- Books
Delivered:
10
- Bike
miles travelled:
159
- Weight
Lost:
2lbs
- Charitable
Contribution:
~£25
Before
I review / remind you where I am, I have some book catching up to do:
Six Of Swords (12miles) – slight diversion,
in that this was posted to a colleague in our US office but I did cycle into
work with it.
Lawrence Dallaglio:
It’s in the Blood
(12 miles) – a handover in the Kings Ransom car park, occasioned by
difficulties in matching schedules... a lady requested it for her husband who
used to play rugby (injury i think) and she hadn’t told him what it was when I
handed it over, which was kind of sweet
 |
| Picasso |
Gray’s Anatomy (12 miles) – I considered
keeping this but it would have sat on my shelf gathering dust so go it must. A
200yd diversion on my way into work (Note to self: I must do a post on Sale)
Picasso (12 miles) –
another diversion... chap lives in Bolton but we tried to hook up in Altrincham
as he was in town – we got snowed off. So i’m dropping it off on my way up to a
meeting in Preston as it’s just a short hop from the Motorway
There’s
one more to share but that’s a separate post.
So,
the overview. I resolved at the start of the year to give away a huge pile of
books (and I mean huge) using the range of social media at my disposal. I
wanted to get off to a good start so used Freecycle
which is where the bulk of Januarys books have gone. It has the benefit of
people who want free stuff go on there and they’re all local!
Next
Social Media. Twitter first,
recently joined by a FB
page and more esoterically Pinterest
and Librarything
(click on all links for my accounts). The last two being a repository for cover
pictures and available book details respectively.
As
a reminder, for every book I deliver by bike I add £1 plus 5p per mile
travelled on the round trip to a charity pot which I’m pushing through to
Justgiving once a month. In addition I also forgot that I also committed to £5
per lb of weight lost... the Justgiving page is: http://www.justgiving.com/booksbybike
and I’m also happy to take donations in addition to what I’m putting in there
myself.
A
number of things I have learned already:
- I don’t know the hidden depths
of the wider area I live very well – I’m discovering all sorts of
wonderful things and sharing as many of them as I can
- Investment in a new winter hi-vis
jacket with additional inbuilt rear light was a sound one
- I need to be more curious
without being nosey – it’s a fine balance but people love to talk
- I need to keep re-explaining
what I’m doing otherwise some posts just won’t make any sense
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