Archive - Farmboy's Coolbox

The blog has been through a few changes. This archive simply lists all the posts published. It includes the category on the right but I will change these occasionally. It is nice to see how my personal priorities change and that is reflected in this archive. Feel free to take a look!

2026 (20)

June 10th Nothing to Prove (Roam, Ways of Escape)
June 7th The Therapy of Cutting Through the Bullsh*t (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 4th Back In the Shadow of Ventoux (Ways of Escape)
May 30th That ‘In the Way’ Feeling: Looking for Balance (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 18th MS: The Dull Truth That Hurts (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 16th Mont Ventoux: Going Back to the Giant (Ways of Escape)
May 14th More Than a Bike… Farewell, Silver Machine… (Ways of Escape)
May 10th The Inescapable Multiple Sclerosis (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 5th Some Small Changes (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Roam, Ways of Escape)
April 19th A Boringly, Reassuringly, Normal Sunday (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 17th Alone With My (Fragmented) Mind (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 5th The Invisible Post (Roam)
March 29th A Memorable March (Ways of Escape)
March 13th Cycling: Keep On Rolling! (Ways of Escape)
February 3rd Just a Song: It’s No Game (Part 1) (Roam)
January 25th Blogging… So Why the Hell Do I Bother? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
January 11th MS: Bad Leg Day (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 10th Painting: The Art of Screwing Up (Ways of Escape)
January 9th Snow and Memories (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
January 5th 2026: What and, Hopefully, How (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)

2025 (35)

December 25th 2025: The State I Am In (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
December 21st Years End: The Good Stuff (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
December 15th Year’s End: The Slow Progression of MS (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
November 1st Further Adventures in Painting: (Sort Of) Abstract (Ways of Escape)
October 20th Learning to Love a Stick (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
October 4th Just a Song: I Will Dare (Roam)
October 3rd For the Love of… Films! (Ways of Escape)
September 28th A Life More Ordinary (Ways of Escape)
September 14th MS: That Darkness We Don’t (But Should) Talk About (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 11th Just a Picture: Holiday’s End (Roam)
September 8th The Known Escape: Taking a Break in Normandy (Ways of Escape)
August 25th Just a Picture: A Moment in the Kitchen (Roam)
August 24th MS: Reflecting on THAT Day (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 23rd Celebration Day! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 17th Twelve Years (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
July 14th First Brushstrokes: Learning to Look with Different Eyes (Ways of Escape)
July 8th The Joy of (Just) Riding a Bike! (Ways of Escape)
June 23rd Living With MS: The Cognitive Sh*t (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 16th Sparky’s Dream (Roam)
June 16th Swifts (Roam)
June 15th Back to the Gallery (Roam)
June 10th For the Love Of… Cycling (Ways of Escape)
June 9th For the Love Of… (Ways of Escape)
June 2nd World MS Day: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 26th Roam: A Word of Introduction (Roam)
April 20th Ocrevus Infusions: So What Actually Happens? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
March 29th A Day of Nothing (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
March 23rd A Life of Constant Change (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
February 23rd Walking: How to Make More from Less (Ways of Escape)
February 9th Paradiso: My Noise Asylum (Ways of Escape)
February 3rd The Isolation of Others (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
February 2nd The Return of the Slow Reader (Ways of Escape)
January 27th The Amazing Reverse Teenager! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 17th Numb (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 12th All In One Day (Ways of Escape)

2024 (20)

December 29th From 2024 to 2025: Some Small Changes (Ways of Escape)
December 3rd Making a New Start… Again… (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
November 18th Further Adventures in Baking Bread (Ways of Escape)
November 3rd Turning the Record Over (Ways of Escape)
October 27th Cycling: A Change of Adventure (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
October 20th Things to Come? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
October 15th A Personal Reboot (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 9th Being Human (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
September 8th Moments of Freedom (Ways of Escape)
September 2nd Being Somewhere Else (Ways of Escape)
August 25th Time For a Different Voice (Ways of Escape)
August 23rd MS: The Eleven Year Itch (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
July 1st Col du Galibier: Acceptance and Enjoyment (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 22nd The Laying Around and Waiting Game (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
March 17th Ocrevus: Daring to Hope (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
February 26th Making the Most of Doing Nothing (Ways of Escape)
February 25th Results Day or: Black Hole Time! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 30th Falling Down (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 21st Back on the Roller Coaster (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 5th Back to Life! (Ways of Escape)

2023 (9)

