have sneaked into the top 20 this afternoon.

After my first week or so of furiously chasing segments I was a wreck and the pain in my legs outweighed the motivation to push harder. Now happy to loiter around the leaderboards in mid-table mediocrity. Most of the time....

"Never bring petrol inside your home". Sage advice.

foisgrashellscape with both knees bandaged up - its a strong look!

Nearest petrol station to me ran out of fuel today, interesting to see how this develops.

There were queues to get into just about every petrol station on my commute home. Dread to think how busy PT will be if people decide to leave their cars at home. Not that it really affects me, but there you go. Being on a bike is soooo cool sometimes.

Yup.....affogato is a win. Thank you danb for helping the scales fall from mine eyes.

She an attractive lady in what looks like her mid-to-late thirties? Think I've met her before. Cool girl and a very nice bike as it goes.

EDIT: Just saw the black backpack comment, that sounds like her. Mission Workshop unit I think.

Spotted this morning, I think, on Elizabeth St outside Victoria Coach Station. She gets around. So to speak.

Had to google "affogato". Can't wait to get home dose up some Green&Blacks vannilla ice cream. Happy days...

RIP TJ. Condolences to family and friends. Brings it home reading the messages above from people on here that knew him. Sounds like a genuinely decent bloke and a sad, unneccessary loss.

James Cameron successfully reaches deepest point on Earth

Its a good story. Hat off to the man.