Sandy who rides with Calder Clarion CC in Wakefield offered to keep me company on a ride, fabulous! Not realising at the time that she would be joining me straight from work wearing steel toe capped boots, big coat, rucksake and panniers!…. and still got up Slack Lane before me!! A true trooper and bike… Read More Day 3 October Sweat Pledge Cycle Challenge
The waffle below i have liberated from an email i sent to some of my bike buddies. I thought it read ok so to save my lazy fingers from any more typing, i’ve copied and pasted it below (with a couple of additions). …. saving my energy for Cycle October #SweatPledge Challenge!! You know I’m… Read More Cycle October #SweatPledge Challenge
Jane had climbed out of sight many corners ago and as Pat and Melvyn now came up…… Read More Holme Moss Cycle Challenge
How much contentment can you feel from one short walk to the post office? Well, a lot it would appear from my walk this morning. After the £411.98 news from the garage to get the car past it’s MOT, a walk to post a parcel was just what I needed, though I didn’t have much… Read More Wellbeing Walk
240 Miles for Brookie Part 2 (click here for part 1) You know when you look at things on a map, the route is only about 6 inches long. I looked at the TdySportive and though … humm, it won’t be that bad, it just goes around in a circle, that’s ok. If I ever… Read More Tour de Yorkshire Sportive
240 Miles for Brookie Part 1 You would think Part 1 would begin on Day one of the challenge, Tour de Yorkshire Sportive on 30th April 2017, well you’d be wrong. I want to start by telling you a little about ‘Brookie’ and why I chose to challenge myself now, at this time, and why… Read More It sounded like a good number
The Three Day Route DAY 1: Tour de Yorkshire Sportive (You’ve got to book your place with Maserati to enter) 62 Miles round the hardest course the #TdYSportive has ever seen. Just my luck to choose this year to do it! 62 miles, over 6,500ft of climbing. After finishing the sportive we will be back… Read More Challenge Route 30th April–2nd May
Strava Ride 18/04/17 12 Days to ‘240 miles for Brookie’ With only 12 days to go to the biggest challenge I have ever set myself, ‘240 miles for Brookie’, yet another person has bestowed their kindness upon me. Louise, a fellow cyclist (when I say ‘fellow cyclist’ I mean she IS a cyclist, unlike me… Read More My New Best Friend
Stood astride my bike I hung my head over the handle bars and thought, … ‘yep jack it in, your crap’ …. I looked to my right and whimpered at the sight of ‘the wall’, looked straight on, hung my head, paused, then thought ……..… Read More Tour de Yorkshire Sportive Training
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