Category Archives: Sport

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Colne Grand Prix: Trouble at Mill

16 Jul Filed under Sport. No comments.

Bit of an odd crit last night. Great result for Lewis who won again… I was a measly 12th… no big deal – bad night after Sunday’s bruising.

2005 Whernside Photos from Richard Seipp

15 Jul Filed under Contributed, Sport.

Rich from qwertyphoto has just told me he's uploaded this batch of photos from the descent of Whernside from his point-and-shoot camera. Still a nice collection capturing the good, the bad and the very tired looking.I've just discovered these on an ol...

Coniston – Grizedale Mountainbike Triathlon – biting off more than I could chew

12 Jul Filed under Sport. 4 Comments.

An interesting day today for me – what I entered into as a bit of a challenge turned out to be a true test for me – physically (to an extent) – but largely psychologically. In early May, Katie and I were looking at the … Read More →

Danny MacAskill’s work on the Doves latest video

8 Jul Filed under Art / Design, Other Music, Sport, Video. No comments.

Danny MacAskill’s rise to fame has been rapid this year due to some great viral stuff involving his Edinburgh street exploits on youtube. Top tune, too…

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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 →

Entry form concerns: Reactions, Context, The bigger picture

2 Jul Filed under Contributed, Sport.

I've had a good chat with a good number of people over the last 24 hours about the entry form and whole entries issue with the Three Peaks Cyclocross. It's such a complicated and sometimes subtle 'system' that it needs a bit more explanation.The first...

Entries online, entries offline.

1 Jul Filed under Contributed, Sport.

Well that was fun wasn't it?! Entry form removed due to excessive demand... so it IS a first come, first served event - I'd always been saying it was a RACE and that John and team had to look at the entries and decide who's going to turn up AND make a...

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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 →