August 14th MS: Ten Years After and….. Feeling Rather Good! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 27th The Best Laid Plans and All That…. (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 3rd Preparation for the Alps: The Dull Stuff (Ways of Escape)
May 29th Motivation for the Alps: Anger and Awareness (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 15th A Moment of Vulnerability (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 30th MS: Has It Actually Changed Me? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 16th Mountains and a Bad Leg (Ways of Escape)
February 19th Low – The Darker Days with MS (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 16th Music: What It Means to Me (Ways of Escape)

2022 (4)

December 24th Into 2023: Time for Change (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
November 28th Cycling: How Does It Feel? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
November 19th MS: Invisible Things (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
November 8th The Return of the Lazy Blogger (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)

2021 (3)

September 24th The Amstel Gold Race…. Finally…. (Ways of Escape)
February 7th Tempting Fate? Setting Cycling Targets for 2021 (Ways of Escape)
January 3rd 2021: Get that Door Open! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)

2020 (6)

November 29th MS: Time For A Rest (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 13th MS: Is This Progression? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 19th All is Change (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
March 5th MS: Not As Planned (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
February 19th Cycling Insanity 2020 Part 2: Col du Tourmalet (Ways of Escape)
January 18th MS and the Ability to Surprise – Others (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)

2019 (24)

December 21st 2019: Closing the Door (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)
December 3rd Cycling Insanity 2020 Part 1: The Amstel Gold Race (Ways of Escape)
November 30th 20,000 (Ways of Escape)
November 10th Acts of Resistance (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
October 30th The Challenge of Riding on a Train (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
October 13th Drawing to Remember and Other Tricks (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 13th My Memory Fragmentation (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 9th Challenge Number Three: Cold and Wet (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 6th Challenge Number Three: Time to Ride (Ways of Escape)
August 27th Challenge Number Three: Change of Plan (Ways of Escape)
August 23rd Six Years (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 14th Boosts and Perspective (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
July 28th Bordeaux (Ways of Escape)
June 28th Closure: The Month of Mountains (Ways of Escape)
June 22nd First Thoughts: Stelvio and Gavia (Ways of Escape)
June 21st Traveling Light (Ways of Escape)
June 15th Trainings End – Part Two: The Toughest of the Cycling Challenges Yet? (Ways of Escape)
June 13th MS: Should I Tell? (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 4th Ventoux: The Last Climb (Ways of Escape)
June 1st Ventoux: Back Among Giants (Ways of Escape)
May 31st Training End – Part One (Ways of Escape)
May 18th Ventoux – More than a Mountain (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
February 17th My Cycling Challenges for 2019 (Ways of Escape)
January 1st From 2018 to 2019 (Ways of Escape)

2018 (12)

October 7th Lucky (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 26th Five Years (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 12th Twenty Years (Ways of Escape)
July 29th Climbing (Ways of Escape)
June 10th Confrontation Day (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 25th Normandy: A Short Reflection (Ways of Escape)
April 29th Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2018 – Closing the Book (Ways of Escape)
April 22nd Falling Sideways (Ways of Escape)
April 18th Waiting…. (Ways of Escape)
April 14th Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Something Special…. (Ways of Escape)
February 2nd The Englishman Who Rode a Bike in Belgium (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
January 1st From 2017 to 2018 (Ways of Escape)

2017 (12)

December 24th Back to Liege – The Challenge for 2018 (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
October 15th Good Times! (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
September 30th Fear and Distraction (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
August 29th Challenge Number Three – Rondje Markermeer (Ways of Escape)
July 9th Goodbye, Old Friend (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
June 1st Ventoux – Second Time Lucky (Ways of Escape)
May 28th Ventoux – Why Again? (Ways of Escape)
May 21st Challenge Number Two – Ventoux…. Just One More Time…. (Ways of Escape)
April 23rd Challenge Number One – La Doyenne (Ways of Escape)
February 12th Challenge Number One: Insanity in Belgium (Ways of Escape)
January 9th The Cycling Challenges for 2017 (Ways of Escape)
January 1st From 2016 to 2017 (Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Ways of Escape)

2016 (9)

September 23rd Up and Down – Holiday Cycling in Mallorca (Ways of Escape)
June 12th The Day After (Ways of Escape)
June 8th Trainings End (Ways of Escape)
June 6th Stop (Ways of Escape)
June 2nd Final Preparation (Ways of Escape)
May 27th The Reason Why – Part Two (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
May 8th The Reason Why…. (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)
April 24th Interlude (Ways of Escape)
March 26th Up and Down (Ways of Escape)

2015 (2)

October 1st The Englishman Who Went Up a Mountain…….. (Ways of Escape)
September 6th Two Years On… (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)

2014 (1)

January 26th Small Confessions….. (Living With Multiple Sclerosis)

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