First 50+ mile cycle of 2021!

After getting some news, that pissed me off this morning! I just needed to get out the house, so I ended up doing my longest cycle of the 2021 so far! I did 53.30 miles, which I am so pleased with!

Check out route, I took at www.strava.com/activities/5325011387

Here are some photos from the cycle…

Emilie & Gordon’s 16 mile walk. Rutland Water Vlog

You should have all, seen the vlog, I filmed while walking around Rutland Water with Emilie. Now please, check out her one!

Make sure you check out my facts! We really do, need to get the BBC, to fact check them! LOL! I know, I got at least one of them wrong!

Looking forward to my next adventure with Emilie

Already really looking forward to my next adventure with Emilie! So here is look back to fun, we’re had over the years…

Kieran, Emilie and myself at Peterborough Greyhound Stadium
Kieran, Emilie and myself at Peterborough Greyhound Stadium
Emilie and myself at Yarmouth Stadium
Emilie and myself at Yarmouth Stadium
Emilie and myself at the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium
Emilie and myself at the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium
Walking around Rutland Water with Emilie
Walking around Rutland Water with Emilie

Most steps in a day now stands at 42,853

That’s me just set a new personal record on Garmin Connect. My most steps in a day, now stands 42,853. Up from 42,123, that I set back in 2018!

All thanks to walking around Rutland Water, with Emilie and three shorter walks with Cooper.

Vlog: England Day Walks | Rutland Water

Had great fun walking around Rutland Water with Emilie, which is one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. Please do give her a follow at www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdezRlSL07aB28SlaWUQrg

The route, we took around Rutland Water, can be found at connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6789765371 and www.strava.com/activities/5307100901

P.S. We never did, get that cake, always next time!

16 mile walk, around Rutland Water

Thanks to Emilie for the great idea of walking around Rutland Water! My longest walk in over a year, at 15.69 miles. Also going to say, it will be in top 10 longest walks EVER!!

Check out the route, we took over at connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6789765371 and www.strava.com/activities/5307100901

Walking around Rutland Water with Emilie

Walking around Rutland Water with Emilie

Walking around Rutland Water with Emilie

Now done 50% of #walk1000miles – 2021

walk1000miles - 2021That’s me now done 50% of #walk1000miles. So 500.26 miles down and 499.74 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 : 15/05/2021

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 16th May 2021) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Sister Julienne is concerned when a toddler displays troubling symptoms, while an overly protective mother struggles to cope with her daughter’s teenage pregnancy and is insistent on keeping it low key, much to the frustration of new Pupil Midwife Nancy.

Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck (Channel 4/HD | 7:30pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 16th May 2021)

Capturing the underwater odyssey of the greatest Titanic expeditions and the evolution of the most scrutinised shipwreck in the world. From the epic discovery of the wreck by a French-American team in 1985 to the exploratory missions led by James Cameron, who managed to light the wreck scene like a Hollywood film set and venture inside the ship thanks to remote-controlled robots, this documentary captures the unequalled thrill of those extreme dives.

Great British Railway Journeys (BBC2 /HD | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | Monday 17th May 2021)

Michael Portillo takes a trip in a Second World War Spitfire above Biggin Hill aerodrome, and takes the train to East Grinstead on the trail of Winnie the Pooh. He also visits Plaw Hatch Farm, 200 acres of community-owned farmland that operates biodynamically according to principles first laid out in the 1920s.

Great British Railway Journeys (BBC2 /HD | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | Tuesday 18th May 2021)

Michael Portillo arrives in Hassocks and makes his way to the beautiful Sussex village of Ditchling, where a Roman Catholic community of artists once made their home. Next, he visits the seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, before the Kent and East Sussex heritage railway conveys Michael from Bodiam Castle through the scenic Rother Valley to Tenterden, and finally arrives in the village of Benenden.

Great British Railway Journeys (BBC2 /HD | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | Wednesday 19th May 2021)

Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, where he learns about the loss of a generation of lifeboatmen in 1928. On the beaches at Rye, Michael explores one of 28,000 pillboxes constructed around the British coastline during the Second World War, before boarding the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway to Dungeness.

Great British Railway Journeys (BBC2 /HD | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | Thursday 20th May 2021)

From the Kent Cinque Port of Deal, Michael Portillo heads to Walmer Castle, home during the 1920s to Lord Beauchamp, whose openly homosexual lifestyle led to his exile from the country. And in Margate, Michael discovers the connection to TS Eliot.

Great British Railway Journeys (BBC2 /HD | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | Friday 21st May 2021)

Michael Portillo reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix who began her working life as a typist in Hull. In the seaside town of Whitstable, he tucks into its famous staple, oysters. Michael later crosses the North Downs to Lenham, and visits Leeds Castle.

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

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