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Classic Anthrax!!!
For those of you out there who, like me, appreciate the finer points of heavy metal and every now and again just love to listen to some of the early stuff (before some of it went all ghey and turned...
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My old faithful is nearly 8...!
My Orbea, with new tyres supposedly the colour of honey..?Wow I can't believe it, but my Orbea Team Euskaltel Replica 3 is nearly 8 years old. That's a good life so far for a frame that is aluminium in...
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Half-way down (ish!) and back....(Aberdyfi - 130 miles)
A bulging Afon GlaslynOk time for some more waffle from my last ride ;-)I looked out the window on the morning and it looked pretty grey and damp, with no sign of any sun. I checked the forecast again....
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Why you should ride... :)
Two Mornings from Sierra Club National on Vimeo.A lovely little video that compares a car journey with a cycle journey....I love videos like this; it's been really well made too (not to mention the...
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Last night's training ride.
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And I thought I was obsessed...!
Check this. It's not a media stunt as I've looked into it further. But bloody hell, the amount of hours this guy spends in the saddle should surely make all other elements of his life non-existent (1)...
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A tad nervous....
Tis my last weekend of being a full-time Dad. Er. Well, that's not strictly true as anyone with kiddies will know that being a Dad/parent IS full-time. Imagine getting in from work, giving the other...
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Film recommendation ~ "The Social Network"
I've been wanting to watch this Oscar winning film for quite a while now and I'm so glad I did. In a nutshell, it documents the founding and growth of Facebook since it's inception. Throughout the film...
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Penny waits patiently...
Wunderbar. First day back at work. Done (as Gordon *ucking Ramsay would say). Had to use bus. Done. Hate using buses for commuting, they make me sad. Everyone squashed inside like a fit to burst tin of...
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Yet another extremely near miss....!!!
Yegads my legs need shaving!Well further to my last post, I had a lovely cycle to work but a rather more nerve shattering return home. One section of the route goes pretty steeply downhill along a very...
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Puncture proof tyres!? Piffle.
Sorry folks I've not posted much since I've been back at work; just shows how difficult juggling working, family time and my own time is. Still, I have a purpose again now. Which is nice.I'm pretty...
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Thank you everybody :)
Hello all.I have to say I am really, really pleased that me and my little team of wonder-cyclists have reached the £1,000 mark for our ride to Cardiff this Saturday. I didn't think that we would do it...
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Excita-Boy!!
Well I've just been going over Saturday's route and I have to say I'm as excited as a very excitable thing! It's weird, it's technically just another ride (albeit a long one) but I'm more excited I...
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Caernarfon to Cardiff? Easy :)
How many times did I wake during the night before my alarm went off at 5:30 am to listen for rain? Well, every time I woke up. Good. All I can hear is wind, so that's ok.I got out of bed at 5:30. It...
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What has four wheels, goes brum, brum and has a stupid accent?
...Well if you've been watching the local Welsh news you'd know that the answer is this gene-pool-barrel-scraping-f**ktard from Glou-Cester-Shire. On the other hand, if you're not from round these...
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Absolutely beautiful photography.....
Just scouring the web whilst at work (yeah, so what.....no one else is working).Come across quite possibly some of the most wonderful and gorgeous cycling photography I've ever seen, not to mention the...
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A taste of Autumn (Crimea Pass Ride 71 miles 05/11/2011)
Well I figured it was about time I wrote a new post, especially considering my blog hits have reached the 1,000 mark. Yay! Thanks for the views everyone. Pics from this ride bottom of post as well as...
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I wish for a life less painful….only happiness. That’s all I ask.
We've all experienced pain at some point or other in our lives. Although I’ve never actually lost anybody in a dying sense, the grief we all struggle with as part of the process when we make a decision...
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So, what’s next for me…?
The heading’s not meant in a ‘what’s gonna fuck up in my life next?’ kind of context, but more in a where do I go from here?Toughie really, as I still have responsibilities as a father, but I still...
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The frustrations of explaining why you cycle to a non-cyclist...
Sorry for the lack of posts recently guys; had a lot of real-life crap to deal with.This is a fantastic little animated video posted by one of my friends onto Facebook and I just wanted to share it...
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Because change happenz....even at Christmas.
....and yes, the title of the post has been ripped directly from that Zurich insurance advert (apart from the Christmas bit). Oh I am shamed. Ahem. Anyhoo....You'll notice I've hardly made any postings...
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'If today was your last day.........'
….what would you do?There’s a song I listen to quite regularly by Nickelback, the title of which is the post heading, which always makes me think. About my past, my present and my future and how I...
View ArticleOops! Long time no post.
Howdy folks.I guess I lost the urge to blog over the past year, seeing as my last post was March 2012. S'funny that really, because since that month, some damn remarkable things have happened to me....
View ArticleCwm Idwal Evening Ramblings
Well like I said, I went off again tonight to go for a nice walk in one of my favourite spots, just a 5 minute drive from the house, to take some more pics. You can see the latest shots here. Enjoy and...
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