Category Archives: Featured Articles

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Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge 2009

20 Sep Filed under Featured Articles, Google Earth, Sport. No comments.

As ‘training rides’ go, they don’t get much more beautiful, thrilling, punishing than the Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge.

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Lily’s seventh birthday

7 Sep Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles. 1 Comment.

Lily turned 7 yesterday and we celebrated with a smallish but perfectly formed family and friends gathering. Lily’s ‘main’ present was another bunny rabbit called Daisy, 12 weeks old, who was greeted by Lily’s male rabbit Ozzy in a VERY enthusiastic way. They’re being kept … Read More →

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Summer Holiday in Wales – Ogwen Bank

19 Aug Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles. 1 Comment.

A third family holiday this year for us Haygarths in the UK – the ‘Staycation’ (or ‘Holistay’ – a more ‘English’ version of the new term I prefer) has really come of age. We booked a ‘log cabin’ (or really more a pine lodge – … Read More →

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Gisburn Forest Mountinbike Trails… now with added fun.

7 Aug Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Google Earth, Sport. 1 Comment.

I managed to finally get to ride most of the best bits (I think) of the new MTB trails at Gisburn Forest last night. I must say I was impressed. I’d be primed / appetite whetted by a combination of Matthew, some photos by Andy … Read More →

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Blackburn Grand Prix – Back in Black(burn)

22 Jul Filed under Blog, Featured Articles, Sport. 2 Comments.

I spent a strange but ace year of my education at Blackburn College in 1990/91 and it’ll always hold some great memories for me. This evening I rode in the town centre race there and had a good ride. I’m glad I did – I … Read More →

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Manchester International Festival – ‘The Great Indoors’

12 Jul Filed under Art / Design, Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles. No comments.

Ace day on Saturday – we took Lily and Elsie into ‘The Great Indoors‘ a wonderful collection of children’s creative activities and performances all over the insides of Manchester’s Town Hall, as part of the Manchester International Festival. We met up with Sally, Sim and … Read More →

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Grizedale North Face loop – a mad evening dash

7 Jul Filed under Featured Articles, Google Earth, Sport. 1 Comment.

I grabbed at a small window of opportunity this evening when mum had invited Lily to go to the theatre in Lancaster – to see The Jungle Book. I thought I’d throw the MTB in the car and belt up to Grizedale for a quick … Read More →

A Lancashire Heat Wave? Well – it’s not been bad.

29 Jun Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles. 2 Comments.

It’s amazing how a bit of warm weather makes life so pleasurable.  Home life for the past week seems to have been a perpetual cycle of playing in the garden, going to the park, sitting outside, eating outside, riding bikes and generally not being indoors … Read More →

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An overnight visit to Kirkby Lonsdale

15 Jun Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles, Sport. 1 Comment.

We had our first overnight stopover at mum’s house in ages this weekend. It’s been an odd year with the sleep patterns of a baby and going to someone’s house has generally represented hassle for me since Elsie came along, but she’s been sleeping so … Read More →

MTB Ride: Mary Townley Loop

9 Jun Filed under Featured Articles, Google Earth, Sport. 5 Comments.

Had a lovely day today. My training rides these days tend to be not much more than an hour in length. This has its advantages – you can go out and totally hammer yourself for an hour or so and get all the training benefit; … Read More →