The Author
The author
Peter learned to ride horses and bikes when he was two. Horses were great for attracting girls but bikes meant freedom. As he got older, he found that there were other ways to get a girl so he stopped riding horses. The more time he spent with girls, the more he realised he needed to keep a bike. Nowadays, he has three girls in his life: his partner, his daughter and his granddaughter. Naturally, with all those girls, he has several bikes which he rides wherever there’s great cycling, food, and weather.
When he’s not cycling, he’s writing fiction or working as a freelance writer and coach in Basel, Switzlerand.
Read his latest story The Fig Tree in the Adelaide Literary Magazine.
Now, this might, or might not, come as a bit of a shock to you: in 361 days, I’ll turn 50. That’s almost eighteen thousand days I’ve been living, breathing, and learning here on this planet. So the big question is: what have I learned over these thousands of days. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, which I hope you have, you’ll know that I’ve learned that you can never lose those illusive seven pounds, that you should always wear sunscreen, and that you should never underestimate a wiry old rider. But there’s more.