The main thing I did today was to go out a nice long(ish) cycle. I did 19.49 miles, with a average speed of 13.1 mph, maximum speed was 31.4 mph and it took me 1:28.45 (h:m:s).
Oh I am also in the process of playing around with Foursquare, check out my profile at foursquare.com/gsvalentine.
In other news, I now have 100 fans on Facebook. So big thanks to everyone!!! xx
I went out my first cycle of the year, I only did 11.84 miles. But hey it’s start, so only 4,988.16 more to go… till I get to this years goal of 5,000 miles.
I did the long boring drive back Killearn to back to my village of Little Bytham a journey of around 320 miles. Think I did it in record time! Will not say how I did that! 🙂 I also went a new way, for a section of the journey. I used what years ago was the A74, which is now called the B7076, mainly used it, since I am so bored on the A74(M), also did it, since I used that road while doing the End to End cycle back in August 2009. So it was nice to get to see it again!
Once back in I had all the fun of unpacking everything. Then I had fun setting up my Sony BDP S370 Blu-ray Player which I got from my Mum and Dad has a Christmas present. The video quality is so good, reminds me of when I first went from VHS to DVD. Also great to get to watch HD stuff on my HD ready TV in my bed room at long last. So looking forward to watching one of my Blu-ray films in the next day or so. I already have a good list to pick from The Dark Knight, Sherlock, Top Gear: Polar Special, Newcastle – Australia and Torchwood – Children of Earth.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Job done! Now done just over 4,000 on my bike this year 🙂
Got my bike back at long, last! The service/rebuild come to a total of £277.69. A lot more than I was planning, but at least I have him back now. So that’s the main thing.
Can’t wait till tomorrow to take him, out for a spin. Was hoping go out a cycle today, which it’s been so cold. Not gone above -6C all day.
So really hope that Terry Wright Cycles have done a good done in fixing him. Since I’ve only got 17.9 miles, till I hit the 4,000 mile mark.
Only got two more days, till I go to Scotland. Would be well pissed off, if I missed 4,000 by just 17.9 miles.
At long last taken my bike to the local bike shop for a much needed service. It’s at least going to need the break break fixing, new back wheel and tire. Also half of the gears don’t work. I can see it costing between £100 to £150 to get it all fixed. Saying that, that’s not too bad, since it’s never had a service in the whole time I’ve had it. Must have done at least 7,000 miles since getting it. Just hope that Terry Wright Cycles do a good job of fixing it. Can’t wait to get it back. Since I now have less than 20 miles to go, then I will have done 4,000 miles this year 🙂
Speaking about just how much my bike needs a service, I list just some of the things that need fixing. Also at the end of the vlog I show off my new lycra UCI World Cup Team skinsuit.
First of all I would like to say a big thank-you to everyone that looked at the new look Killearn on the Web. It’s now the most popular it’s been in years.
Think I have just about copied all the information and photos over from the old website. Also been using twitter.com/killearnUK a lot more. With all the snow, don’t think I could have timed the new look website any better. Since people have been checking it out for the latest local school information which I have been posting via Twitter.
Now I have started working on a cycling page for routes from Killearn, please check it out at killearnontheweb.co.uk/transport/information-for-cyclists/
The rest of the day, I spent just watching TV and doing some other stuff around the house. Before going to work in the evening.
My new UCI World Cup Team skinsuit turned up in the post, that I ordered off eBay last week sometime. Can’t believe just how sexy it, even better it only cost £40, with free P&P.
Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/cycling/gear/team-sparkasse-skinsuit/ to see photos of myself wearing it! Please feel free to post comments about them!