After the Tramway 100 I was away in Germany for the Wave Gothick Treffen so there was more beer than bidons going on. Though I was exceptionally jealous of all the cycling the locals seemed to do. Plenty of people of all ages, sizes and ability pootling around Leipzig getting on with everyday things. Most main roads seemed to have good quality ( Read more... )

A late report, though not due to anything catastrophic, just wanting to enjoy a day out with my fiancee to make up for abandoning her for an entire day on saturday (Thank you Sharlotte :))

Possibly not the best start to the ride was going to the pub on Friday till about 11, then having to get up at 3 to let S into the flat as we had a key fob ( Read more... )

So I managed to make it round a few pubs at various times to sample the black delights on offer this march.

There was a particularly boozy night in the Salutation after a ghost walk,where I made the most of Black Pearl and ‘A drop of the black stuff’.

A mighty fine pint of Harviestoun‘s “Engine Oil” at the Newshouse really hit the spot after Peroni ( Read more... )

Got the full marked copy of M208 TMA01 back in the post over the weeked. Very happy with the mark. Just dropped a few little bits and pieces with silly mistakes. Forgetting to use a dotted line for parts of
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Well that went pretty well.

Decided to cycle to and from the Alfreton start to extend the day a bit and give the car a rest, which gave me a nice hours ride of about 18 miles either end of the event. The ride home needed quite a bit of digging on some of the uphill sections, so don’t think I’ll try that next weekend with the Roses to Wrags 200

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Another year, another trip up to York for the annual Yorvik Viking weekend. No photogenic snow this year, and no buying of new cameras either. And as usual, I mostly got pictures of the birds of prey show. It was the same


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One of those is meant more than metaphorically. Finished work at half 3 last thursday to be greated with one of the nicest sunniest evenings Nottingham’s seen since Decemeber. Happily I’d taken the bike into work so a quick change into the lycra and I was off up the hill out of Nottingham city centre. Turning right onto Forest Road I spotted a gap ( Read more... )

So another nice long trundle on the bike on sunday, Nottingham - Newark - Belvoir - Nottingham:

Twas a bit windy. Was ever so happy with having got to Newark in about an hour, unfortunately that also coincided with turning back into the wind, so the rest of the ride wasn’t quite so fast. And there was me thinking that I’d improved :). Did mean I ( Read more... )

So decided to try and push the ride a little bit this week. Though I’d try north of the city for a change and head for the Peak District, or at least the edge of it.


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