Yet more bad weather today so no pics again. I slept quite well last night and woke this morning pretty stiff and groggy. I had to spend some time on my hamstrings, quads and my left hip flexor to get them in some sort of shape. Breakfast was some coffee, toast and cereal with a … Continue reading Babbacombe Day 3
Right. First up, not many photos today because the weather was so bad. It was an eventful day. All bad but I’m warm and tucked up in bed now so I can call it an epic. The forecast hadn’t promised much and to be honest, when I woke I expected rain but a look out … Continue reading Babbacombe Day 2
The day finally arrived but I couldn’t leave until after noon as I couldn’t check in to my AirBnB in Dursley until 5pm. I had to keep myself distracted after I got up, to ward off some anxiety, so I fitted some mudguards as rain is forecast tomorrow, something I would regret. And I vacuumed … Continue reading Babbacombe Day 1
Babbacombe beckons. On Wednesday I begin my three day ride to Torquay so I’ve had to make some mods to my gravel bike so it’s better suited to road touring. After a clean, off have come my (worn) Conti gravel tyres for nice, wide fat touring tyres. If you know me I like to try … Continue reading Gravel to Touring
Originally planned for Saturday, the weather ended that idea with a day of rain. Even though it wasn’t as biblical as I expected it was enough to make me push the ride back to yesterday. However, Sally had booked us into a spa hotel for the night so I was on the clock to get … Continue reading Wyre We Riding
With Severnth Heaven finally flushed out of my legs this week, my attention turned to another ‘big’ day out to the Mendips and Quantocks yesterday. I’d been invited along to ride with Ben and his crew again to ride a part of the world I’d only ever ridden through en-route to Babbacombe a couple of … Continue reading Mendips & Quantocks Gravel
When I was a teenager I would spend endless hours walking up and down my hallway at home. I even spent my break times at school doing the same. I loved it and then I got older, moved out and lost it all as other things going on in my life shifted my focus. What … Continue reading Is it a sport?
I’m always a bit dubious about buying cycling gear from China. The stuff you can buy on Temu, Alibaba, AliExpress etc. I’ve had some really shit stuff over the years. My own fault. However, the facts are, not all Chinese-made products are shit and when you do find something decent it’s usually great value so … Continue reading Stoned
It was with a bit of trepidation I got my bike ready on Friday. I wanted to get another couple of rides in this week but other than one 2hr ride and a 45 min turbo session that was it. It wouldn’t make much difference in the grand scheme of things but it would have … Continue reading Severnth Heaven 2024
I’ve got a massive gravel ride on Saturday, probably the biggest one of the year for me. Severnth Heaven is one of my Gravelton rides. It’s a 186km route down to the Severn Bridge and back with a nasty summit finish atop the Worcestershire Beacon @ 425m just to finish me off. The problem is … Continue reading Full(ish) Service
