{"id":4778,"date":"2021-10-03T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2021-10-03T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T15:05:38","slug":"brothers-in-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4778","title":{"rendered":"Brothers in Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I may of had the <strong>Dire Straits<\/strong> song before as a title but couldn&#8217;t think of anything else for this topic (could of been <strong>Sisters<\/strong> as well as <strong>Brothers in Arms<\/strong>). Those of you who are regular readers of this blog will know I am a keen cyclist and clock up many miles in a year on the road. One rather touching thing that happens when you are out on the road is the greeting fellow cyclists give each other. There is a variety of greetings &#8211; a hand raised, slight flick of the hand on the handlebars, a nod , a cheery <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Good Morning<\/strong> <\/span>or <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Afternoon&#8221;<\/span><\/strong>,<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> &#8220;Hi &#8220;<\/span> <\/strong>or when you overtake someone or get overtaken a full discussion can take place. We all stop for each other if we see someone with a puncture or a mechanical when we are out. Maybe one day there will be a song called <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Comrades on the Road&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> that I could use as a song title.<\/p>\n<p>Picture is of three cycling comrades well above the famous <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Alpe d&#8217;Huez<\/strong><\/span> climb- one is much older than the other two!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1000668-scaled-e1633273134135.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=4779\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1000668-scaled-e1633273134135.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FS16&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1370948183&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1000668\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1000668-scaled-e1633273134135.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4779\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1000668-scaled-e1633273134135-300x225.jpg?resize=402%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will blog on stories, football and other stuff tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may of had the Dire Straits song before as a title but couldn&#8217;t think of anything else for this topic (could of been Sisters as well as Brothers in Arms). 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