I think I can count on three fingers how many Christmas Day rides I’ve done in my life. Today’s ride was special not for the route or distance but the significance of the day. Its about 30 years, (yes 30 bloody years!) since I did my first one! Thats a sobering thought which is somewhat … Continue reading Crimble Bimble
It’s been a while since I was out on the bike at the weekend. Probably before September. So this weekend was one of those rare occasions when I have time to myself. No Dan, Sally at work. Yesterday was a washout which was a blessing really as I was too tired after a week of … Continue reading Mad March Hare 2020 Recce
With Chase the Sun off the menu, Sally and I had a free weekend so we decided to go and see my parents in North Wales. Of course, never to miss an opportunity I decided to ride up and had planned a decent but tough 200km route using a mix of back roads where possible. … Continue reading The Llandudno 200
These days I don’t get many opportunities to be a bit selfish and go for a ride on my own, where I want. This weekend came about and I realised I had a chance of ticking a couple of North Wales climbs off my list. The Crimea Pass and Stwlan Dam. I was staying at … Continue reading Opportunity Knocks
Last weekend I rode 204 miles from Redditch to Weston-super-Mare and back. 80 miles and a number of hours longer on a bike than I’d ever ridden before. Lets be honest it is a pretty extreme distance and a feat of endurance that I’m proud of. The reaction you get when you tell people is … Continue reading 10 things riding 200 miles make you realise
It was going to be my longest ever ride distance and time opn a bike by some way. What a day it was. Road captain Paul Astin had told me he was rolling at 4am from his house so I predicted I needed to be roadside at the Washford Mill in Redditch at 4.15pm latest. … Continue reading The Weston 200
I’m riding to Weston-super-Mare and back tomorrow. 200 miles. Its an unprecedented distance and time on the bike I’ve never done before and I’m pretty relaxed about it. Its an adventure with some mates. I’m starting around 4am and anticipate I’ll be back about 14 hours later. My two biggest worries are 1. my neck, … Continue reading Fuelling a double century
Back in February on the last Cult ride, my mate Paul Astin touted a ride that he was planning to Weston-Super-Mare and back in May. A quick look at my diary and it was a ‘free’ weekend and about a month before Chase the Sun. Perfect! Then I forgot about it A free weekend for … Continue reading Dress Rehearsal
Its Mothering Sunday so Happy Mothers Day! I decided to do the mother of steep climbs today, with my first ascent of Bushcombe Lane on the outskirts of Bishops Cleeve. Here’s how it went. Well the first thing to say is I obviously chose the wrong day this weekend. It was like Summer yesterday. Today … Continue reading Bushcombe Party
