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Just joined the National Trust!!

That’s me just joined the National Trust! Yep, I am that OLD! Do I care?!? NO!!!

Here is list of ones, that I’ve visited so far over the years. Mainly with my Mum and Dad.

Of, course. I will been to way, way more than this… Once, I think of more. I will update this list…

Fifth 20+ mile cycle of 2025

Happy days, just done my fifth 20+ mile cycle of 2025… But only done 1 cycle over 30 miles. So that’s my next goal! Get some more 30+ miles cycles down!

You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/14571343588

Sorry, only took one photo during the cycle. But, sure you “enjoy it” all the same!!

Synergy Navy Cycling Skinsuit

More of Gordon! Being Gordon in 2025!!

Even with everything else going on in my life. Still been doing lots of Gordon, type stuff!

Done wetsuit photos in back garden, to cycling in both Lycra and wetsuits. Done just over 50% of the walk 1000 mile challenge. Walked the first day of The West Highland Way. Walked up Dumgoyne. Plus much more…

Here are some of favourite photos from 2025 so far…

Boys Get Sad Too

Boys Get Sad Too

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Myself at Linlithgow railway station

Still wearing my wetsuit after a cycle!

Myself at Kilmun Arboretum

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

Many more can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2025/

Fourth cycle of May 2025

Happy days. Just done my fourth cycle of the month! Even better than that. I made sure, I stopped off during the cycle to get some photos!

You can check out my route at www.strava.com/activities/14541144659

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

 Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit

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.

Finding great stuff on my old/new PC!

If you follow on Bluesky or X, you know that. That I’ve just had my desktop PC fully rebuild to get it running Windows 11 Pro! The PC it’s self, has not been working for over 2 years…

Now it’s fully back working. I’ve been having fun finding some of my older videos!

So here are two clips from videos both filmed back in May 2013.

Adidas full body suit