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Alpine Pass Route video
Or, where I accidentally film my feet for 10 minutes. I borrowed a GoPro the day before I left for the trip, having never used one before. They’re pretty simple to get the hang of, but it was a ... Read More
Alpine Pass Route – preparation part #2
Where I get excited about socks In September I’ll be walking the Alpine Pass Route over 2 and a half weeks. This will be the longest I’ve hiked for, and as someone who enjoys planning tri... Read More
The Iceland OMM
Where we climbed volcanoes and conquered the mud pits of doom. In 2015 my friend Rosie did a challenge a month in order to raise money for The Lullaby Trust. Whilst planning her May challenge, she s... Read More
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks
Little sleep, big walk It’s a rainy April Friday afternoon, I’ve just got back from an exhausting work trip in Germany, and in 40 minutes I’m meant to meet my friends on the other si... Read More
How I got into road cycling
Navigating MAMILs and QOMs *This post also appears on Broken Spoke’s blog* My first memory of riding a bike is around and around a bush in a campsite somewhere in France. Our family holidays wer... Read More
Bristol Grand Prix Crit
Where I screech around Bristol’s narrow streets and get introspective on racing Getting back from a Copenhagen work trip late the night before probably wasn’t the best preparation for my... Read More
Silverstone TTT
Where we KTFU Second of my series of 4 races in June was the Silverstone 9-up Team Time Trial. Yeah, it was on the actual Silverstone race track, how cool is that? It was 3 laps of the full F1 Grand P... Read More
Tour of Cambridgeshire TT
All photos from ToC’s photographers Sportograf – they made me look like a proper cyclist! This was the first event of 4 weekends in a row of racing in June: the ToC TT Chrono. I’d en... Read More
Cycling from Oxford to the south coast
Mars bars and ponies The early hours of August bank holiday 2015 saw me and two friends from the bike workshop meet in the centre of Oxford to go for a ride. To the south coast. The route was stolen f... Read More
Chamonix wanderings
Where I go to Chamonix and do some walking inbetween nutella eating Near the end of September 2015 I went on a long weekend to Chamonix by myself. I left home Friday morning with a 20 litre ruc... Read More
Alpine Pass Route – preparation part #1
Or “How hard can it be?” Er… In September, I’m planning to walk ~200 miles from the east of Switzerland, across 16 alpine passes (hence the route name), to the shores of Lake G... Read More
What is this place?
Hi there! By misdirection, meanderings, or general misbehaviour, you’ve managed to end up on this blog. Congratulations. This is a place where I write about my adventures, travels, sport, and my... Read More- 4 of 4
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