Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Katie and I love this tune – something very natural but powerful about her voice. Just had to download the mp3 of Rehab
Phil gets cross
My brother Phil rode his first ‘proper’ cyclocross of the season at the weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly. His Three Peaks race was the last race he had done, and he rode at the South West race in Escot Park without any preparation other than enthusiasm. Muddy conditions looked fun. Well done, Phil.
A few of the 15 minutes of fame ticked off.
Part 1 – the video diary Part 2 – the race In a slightly odd and certainly unpredictable series of events, I had the enjoyable and very memorable experience working on a video diary with Sam Bailey of BBC’s Countryfile programme the other week. It was all strange in many ways – not least because …
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A good day’s work in the north pennines
Had a great day out on the bike with my brother Phil, taking part in the 105 mile Cumberland Cycle Challenge. A challenging but rewarding route with just under 3,000 metres of ascent, based around Brampton near Carlisle. There was weather to put most Belgian cycle classics to shame – including about two hours of …
Time for some sport reports
Haven’t had much sporty stuff on the blog for a bit – time for an update about what I’ve been up to and why I can’t walk faster than a snail’s pace today. I had a pretty good run in the Three Peaks Race yesterday. It’s not the hilliest fell race there is but at …
November 2005 – House building update
Some latest photos of the house progressing: Windows went in on 4th November. Roof slated at front but more to do at rear and lower floors. It’s dragging on a bit but then at times it seems to gallop ahead.
Phil’s first of the season
My brother did his first cyclo-cross of the season on Saunday down in Ivybridge, near Plymouth. Nice piccie of him here. We’re revving up for the 44th annual Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross on Sunday 25th Sept – the thought of which is keeping us both regular. I’ve competed in nine Three Peaks ‘crosses, and completed eight …
Fell Running results
As this is turning into a bit of diary, I thought I’d stick down some of my fell running results from the last few months: 08 09 2005: Hades Hill Race (Whitworth): 4th (out of 86) – 34:41 10 08 2005: Pilgrims Cross fell race: 5th (out of 75ish) – 41:42 26 07 2005: Roseberry …