Only a few blog posts ago, I told you about this amazing steel framed mountain bike I really, really wanted. Well, one way, and another, I have managed to become the rather proud owner of a Hot Yellow Gloss Soul 275, via the super friendly and helpful Bike Workshop in Bristol. Its actually been quite… Read More »
Twenty Two Years. Yes, 22 years. That really is a long break from doing something. From 1990-1993 I was at Bicton College, doing outdoor pursuits stuff, and well, I used to regularly slip off to ride on the common (Woodbury Common), and have many good memories of riding for pleasure, training and even racing. In… Read More »
Preamble you can skip to the actual report, or read on to find out why and how… Early June is a birthday month in this house, the Dartmoor Discovery falling on the first weekend, and the classic quarter falling on the second. One of these weekends has to have a birthday party. I have had… Read More »
Life should be an adventure right? The Wild Things love adventuring, and it doesn’t really matter whether it is trip into the unknown, or a trip to the local charity shops. Watching them play, okay, joining in with them playing, it is a real joy to see them absorbed in whatever it is they are… Read More »
A couple of tweets yesterday evening prompted me to look back at a post I wrote nearly 2 years ago. I have decided to do an edit / repost… I think it is fair to say that we are probably afraid of silence and emptiness. We like to occupy and fill up empty time and space.… Read More »
It is that time of the year when the world is full of reviews, and this will be the second or third year I have done it. 2013 has been a year full of ups and downs, revelations and surprises and finally a coming together and a settling down. Some of things that have stood… Read More »
The weekend was a good mix of birthday celebrations and running. Bethan was 9 and got a new bike – here she is cruising the park. Not wishing to miss out, her sister spent the time perfecting her skating tricks Meanwhile the little boy had sneaked off to rescue a damsel in distress and stomp in… Read More »
**rant** This week we heard that behind every fence, gate or wall, evil killers are waiting to pounce on innocent little children. No I am not talking about a recent BBC article, although more on that in a minute, I am talking about spiders. Apparently, we have become infested by ‘killer’ spiders. Well… The better… Read More »
I am slowly ramping up the milage in preparation of the Great West Run. Its going ok, and considering I have only ever really run a max of 8-10 miles in one go, 13.1 still seems a lot. At the weekend, I had a great run from Woodbury to Budleigh (6mils) followed by a quick… Read More »