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
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
It was a bit of a low-key week on the cycling front this week. It took me all week to shake the fatigue from last week’s 17 hours in the saddle with just plain off the bike rest and a couple of easy rides. Today’s forecast looked moist to say the least and leaving the … Continue reading The G60 Fail and Bail
Yesterday was an early start. I’d set a 5.45am alarm to be away by 6.15am but I was awake just after 5 so I got up a bit earlier which gave me time to have a bit of breakfast without rushing. Sally was still asleep so I quietly loaded up the car and I was … Continue reading Cambrian Mountains Gravel Epic
I’ve just spunked over £60 to enter an event. I’m happy about the ride, more on that in a bit, but I feel a bit dismayed events have now got so expensive and are becoming the domain of the affluent. Going away with my bike has become a bit of an annual thing for me … Continue reading Times Have Changed
We got back from Fuerteventura around 8pm on Thursday night and it was back to work the next morning. Yuck! Stepping off the plane to 9 degs after leaving 22 degs was a bit of a shock. Post-holiday blues always set in once you are back. Sat in bed drinking a coffee yesterday morning thinking … Continue reading Back to The Grind
Yesterday I decided to actually go and do a loop on the bike. The fresh tarmac road from Parques Hollandes, I found the other day, intrigued me so I decided to ride south through the dunes again, pick up the new road and climb up to Villaverde and gravel it all the way back via, … Continue reading Gravel, Goats and Chipmunks
After an early start and 9.30am flight, we were in our Corralejo apartment by 2pm yesterday. Helped, in part, by our bags been 3rd and 4th off the carousel and the private transfer caning it down the motorway at 90mph lol. Checked in and unpacked, we hit a local bar for our first beer and … Continue reading Lines
The first Gravelton Event of 2024 was last weekend, The Spring Fling. Sadly, due to piss poor planning on my behalf I couldn’t ride. However, a local YouTuber Geoff Girvan-Merryweather who hosts his own channel under the guise of Downhill Smooth Tarmac Cycling did brave the ‘moist’ conditions with some mates and recorded his ‘eventful’ … Continue reading Youtube Mention
With my running career stalled, I’ve decided to try and ride a bit more instead. My knee is better but still bruised and tender a week after my last run. Picking running back up is looking more and more doubtful by the day. It’s a shame but I have to accept I can’t run if … Continue reading Night Night
