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Second sabbatical tour planning
So with less than a week to go before my next Sabbatical Tour I have been working on more detailed plans. Some of the plans are currently in flux. Due to changing family circumstances what happens...
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Sabbatical Photo Gallery
My sabbatical photos from 2015: 20150416_130210 20150416_130210 20150416_120956 20150416_120956 20150416_103049 20150416_103049 20150416_090741 20150416_090741 20150416_082247 20150416_082247...
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Packing progress
Since my last post I’m pleased to say I have made some good progress that is going to help considerably with the packing. Firstly, OutdoorGB have confirmed today that a replacement Exped Sleeping Mat...
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Signed up for a crazy thing
At the weekend I came over all crazy and have signed up for the Bear Bones 200. This is probably the daftest thing I have ever done! Last year I watched it online by following the satellite tracking...
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Crazy inspiring stories
This tale of the Highland Trail 550 by Tom, the fastest finisher is both crazy and inspiring. Of course he was riding a Shand Not that all Shand riders are capable of such feats, even if their bikes...
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Load tour reflections after 8 days, 490 miles and 22,600 feet climbed
Cycling from Syston to Iona in 8 days has broken many personal records. Longest day rides fully loaded, longest number of days solo touring by bike, longest number of nights solo camping in a row. So I...
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Mountain Biking heaven
Rats, the first version of this got lost Trying again. I had a brilliant 36 mile mountain ride today, starting from and return to the campsite at Blair Atholl. Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average...
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Post Sabbatical Challenges
So I’m coming to the end of my 3 month Sabbatical. It has been fantastic but with one day to go time to think about the Post Sabbatical Challenges. First, a summary of the Sabbatical Three special...
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Achievement: My Eddington number is 53 :-)
I have just found two tools that will calculate your Eddington Number from your Strava activities. See this one or alternatively this. Fortunately, they agree with my score of 53. So what does an...
View ArticleTravelling in London
I don’t get to London that often. But I drove there late on Thursday. Cycled over 20 miles around the city on Friday and drove out to Surrey this morning. My conclusion is that: – London drivers are...
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Visualising my Sabbatical
I like this graphic of my sabbatical bike rides (click for larger version): This is thanks to the brillant veloviewer.com website which collects all my rides from Strava and presents them in lots of...
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Bike for life 9,000 mile, 3 year service
Big Service time for my Bike for Life! Although I am slightly jumping the gun by describing it as 9,000 miles and 3 years (currently 8,500 miles and only 2 years 10 months so far). I’m jumping the gun...
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At lunchtime today I was heading home from the Harvest Festival Service at Rothley. Going up Hallfields Lane approaching the traffic lights at the Red Lion I was catching up a mix bunch on bikes. Not...
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Conference travel coming up :-)
I’m attending a conference at Cliff College starting Friday lunchtime and ending Saturday lunchtime. Fortunately, it makes a great cycle ride there and back. Current route is just over 63 miles so I...
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Heaven for Strava nerds
If, like me, you love seeing your rides on Strava (and I have lots!) then I highly recommend VeloViewer. At only £9.99 a year it gives you an almost infinite number of ways to view your ride (and run)...
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Preparing to go light on the BB200
On Saturday at about 8am I start the BearBones 200. This means preparing to ride as light as possible because there is a LOT of climbing on this 200km ride. I’ll be riding my Shand Stoater “Bike for...
View ArticleBearBones 200 live tracking
You can see this weekend’s ride on Spotwalla: Or it should display here: Embedding failed because inline frames are not supported by your browser or the web server. Note that the thick blue line is the...
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Nice way to make Eddington progress
So today I had a very early start (4:20am) but managed to ride to a 9am meeting in Chesterfield with 40 minutes to spare. Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain...
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More views of progress
I like this new graph on Veloviewer If you use Strava and don’t currently use Veloviewer then I can’t recommend it highly enough. A huge feast of wonderful ways to look at your rides (and runs). All...
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Some November calculations
As tomorrow is my day off I’ve just been calculating my travel expenses for November. 4 car journeys (none possible by bike due to volume of stuff) total 229.8 miles at 45p per mile = £103.41 52...
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