Author: gsvalentine

About gsvalentine

I am a 45-year-old guy, who lives in Melton Mowbray, in the East Midlands, England. I was born in Lancashire, England, during September 1979. Most people don’t believe me that I was born in England due to my strong Scottish accent. My star sign is Libra. I am 5’9” tall, 30″ waist, with blonde hair, which is sometimes short, sometimes long. I have light brown eyes. Which most people think are very sexy. I just don’t see it, myself.

50% of Walk 1000 Miles – 2025. TICK! Longest walks so far…

Since that’s me just done 50% of Walk 1000 Miles – 2025. Here at my 5 longest walks of the year so far…

I really need to up my game! Since I’ve only done one walk over 10 miles. Plus three of longest walks, have all been done this month!

Myself outside Milngavie railway station

  1. The West Highland Way : Day 1 : Milngavie to Killearn – 10.41 miles
  2. Strathblane to Killearn via Water Track and Dumgoyne – 7.03 miles
  3. Newark Castle to Langbank railway station via Clyde Coastal Path – 5.30 miles
  4. North Witham and Gunby #2025/01 – 5.01 miles
  5. Morkery Wood #2025/01 – 4.56 miles

Now done 50% of Walk 1000 Miles – 2025

That’s me done 50% of the Walk 1000 Miles challenge. So 500.55 miles down and 499.45 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 : 17/05/2025

The Bombing of Pan AM 103 (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 18th May 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

Dramatised documentary telling the story of the 1988 terrorist attack, in which a transatlantic flight was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing everyone on board as well as several residents of the town. With Patrick J Adams, Connor Swindells, Tony Curran, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan.

Canal Boat Diaries (U&Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Monday 19th May 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

Napton Junction to Aynho Wharf. Series 6, episode 1. Robbie Cumming navigates the scenic Oxford Canal onboard Naughty Lass, explores its twists and turns, and helps tow a stranded broken-down boater.

The Bombing of Pan AM 103 (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 19th May 2025)

In the weeks following the bombing, the pressure for the investigation to make progress continues to mount. Heartbroken relatives of the victims arrive in Lockerbie in need of answers, and are made welcome by the local community. Meanwhile, the joint Scottish-FBI investigation closes in on its first suspect. Could this individual, acting alone or for a larger terrorist organisation, be the Lockerbie bomber?

Canal Boat Diaries (U&Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 20th May 2025)

Aynho Wharf to Bablock Hythe. Series 6, episode 2. Robbie navigates the Oxford Canal, bumps into a hire boat and a hedge and tackles large river locks on the scenic Upper River Thames.

Race Across the World (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 21st May 2025) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

It’s the halfway point and a 24-hour divide remains between the leaders and those in last place. Ahead is a journey of 1,500km to the fifth checkpoint, McLeod Ganj. Famed for its temples and ashrams, this hill station is not only home to a large Tibetan population but also the 14th Dalai Lama. The teams will need to ascend nearly 7,000ft into the foothills of the Himalayas to reach their destination. But that’s not their only challenge. Pangs of homesickness has the contestants questioning whether their need for comfort overrules their desire to race.

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 23rd May 2025)

In Knole House, the Tudor ancestral seat of the Sackville family, a life-size nude statue of 18th-century ballet dancer Giovana Zanerini is being conserved to slow the aging process and restore her looks. And at the traditional Lake District farmhouse Townend, a key part of the archive of the Browne family of yeoman farmers – a bound volume of 18th-century letters – is being conserved using traditional book-binding skills.

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

Lycra skinsuit. TICK! Time for second cycle of the month

That’s me got my Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit on. Now it’s time to head out the second cycle of the month!

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

Oh and give me a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Had my desktop PC rebuild…

While up in Scotland, my older bother Douglas fully rebuild my desktop PC for me! I’ve had the current setup, since December 2013. During that time it’s only had a SSD hard drive installed and the RAM upgraded from 4 to 16 GB. So it had done me very well indeed!

But of course, since it was over 10 years old. No way, it could run Windows 11.

So from the old PC, I’ve kept the same case and power supply. Everything else is new, well new to me! Some stuff did recycled from one brothers older PCs…

So I had to pay was a new motherboard. New RAM, I went for 32 GB. And a new SSD hard drive. My current one had been playing up. So, did not want to lose everything on it! I went for one which double the size at 500 GB (current one was 250 GB), the new one is also faster.

So to get a “new” desktop PC, I spent…

  • Motherboard – £137.99
  • 32 GB of RAM – £50.99
  • SSD – 500 GB – £47.97

So a total of just £236.95.

On This Day : 16/05/2017

On This Day back in 2017. I got very, very wet while out cycling. But then wet Lycra, looks EXTRA HOT! So all was good!

You can check out the route I took at www.strava.com/activities/989815504

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014