Category Archives: Cycling

Cycling consumer fail

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

It was only when I was getting the kit on to go mountainbiking in the Forest of Dean last weekend that I realised that where bike shops are concerned, I am a living nightmare. It’s not so much that they … Continue reading →

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Don’t make me hate you, Colin

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

It’s oddly paradoxical isn’t it, how someone being ridiculously over-friendly, over-solicitous and nice makes you want to kill avoid them? No? Just me then. Colin, the irritating chap from the Fast Show sketch who tells terrible jokes and laughs at … Continue reading →

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Lyme Surprise

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Lyme Regis was a surprise which turned into a delight.  Sounds a bit gushing, but it’s true. The town sits at the bottom of hills where the rushing River Lym flows into the sea.  I loved the beautifully preserved Georgian … Continue reading →

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A tale of two rides

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

It’s Spring!  Everyone says so and the evidence was all there when I went for the first of a couple of really peachy longish bikes rides about ten days ago. There were lots of tweety birds in the lanes, small … Continue reading →

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La Gira del Vago

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Eurospurt’s TV coverage of La Giro de la Incertidumbre. Try and imagine the visuals ok? This is just a blog after all… Alan: Welcome to La Gira del Vago more accurately known as La Gira de la Incertidumbre and you … Continue reading →

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Tough Love…

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

…Or How My Parents Could Have Killed Me. Talking to a pal yesterday, the subject of siblings and childhood came up and I mentioned that my little brother and I have always got on well – probably because, in our … Continue reading →

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2012 in pictures

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Well I thought about writing a blog reviewing 2012 and then I thought, but hang on uno momento, if a picture is worth 1,000 words, why not just plunder the photo albums?  So I did. These are mostly Wales, Gloucestershire, … Continue reading →

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Otterly quacking

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

It’s always the same story at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire after I’ve flashed my membership card and I’m walking getting that first view of the patchwork of lakes designed by Sir Peter Scott. All at once, … Continue reading →

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Mooving

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Going out to play on my mountainbike in the snow was a blast. I’d nipped out on Sunday but there wasn’t enough snow – an inch or two makes it muddy, filthy slushy riding.  But yesterday we’d had another two … Continue reading →

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New Year mountainbiking

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

I had a notion first thing yesterday morning that it was going to be a good day. The clues were there;  wispy high cloud and patches of blue… then hallelujah, I found my afternoon was blissfully free! No question but … Continue reading →

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