10-Feb-2013 : Very wet cycle! Glad I was wetsuited

Well that turned out to be a very, very wet and cold cycle. I am so glad I was wearing my wetsuit, under my cycling gear. Only bit of me that got cold was my feet, even in my winter cycling boots. Did not help they filled up with freezing cold rain water. So I was really glad when the cycle was over and I got my shoes off!

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph, route statistics and photos.

Route map:-

10-02-2013 bike ride

Elevation graph:

10-02-2013 bike ride rlevation-graph

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 28.44 miles.
  • Time: 2:23:04 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 11.9 mph.
  • Max Speed: 28.7 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 272 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 44 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 136 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Photos from the cycle:-

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Vlog: Another one goes in the sink

Yet another lads last night at work. So of course he goes in the kitchen sink, full of ice cold water and other stuff.

Now if you feel sorry for this lad. Just want till you see what happens to next lad. Video of that, will be on-line soon…

Everyone in the UK please watch “Milk” Saturday evening

Milk DVD coverIf you are looking for something to watch Saturday night (Saturday 9th February 2012). Then watch “Milk” on BBC2 England at 11:35pm or BBC2 Scotland at 12:30am.

It’s a dramatic biopic about the rise and tragic fall of Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official. In a turbulent, 1970s San Francisco, Harvey struggles as an American gay activist against fellow San Francisco supervisor Dan White and the rest of conservative America.

I will warm you all now, it’s a very moving film. The end will leave you very upset and warm inside all at the same time.

Watch the Official Trailer below

MPs who voted against equal marriage

Here is a list of MPs that voted against #equalmarriage. Glad to see my local MP is not in the list. Then I would hope not, since he’s openly gay.

If you voted for any of these MPs in the last general election. Make sure you don’t next time around!!

Libdem MPs who voted against – 4
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley)
John Pugh (Southport)
Sarah Teather (Brent Central).

Conservative MPs who voted against – 139
Nigel Adams (Selby & Ainsty)
Adam Afriyie (Windsor),
Peter Aldous (Waveney),
David Amess (Southend West),
James Arbuthnot (Hampshire North East),
Richard Bacon (Norfolk South),
Steven Baker (Wycombe),
Tony Baldry (Banbury),
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy),
Henry Bellingham (Norfolk North West),
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley),
Andrew Bingham (High Peak),
Bob Blackman (Harrow East),
Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West),
Julian Brazier (Canterbury),
Andrew Bridgen (Leicestershire North West),
Steve Brine (Winchester),
Fiona Bruce (Congleton),
Robert Buckland (Swindon South),
Simon Burns (Chelmsford),
David Burrowes (Enfield Southgate),
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan),
Douglas Carswell (Clacton),
Bill Cash (Stone),
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham & Rainham),
Christopher Chope (Christchurch),
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswolds, The),
Geoffrey Cox (Devon West & Torridge),
Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire),
David Davies (Monmouth),
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),
Philip Davies (Shipley),
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden),
Nick de Bois (Enfield North),
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport),
Richard Drax (Dorset South),
Charlie Elphicke (Dover),
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North),
David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford),
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks),
Dr Liam Fox (Somerset North),
Mark Francois (Rayleigh & Wickford),
George Freeman (Norfolk Mid),
Roger Gale (Thanet North),
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough),
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest),
Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham),
John Glen (Salisbury),
Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby),
James Gray (Wiltshire North),
Andrew Griffiths (Burton),
Robert Halfon (Harlow),
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South),
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden),
John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings),
Oliver Heald (Hertfordshire North East),
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey),
Philip Hollobone (Kettering),
Adam Holloway (Gravesham),
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot),
Stewart Jackson (Peterborough),
Gareth Johnson (Dartford),
David Jones (Clwyd West),
Marcus Jones (Nuneaton),
Greg Knight (Yorkshire East),
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne),
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North),
Pauline Latham (Derbyshire Mid),
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford),
Edward Leigh (Gainsborough),
Julian Lewis (New Forest East),
David Lidington (Aylesbury),
Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden),
Jack Lopresti (Filton & Bradley Stoke),
Jonathan Lord (Woking),
Tim Loughton (Worthing East & Shoreham),
Karen Lumley (Redditch),
Karl McCartney (Lincoln),
Anne McIntosh (Thirsk & Malton),
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage),
Esther McVey (Wirral West),
Anne Main (St Albans),
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North & Cleveleys),
Stephen Metcalfe (Basildon South & Thurrock East),
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough),
Anne-Marie Morris (Newton Abbot),
David Morris (Morecambe & Lunesdale),
James Morris (Halesowen & Rowley Regis),
Bob Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst),
Caroline Nokes (Romsey & Southampton North),
David Nuttall (Bury North),
Stephen O’Brien (Eddisbury),
Matthew Offord (Hendon),
Jim Paice (Cambridgeshire South East),
Neil Parish (Tiverton & Honiton),
Priti Patel (Witham),
Owen Paterson (Shropshire North),
Mark Pawsey (Rugby),
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead),
Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The),
John Randall (Uxbridge & Ruislip South),
John Redwood (Wokingham),
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Somerset North East),
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury),
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington),
Andrew Robathan (Leicestershire South),
Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury),
Andrew Rosindell (Romford),
David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds),
David Rutley (Macclesfield),
Andrew Selous (Bedfordshire South West),
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet & Rothwell),
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills),
Henry Smith (Crawley),
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling),
John Stevenson (Carlisle),
Bob Stewart (Beckenham),
Mel Stride (Devon Central),
Julian Sturdy (York Outer),
Robert Syms (Poole),
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle),
David Tredinnick (Bosworth),
Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight),
Shailesh Vara (Cambridgeshire North West),
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes),
Ben Wallace (Wyre & Preston North),
Robert Walter (Dorset North),
James Wharton (Stockton South),
Heather Wheeler (Derbyshire South),
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley),
John Whittingdale (Maldon),
Bill Wiggin (Herefordshire North),
Gavin Williamson (Staffordshire South),
Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth & Southam)

