That’s me now done 98% of #walk1000miles. So 980.83 miles down and only 19.17 miles left to go!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
First cycle, since turning 40!
That’s me, just done my first cycle, since turning 40 last week! But sure, if I’ve told you, before!! LOL! It also give me, a great reason to wear my Under Armour UA Rush 3/4 Legging, outdoors for the very first time!
Veloforte Season Switch-Up ✅
That’s me completed another Strava challenge. This time the “Veloforte Season Switch-Up“ challenge.
Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!
Just how cute, are these two LNER Class 801s
How cute!! Just seen my first LNER Class 801, ten car train at Grantham railway station. So in other words, two 5 car trains joined together. If, I was LNER, I would give them both boys names, to show support for being LGBT+
Matthew Shepard, 21 years on, we must NEVER forget!!!!
On Tuesday, 6 October 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old student from the University of Wyoming, was brutally beaten and pistol whipped as a result of an anti-gay attack and robbery. Matthew was tied to a fence and left to die, only to be discovered by a bicyclist the next day. On Monday, 12 October, as a result of the injuries from the attack, Matthew passed away.
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 05/10/2019
Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 8th October 2019)
A volunteer in Scotland has to rescue his own father, whose fishing boat is drifting powerless towards a rocky shoreline. In Bristol, a father and son are among the crew that comes to the aid of two five-year-old girls who have drifted into the Bristol channel on an inflatable, while in Ilfracombe, lifeboat volunteers race against time to save a mother and her daughter stranded at the base of huge sea cliffs.
The River Thames: Then & Now (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 8th October 2019)
Documentary exploring the history of the river, and how it has played a pivotal role in London’s development as a major centre for international trade. The first episode focuses on the capital’s docklands, which at their peak, employed more than 30,000 workers. A boat captain whose family have hauled cargo along the river for six generations recalls his grandfather’s unique talents. Plus, a look at the construction of bridges, sewers, and the flood barrier.
Inside the Channel Tunnel (BBC 2/HD | 7:30pm to 8:00pm | Wednesday 9th October 2019)
As the Channel Tunnel’s 25th anniversary collides with Brexit, meet the teams behind the scenes and beneath the seabed who keep everything on track through the longest undersea tunnel in the world.
Inside the Channel Tunnel (BBC 2/HD | 7:30pm to 8:00pm | Thursday 10th October 2019)
With up to 400 trains a day running on its 62 miles of track, the Channel Tunnel is the busiest railway system in the world. And doing things at the double is key to its success. Two countries built it. There are two terminals. And there is duplication at both ends. This episode reveals how teams of two work on both sides of the Channel to keep tourists and truckers moving. But how will preparations for Brexit affect such a well-oiled system of twinning and duplication, finely tuned over 25 years?
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Got faster, Internet again!
After moving to this house, well over a year ago and only getting ADSL! Because BT, said, that was all we could get… But after, me checking out everyone else’s postcodes, it turned out, it was just about only us, that could not get fast Internet…
So after, a number of emails to the local council and of course BT, we now have much better Internet! We’ve gone from just 3.7 Mbps, up to 43.9 Mbps. We could pay and get faster, but we don’t really need it!
So at long last, I don’t need to use my mobile phone to upload stuff to my YouTube channel – www.youtube.com/user/gsvalentine
Men’s HeatGear® Armour Compression Leggings
So happy, with the Men’s HeatGear® Armour Compression Leggings, that I got during the last day of my holiday in Cyprus. Glad they fit, or I would have had to travel over 2,500 miles to take them back! LOL!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/men-s-heatgear-armour-compression-leggings/
Now done 95% of #walk1000miles – 2019
That’s me now done 95% of #walk1000miles. So 954.15 miles down and only 45.85 miles left to go!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
Do love Coral Bay in Cyprus
Could not think, of a better way to end the holiday in Cyprus and that was of course going back to Coral Bay for one last time! And even better, you get to see me in Lycra + my not so sexy feet!
