Category Archives: Blog

Ronde van Oost Lancashire 2011

Ronde Van Oost Lancashire

28 Jan Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Sport. 1 Comment.

Very much looking forward to the second running of the Ronde Van Oost Lancashire on the 2nd April this year. Friend Alan’s organised it again using the same route as the first Ronde in 2010. Named and themed after the Ronde Van Vlaanderen (or Tour … Read More →

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KT @ 4T

12 Jan Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles, Video. 1 Comment.

The lovely Mrs Haygarth ripened to a good age in very graceful and elegant style with a low-key party at home for a few local friends and family. It’s always a bit weird having a birthday at the cruddy end of Christmas and New Year … Read More →

Xmas and Boxing Day and beyond

26 Dec Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles, Video. 1 Comment.

As always, a lovely family time for us guys. It was a bit of a catch-up time for me with Sally & Simon who I have hardly really seen in the last six months. With such young children in the family those six months seem … Read More →

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A weekend of Cyclocross and Music

6 Dec Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Sport. 2 Comments.

This weekend was another one of those ‘pinch yourself’ ones for me. Those of you who know me will get the picture: Saturday: Play guitar in the band, Sunday: Race cyclocross.

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Movember – an experience not to be repeated in a hurry

30 Nov Filed under Blog, Featured Articles. 4 Comments.

Somethimes I do thing on a whim. We all do I guess. I didn’t take it very seriously and can’t even remember what prompted my to “take part” in this year’s Movember – a fundraising gig for men’s health charities.

Lily Cyclocross in Northwich

The Autumn of my Life

26 Oct Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles, Sport, Video. 2 Comments.

Had a wonderful few reasons to reflect on this time of year in the last few days. Autumn’s a strange time of year in its gentle onset of cruelty, as we lose the evening daylight, and the warmth of each day dies out. But it … Read More →

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Three Peaks Cyclocross 2010

27 Sep Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Sport. 12 Comments.

Here’s a conundrum of sorts.  What do you do when you have to race a bike down hills like this as fast as you can and have a front brake that looks like this.  With a level head, you might be forgiven for making a … Read More →

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Lily’s eighth birthday

7 Sep Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles, Video. No comments.

Our little Lily’s growing up seemingly-so-quickly and yesterday’s intimate but fun birthday celebrations after school were a pleasant way of sharing her 8th birthday with a few friends.

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Exercise and Exorcism

23 Aug Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Google Earth, Sport. No comments.

A minor mountain climbed yesterday at Lee Quarry in the fourth race of the five race Hope XC Series, as one gangly bet rider set out on his first race at Lee Quarry since he broke his collarbone there in April 2009.

Golf Ball Fell Race 2010

Golf Ball Fell Race 2010

19 Aug Filed under Blog, Google Earth, Sport. 1 Comment.

That didn’t quite go according to plan.  Not that there was much of a plan… but I got a bit of a shock in a race. You usually get them in sport once or twice per year, but it was a hard lesson to me … Read More →