Now done 26% of #walk1000miles – 2024

That’s me done 26% of #walk1000miles. So 260.39 miles down and 739.61 miles remaining!

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Grasmere, High Raise, Harrison Stickle Circular

WOW! That walk was something else! Think of the hardest walks, I’ve ever done! Mainly due to ice and snow! At least it give my new walking boots and jacket a good test!!

Also it’s first time Bugsy has ever done any real hill walking! He loved each and every minute of it!

Getting ready for mini, mini break…

Getting ready for mini, mini break… Looking forward to some much needed time off work! The whole reason for going, is I want to be busy doing stuff. Since it two years on the 4th March, that Cooped passed away…

Even two years, after it happened. Even now, things set me off and I am crying my eyes out!

So just need to get away and make even more great memories with Bugsy… Who really has helped me out these getting him! He was very, very hard work to start off with! NOW LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!

So, I got AI to make some photos of cute lads wearing rubber in the Lake District.

Now done 24% of #walk1000miles – 2024

That’s me done 24% of #walk1000miles. So 240.90 miles down and 759.10 miles remaining!

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 02/03/2024

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 3rd March 2024)

Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor, and Sister Monica ruffles feathers. Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year.

World’s Most Dangerous Roads (Dave | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 3rd March 2024)

Sri Lanka. Series 5, episode 3. Former Soccer Saturday colleagues Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara reunite for an epic journey across Sri Lanka where they reaffirm their friendship along the way.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 3rd March 2024) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Marlon is overjoyed when his sister is offered a scholarship at a prestigious school in Jamaica. But the celebrations are cut short when the officer receives a call from his old boss, claiming he has been hurt – only for things to turn violent. Meanwhile, Nevile’s flirty conversations with blog-fan Sunset Chaser are progressing nicely, but stall when he requests to see a photo.

The Motorway Map of Britain (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm |Friday 8th March 2024 )

The story of how this country was built from the ground up – by filling in a map of Britain’s transport networks through the ages, and focusing on the UK’s love-hate relationship with motorways. Since their fitful start in the 1950s, through the glamour of the swinging 60s, and the backlash against urban planning gone mad, we chart the progress of these epic engineering projects as they came to dominate our landscape.

Great British Cities with Susan Calman (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 8th March 2024) ** NEW SERIES **

Liverpool. Series 1, episode 1. The comedian explores the stories of some of Britain’s great conurbations, revealing their secret stories and the people behind their past, beginning with Liverpool. She visits the iconic Royal Albert Dock, Edge Hill – with its little-seen subterranean tunnel network – and the extraordinary Anglican Cathedral.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

February 2024 cycling statistics

WOW! For once, very, very pleased with my cycling total for the month! I did 125.97 miles. Which is more than first 4 months of last year added together!

This month, I only need to do 18 miles. Then I will have done more, than I did in whole of March last year!

Please do give me a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Here is the data from February 2024:-

  • Total cycles: 8
  • Total Distance: 125.97 miles
  • Total Time: 11:22:06 (h:m:s)
  • Avg Speed: 11.1 mph
  • Max Time: 02:08:39 (h:m:s)
  • Max Speed: 31.3 mph
  • Avg Distance: 15.75 miles
  • Max Distance: 24.82 (Single cycle)

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

VeloViewer Infographic : 29 February 2024 @veloviewer

So far during 2024, I’ve done 400 miles of exercise. Which is made up of 164 miles of cycling and 236 miles of walking.

Where it says running… That’s my walking data!

Want your own Infographic, then check out veloviewer.com

Now done 22% of #walk1000miles – 2024

That’s me done 22% of #walk1000miles. So 227.02 miles down and 772.98 miles remaining!

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 24/02/2024

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 25th February 2024)

Joyce receives an unexpected visitor from her past, but tries to focus on taking care of a single mother pregnant with her second child, whose labour takes an unexpected turn. Matthew vows to overcome his family’s financial troubles he is offered a lifeline from an old colleague, while Trixie seeks help with her lack of sleep. Rosalind oversees the care of a teenage mother and uncovers a disturbing truth.

World’s Most Dangerous Roads (Dave | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 25th February 2024)

Guatemala. Series 5, episode 2. Joe Swash and Seann Walsh are no strangers to jungles after appearing on I’m A Celebrity…, but neither of them has sought an ancient Mayan temple in Guatemala before.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 25th February 2024) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

While investigating an island-wide blackout, Neville and the team discovers an electrocuted dead body. Their investigation leads them into a hidden world of data mining, crypto currency and stealing electricity. The only problem is that all three suspects were together at the time of the victim’s electrocution. So if it was murder, how on earth did they do it?

Waterloo Road (BBC 1/HD | 10:30pm to 11:40pm | Monday 26th February 2024)

Donte is rocked by a ghost from his past, and Kim and Nicky find Schuey in a precarious situation. Coral faces repercussions and as the rumour mill goes into overdrive, Neil’s left wondering how well he truly knows his daughter. Elsewhere, Andrew finds hope in the unlikeliest of places and Dean pleads his case to Kelly Jo.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.