Still can’t believe, just how nice the weather is April. But it’s due to go back to normal tomorrow. From around 20C today, down to around 8C. So it will be time, to look out the winter cycling gear again! But at least I got out, another cycle wearing summer gear, this time wearing .
You can check out today’s mini cycle route at www.strava.com/activities/3290458832
The Lakes by Balloon: Minute by Minute (Channel 5/HD | 6:00pm to 7:55pm | Sunday 12th April 2020)
An aerial trip over Britain.
Race Across the World (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 12th April 2020)
The teams prepare to leave the checkpoint in Cafayate, Argentina, except for Dom and Lizzie, whose disastrous last leg has left them more than 24 hours behind their competitors. The next destination is the Brazilian island of Ilha Grande, halfway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, and at 3,600 kilometres, it is the longest stage of the journey. Emon and Jamiul decide to travel through Paraguay, while Jen and Rob decide they need to see more of the continent, and stop off at the famous Iguazu Falls.
One Night in the Museum (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 8:45pm | Wednesday 15th April 2020)
With no adults around to supervise them, three groups of children from different primary schools visit the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London at night.
Walking Britain’s Lost Railways (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 17th April 2020)
Rob Bell heads to Norfolk to follow a lost railway through some of the quietest – yet wealthiest – parts of the country. This railway was a curious latecomer when it was built in the 1880s and it threatened to rudely thrust the region into the industrial age. Rob explores an entire engineering town built from scratch, learns how Norfolk’s agriculture was super-charged, and sees for himself where thousands of holidaying Midlanders arrived to sail the Norfolk Broads. The line put Nor
Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 17th April 2020)
The actor sets off from Seattle on an Amtrak Cascades train into Canada, where he is struck by the beauty of Vancouver and the warmth of the locals. He then takes a two-day rail journey aboard the Rocky Mountaineer. While the other passengers relax and enjoy the luxury service, Tony is put to work in its kitchen. Lastly, he travels via Alaska to the small town of Talkeetna. Boarding a float plane, Tony flies over snow-covered mountains to reach the base of the Alaskan glaciers, where he witnesses the impact of climate change up close.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, this time the “Le Col Keep Active 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!!!!
Yet another very warm day for the start of April. So I had to make the most of it again and go out cycling wearing my Castelli Body Paint 3.3 Speed Suit for the second time this year!
You can check out today’s mini cycle route at www.strava.com/activities/3279803974
Many more photos of myself wearing the Castelli Body Paint 3.3 Speed Suit, can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/cycling/gear/castelli-body-paint-3.3-speed-suit/
That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, this time the “FuturumShop Spring Classics“ challenge.
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That’s me now done 40% of #walk1000miles. So 404.32 miles down and 595.68 miles left to go!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
Please stay safe everyone!! xx
Another great thing about this warm weather, is that I can go out cycling in my Castelli Body Paint 3.3 Speed Suit for the first time this year!
You can check out today’s mini cycle route at www.strava.com/activities/3272409735
This website has just been given a whole new look and been renamed to “Gordon Valentine’s adventures” use to be called “Gordon Valentine’s homepage”, don’t worry it’s still got all the same stuff on it!
Also had it’s biggest update, since it first moved over to WordPress back in 2011. Before that, between 1997 and 2011, it was done using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Yes I’ve been running this website, since I 17!
Happy days, had my legs out while cycling for the first time this year! Just hope this good weather lasts! It will help, keep my mind off, everything else that is happening in the world right now!
Check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/3267494123
That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, this time the “NHS Active“ one.
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!!!!
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