Running on Kinder

Sunday, 13th January 2013 by
Hoar frost on the fence on Rushup EdgeRichard had deadlines to meet this weekend, so I’ve been out and about enjoying the chilly weather! On Saturday I cycled with the Tamworth Road and Mountain Cycle Club from Fazeley. Incredibly, within 15 minutes of cycling, we rode along some roads that were completely new to me. Thankfully it was a steady ride and [...]

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Cycling to Shropshire

Sunday, 30th September 2012 by
CIMG7509We went to see friends in Newport, Shropshire yesterday. Richard deviated the journey to pick up his new car in Stoke, so I took the opportunity to cycle to Shropshire. The 43 mile journey wasn’t quite as quick as I’d hoped, partly because I went the wrong way, but mostly because there was a head [...]

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Dazed cyclist

Sunday, 9th September 2012 by
Looking rather tired!Cycling to Eastwood from home to see my Grandad seemed like a perfectly sensible thing to do, which it was on the way there. The 38 mile journey flew by in about 2 hours 20 minutes. The way home was a bit more tiring… I even had to stop half way for cola and chocolate [...]

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Biking black forrest at its best!

Sunday, 29th July 2012 by
St. Peter PitStopFor years I was always hoping to do one of the black forrests finest single trail bike rides – the “Kandel ridgeway”: 1500 meter in hight, 50 kilometers (40% single trails) long and a pure 1.000 meters in height downhill on a very panoramic and challenging single trail in one piece. Finally this year after [...]

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Darwen Moor

Friday, 18th May 2012 by
threeWhat else can you do on a cold, damp miserable Friday? Too cold to climb, too miserable to walk.

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Walna Scar Road

Sunday, 15th April 2012 by
Laetitia burning down the Walna Scar Road back to the car, tea, cake, gin & tonic, and dinner!Last weeks mountain biking trail, in a new area of the Lakes for us, was great fun! It’s easy to simply fall out of the front door of the house, on to the bike, whizz up and down one of the many fantastic trails in Kentmere, get home, shower, and enjoy tea & cake or [...]

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Latterbarrow Biking

Sunday, 8th April 2012 by
Laetitia negotiating the trail with distant views, with just a bit of Wednesday's snow still showing, of the start of the Dodds above AmblesideOn Sunday we found a new mountain biking circuit on the far side of Lake Windermere.

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Geekery in action

Monday, 16th January 2012 by
Bifurcation trees and geekery

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