May 15, 2022
2021….
Time is ticking away for all of us so making the most of what we have here and now is vital using all the energy that we are blessed with does allow me to do the cycling adventures I enjoy. So riding your bike everyday...
June 19, 2021
North Pennines ‘a must do for every bike-packing mountain biker’
My first weekend away since March 2020 and how better but ride somewhere new and be guided by my good friend Saul and his amazing navigation skills. Having been picked up at 7am on the dot Saturday morning and bikes packed with bivi bag, sleeping...
April 26, 2021
There is no Time Limit
We stopped and one of the riders within the group said 'How long will this ride be'. When I go out on a full day day ride there is no time limit I never check the watch or the Garmin for time. The idea is that you...
February 4, 2021
The FatViking Challenge 2021
Having heard about this by my good friends Crispin and Hans I thought Norway 2021 would be a good place to go in January and challenge myself by riding 150km in the snow on a fatbike with 4.6inch studded tyres. However, due to travel restrictions...
January 8, 2021
Sunrise and Sunset
We all need to see another sunrise and sunset so a healthy 2021 is priority for everyone. Conscious action to do what is right will get us through this and we will all be in a better place as long as we look after each...
July 3, 2020
Comfort Zone – you might as well be DEAD!
The biggest challenges in life are here and on our door step. The COVID19 pandemic is like nothing that our generation or before us have seen. So therefore we must rise to this challenge and accept the ups and downs that will come along the way. The...
February 6, 2020
A place to go….2020
The silence surrounds me in this vast expanse. I realise now how small I am in this universe. ...
December 31, 2019
So many good times on the bike in 2019….
What another fabulous year of riding bikes.. 5,500 mtb miles done and loved every ride. Met some great new cyclists and people along the way and reacquaint myself with some of the oldies. Let us all make a big effort to ride more and drive less in...
May 5, 2019
Lewis Burn 8 #awesome
The 4am start from Edinburgh to get to Kielder for the Lewis Burn 8 was always going to turn out to be a very long day. As I got to Kielder Castle looking for directions to where we needed to be, I used the toilet facilities...
July 31, 2018
Manx100 toughest and wettest one yet…
Rough seas, delayed ferry and torrential rain and that’s before we have even started the epic Manx100 mountain bike race. I call it epic because it does fall into that category and anybody who has ridden the 100km or 100 mile race will agree. 10,000 feet...
June 30, 2018
The “Cycle” Of Life… Create, Sustain and Destroy…Repeat..
It’s all green. The landscape, the Tuk Tuks, the Tea Plantations, everywhere you look it’s green and beautiful but then there are the most amazing and friendly people that you are most likely to meet all going about their everyday lives in a laid back style...
May 22, 2018
JennRide Lake District
Adventure at the heart of why we ride – they say only the good die young…..JennRide It’s 9pm the gates are getting hard to open, I’m losing the use of my hands as I climb Parkland Moor hoping to Bivvy at the top and see a...
April 20, 2018
Battle On The Beach 2018
Here we go again, a trip down to South Wales for some Fatbike action. A day at Bike Park Wales followed by an epic race with the modest title of“Battle on The Beach” at Pembrey. BOTB is a chilled out affair consisting of over a 1,000...
April 9, 2018
30DaysofBiking
So here we are again 30DaysOfBiking in April. Try and ride your bike everyday no matter how far, steep, short whatever suits you. A quite country lane start on the singlespeed was just the job and then from nowhere the snow came on Day 2, not...
March 5, 2018
Snow and Cold in March
The coldest week for as long as I can remember the news and social media were calling it The Beast from The East. A cold wind from Siberia had drifted East and would sit on the top of the UK for a good 7 days. The...
December 31, 2017
Done and Dusted
The year closes i can hear the sound of the fireworks as 2017 is now done and dusted. The riding has been probably the best I have done with events such as Battle On The Beach, Dirty Reiver, 10UnderTheBen, Rumble In The Jungle, True Grit,...
December 13, 2017
From Japan to Amsterdam
A message from Albert was all it took and I was on the first available flight to Amsterdam from Manchester. Albert and his daughter were visiting from Japan for his Dad’s 80th Birthday so it would be a great way to catch up and chat...
October 24, 2017
Ball Busting Beastly Breamish Behemoth….
Twenty Five miles in and the climb to Windy Gyle had brought my riding companion to his knees. The forty two mile event was taking its toll on most of the riders and the mighty Breamish Behemoth was definitely the toughest ‘mile for mile’ ride...
October 14, 2017
And the silence came #TourDeBenNevis2017
And the silence came #TourDeBenNevis2017 “It seems like rain” were the words echoing in my ears all day. My Norwegian friend had come for a weekend away to Scotland racing the Tour De Ben Nevis. The forecast looked pretty horrendous - rain all day Saturday but...
August 21, 2017
The Capital Trail with a ‘small c’
“3 Men And A Lady Ride The Capital Trail!!!! I was on my own as the light started to fade and the fabulous purple hues of the Ling Scottish Heather was a sight to be seen. I didn’t care that I was solo, it’s the way...
August 3, 2017
Manx Meltdown
Even at St. Lukes Church nobody heard my prayers…… The climb out of Laxey and my legs feel heavy, sure enough as I look down at the back wheel I have a full wobble and realise that I have broken a spoke not to mention my...
July 17, 2017
The Cheviot Weekender
The Cheviot Weekender Windy Gyle, Border Ridge and Clennell Street are just some names that those who have ridden around the Cheviots will be familiar with. The Cheviot Weekender would be a social affair hosted by Rich Rothwell from cyclinggeneration.com who recently created his own business on...
June 29, 2017
Yorkshire True Grit #SingleSpeedStyle
'If there was a Podium place for the Singlespeed category then I was 3rd' :-) A week on from my adventure stage race in Sri Lanka and I was now in a small village in North Yorkshire called Boltby at High Paradise Farm. To my pleasant...
June 26, 2017
To endure what is unendurable is true endurance
Rumble in The Jungle Sri Lanka 4 Day Stage Race 2017 ‘It’s always better the second time round’ The Sri Lankan air was warm, there was hardly a breeze - the blue skies and picturesque villages from the final climb on stage 4 looked like an artists...