The website’s a blog, a photo album and a place I keep the best audio bits of Minnellium the band, all rolled into one.
- Elsie’s just waking up after going to bed at 6:45 last night. [08:46:27] ... view in Twitter
- Been decorating the kitchen tonight. Suddenly feeling all emulsional. [21:25:51] ... view in Twitter
- Tapas… http://twitpic.com/19ub9g [20:34:40] ... view in Twitter
- Milan San-Remo here if you want it http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_Live01.shtml [14:19:44] ... view in Twitter
Stile Gurus
We'll even forgive you for having a cyclocross bike on the illegal training ground, seeing as JR was looking on.
Summer Holiday in Wales – Ogwen Bank
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 – not as romantic sounding) in Ogwen Bank – just on the Snowdonia National Park boundary a few weeks ago, and had a great stay there last week.
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Great article on ‘79 ‘international’ Three Peaks Cyclocross
A good thorough article (found through the 3 peaks forum) here - click on the image then the magnifying glass to the top right to view to a readable level.
Particularly like the notion that anyone organising a race like the Three Peaks in Belgium would have been 'put in prison'.
Gisburn Forest Mountinbike Trails… now with added fun.
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 Rushforth, and a blog post by Dave Powell.
I headed up last night because I decided to take a mental break from racing for a couple of weeks. Thursday night’s Preston crit night so I wanted to ‘do something’ other than racing. On a nice clear, calm evening, Gisburn made sense. (more…)
The Book of Elvis – by Lily
Lily goes off from time to time and sites down quietly with her pens – like lots of six year olds do – to create something. Usually it’s a card or a picture, but sometimes it’s something a bit more of a ‘project’.
Last week Lily asked me to print some photos of our dog Elvis and disappeared with some paper to a quiet corner on a wet afternoon. The book she made is just lovely – from the DIY spelling to the use of language – it warms our hearts so much to read. (more…)