WOW! Missed wearing white Lycra so much….

Since it’s my birthday… I was like, I better give you all a good birthday present and wear white Lycra for cycling for first time in months, or maybe even this year….

You can check out my route at www.strava.com/activities/7885063818

Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

WOW! It’s my Birthday, just turned 43!!

WOW! It’s my Birthday just turned 43!! You know, your getting old(er) when you use a calculator to double check your age! Yes, I really did “2022 – 1979”, to check!!

Want to get me something for my Birthday? Then head over to my amazon wishlist!!

Or Bank Transfer…

  • Sort code : 11-45-31
  • Account number : 00010861
  • Name : Gordon S Valentine
  • Bank : Halifax
  • Ref : BDay2022

Like they say, if you don’t ask…. You don’t get!!!

Happy National #GetOutsideDay 2022!!

Since it’s National #GetOutsideDay. What a better time, to post some of my favourite outdoors photos from 2022, so far! Whether it be, cycling, walking or even being helpless in bondage gear! I love being outdoors!

Bondage walk

Bugsy at Foxton Locks

Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018

Myself at Loch Awe Railway Bridge

Walking The Monsal Trail

Love these photos? Many more at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2022/

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 24/09/2022

Inside Central Station (BBC 1 Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Monday 26th September 2022)

It’s Easter Weekend and an influx of rival football fans at Glasgow Central puts extra pressure on the staff and transport police, as they segregate the fans heading to Hampden. There is a new team member on the concourse as police dog recruit, Marvin, is put through his paces during training. Outside Central, the Network Rail ecologists work to help a peregrine falcon nesting on one of their bridges. And the engineering team get to work on the Argyll line track repairs.

Michael Palin: Into Iraq (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 27th September 2022)

Michael continues his journey into the heart of Iraq, arriving in Kirkuk and the exact spot where the British discovered oil in 1927, when the country was under British rule. The next day, he heads towards Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home town and, having been stopped at several military checkpoints along the way, and met with severe military authority, is surprised when he receives a warm welcome from the local commander.

The Repair Shop (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 28th September 2022)

A brother and sister who hail from a family of variety performers hope that bike expert Tim Gunn can get their mother’s unicycle back in gear for future generations, while bookbinder Chris Shaw restores a large bible that he believes could date back to the 1880s. Will Kirk sets to work on a wooden table damaged after an unfortunate accident with a fish tank and goldsmith Richard Talman faces a tough challenge with a ring that is badly scorched after spending weeks lost in a fireplace.

Grand Designs (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 28th September 2022)

Kevin meets Mike and Sarah, who bought a remote smallholding in the Derbyshire Dales, somewhere to rear animals and provide a home for themselves and their elderly parents. Kevin follows the couple as they set out to build a 21st-century version of a historic Derbyshire longhouse. Enormous, corrugated and with a highly complex roof shape, it was never going to be an easy build. But soon they face delays and their schedule begins to slide. However, that is nothing compared with the problems of a more personal nature that hit the project.

Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 29th September 2022)

In Eastbourne, new recruit Chris is put through his paces when two casualties are cut off by the tide near Beachy Head. On the coast of south Wales, Penarth crew member Tom is called up for his first shout when a female paddleboarder is caught out by the tide.

All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 29th September 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Siegfried receives some difficult news and becomes even more irascible than usual. The perfect distraction comes along in the form of Major Sebright Saunders, who asks Siegfried to look at a difficult young racehorse called River. Drama, starring Nicholas Ralph and Samuel West.

Martin Compston’s Scottish Fling (BBC 2/HD | 9:30pm 10:00pm | Friday 30th September 2022)

Actor Martin Compston and his friend Phil MacHugh set off on a sporty exploration of the North of Scotland by taking part in their own Highland Games. They begin their journey at Britain’s most northerly racetrack, the Little Ferry Circuit in Golspie, home to the North of Scotland Kart Club. Here, they meet ex racer Abi Munro and discover how the track plays a major part in the local community’s lives.

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

#walk1000miles – 2022 ✅

That’s me only gone and done the #walk1000miles challenge, yet again! Check out www.walk1000miles.co.uk for more information.

The map below shows, all the places I’ve walked so far in 2022. Look out of the red dots and lines on the map. Want your own map like this? Check out the amazing VeloViewer website.

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

VeloViewer Infographic : 23 September 2022 @veloviewer

Going by my VeloViewer Infographic, I’ve had 266 active days so far in 2022! Which means, I’ve done at least one cycle or walk each day so far this year!

That’s me now done a total distance of 2,415 miles this year. Which is made up 1,422 miles of cycling and 994 miles of walking!!

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

It’s getting colder… It soon be time to put the skinsuit(s) away!

You can tell it’s now late September…. The weather has started to change! Doubt, I will be wearing Lycra skinsuits for much longer this year! It will soon be time, to look out the winter gear!

You can check out my route at www.strava.com/activities/7849618430

Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018

Now done 99% of #walk1000miles – 2022

That’s me now done 99% of #walk1000miles. So 990.15 miles down and just 9.85 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2022

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

First cycle in 15 days!

Happy days! Just done my first cycle in 15 days! Had just about forgotten, how good it feels to wear a Lycra skinsuit on the bike! Plus sure, you will have missed seeing me wearing it!! 😈

You can check out my route at www.strava.com/activities/7839147992

Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018

Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018

Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018

Now done 98% of #walk1000miles – 2022

That’s me now done 98% of #walk1000miles. So 985.03 miles down and just 14.97 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2022

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