Labour MPs who voted against – 23
Joe Benton (Bootle)
Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
Tom Clarke (Coatbridge Chryston & Bellshill)
Rosie Cooper (Lancashire West)
David Crausby (Bolton North East)
Tony Cunningham (Workington)
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton)
Brian Donohoe (Ayrshire Central)
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)
Mary Glindon (Tyneside North)
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East)
Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney)
Michael McCann (East Kilbride
Strathaven & Lesmahagow)
Jim McGovern (Dundee West)
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde)
George Mudie (Leeds East)
Paul Murphy (Torfaen)
Stephen Pound (Ealing North)
Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw)
Jim Sheridan (Paisley & Renfrewshire North)
Derek Twigg (Halton)
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)

DUP MPs who voted against:
Gregory Campbell (Londonderry East),
Nigel Dodds (Belfast North),
Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley),
Rev William McCrea (Antrim South),
Ian Paisley Junior (Antrim North),
Jim Shannon (Strangford),
David Simpson (Upper Bann),
Sammy Wilson (Antrim East)

Plus: independents Nadine Dorries (Bedfordshire Mid) and Lady Sylvia Hermon (Down North).

Source : liberalconspiracy.org/2013/02/05/the-list-of-shame-all-the-mps-who-voted-against-equalmarriage/

the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Stonewall Say I DoI do really hope this bill passes tonight. Don’t think I ever watched the BBC Parliament channel so much in my whole life. Been watching it just about all day!

If you live in the UK and are not near a TV, but have Internet access. You can watch BBC Parliament live @ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_parliament/watchlive.

You can read the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2012-13 @ services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/marriagesamesexcouplesbill.html.

Also make sure you follow Stonewall on twitter @ twitter.com/stonewalluk.

04-Feb-2013 : 20 mile cycle with 40+ mph wind speed

Oh dear, oh dear. It was yet another very windy cycle. I believe that the wind speed went above 40 mph at times. It was OK when the wind was behind me, or even side on. But was hell when cycling head on into it. So only did 21.91 miles. Still not to bad and takes my monthly total so far up to 64.5 miles.

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

04-02-2013 bike ride

Elevation graph:

04-02-2013 bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 21.91 miles.
  • Time: 1:47:49 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.2 mph.
  • Max Speed: 27.8 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 190 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 23 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 95 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Video : Glasgow Underground 1975

I am so more of you will find this video very boring. But since I grow up in Glasgow and I love this sort of stuff. It’s a look at the Glasgow Underground. 17th February 1975.

I am sure many of you, will not even know that Glasgow got a underground system. It’s also the third-oldest underground system in the world after the London Underground and the Athens Metro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6O1YZpAJhc

Big thanks to the Glasgow Subway for posting a link to this post on there facebook page, or I may have never found it!

Myself and the new family dog!!

When I say new, Mum and Dad got him in December and this photo was taken on 24th December 2012. But my Dad has only just got around to emailing it to me! He’s so cute! Can’t wait till I am next up in Scotland and get to see him again.

https://gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2012/img_0635.jpg.html