I can now tick off my second new railway station of 2023…. Ilkley railway station.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/ilkley/
Harrogate railway station, tick
At long last, I can tick off the first new railway station of 2023… Well done to Harrogate for getting that title!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/harrogate/
Longest walks during March 2023
Amazing to think that during March, I walking 161.9 miles! You think that is good… April is going to be something else! Think it will be anywhere between 200 and 250 miles… Since it’s the month that we are doing The Dales Way!
Here are the 5 longest walks that Bugsy, Mark G and myself did during March 2023!
- Day 2 : ECP : Berwick upon Tweed to Lindisfarne Inn, West Mains – 03/03/2023 – 15.56 miles
- Day 1 : ECP : Marshal Meadows to Scottish Border and Berwick upon Tweed inc Halidon Hill Circular – 02/03/2023 – 11.89 miles
- Grantham Canal, Coe Farm and Barrowby Circular – 20/03/2023 – 9.53 miles
- Day 3 : ECP : Holy Island – 04/03/2023 – 8.64 miles
- CW : Berwick-upon-Tweed – 05/03/2023 – 8.54 miles
Remember you can follow my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
First railway trip of 2023, booked!
Happy days. That’s me booked my first railway trip of 2023. Which will take us from Grantham to Harrogate. Which will tick off one new railway station for myself and two for Bugsy.
Then we are walking the Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley. Which covers around 16 miles, should take us between 6 to 8 hours.
Then we are getting the train back from Ilkley to Grantham via Leeds. Since it was only around £8 more, we are going First Class between Leeds and Grantham. Which will be a first for Bugsy!
So looking forward to this! Plus it’s a test day for doing the rest of the Dales Way in April…
P.S. Please do follow both www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog
VeloViewer Infographic : 28 March 2023 @veloviewer
WOW! So far during 2023, I’ve done 500 miles of exercise. Which is made up of 84 miles of cycling and 416 miles of walking.
Where it says running… That’s my walking data!
The Dales Way next month?!?!?
All going well next month (April), Bugsy, Mark G (house mate) and myself will be walking The Dales Way! It will be my biggest adventure, since doing the End to End cycle back in 2009!
The Dales Way runs for 80 miles from Ilkley in West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria. We will be doing the whole walk in one go! Not like other long walks, that I’ve done, which have been done over weeks, months and some even years!
So please make sure you give both www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog a follow!
Bugsy walked 60.3 miles in one week!
Here is a list of longest walks we did with Bugsy during our holiday. He walked a total of 60.3 miles.
These are in date order:-
- Middleton Tyas amble – 0.74 miles
- Reeth, Swaledale Trail Circular – 3.37 miles
- Day 1 : ECP : Marshal Meadows to Scottish Border and Berwick upon Tweed inc Halidon Hill Circular – 12 miles
- Day 2 : ECP : Berwick-upon-Tweed to Lindisfarne Inn, West Mains – 15.72 miles
- Day 3 : ECP : Holy Island – 8.54 miles
- Berwick-upon-Tweed – 7.65 miles
Please give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog
Bugsy’s travel/walking map : 6-Mar-2023
Here is the full map of the places Bugsy, has walked since we got last him last year!
Please, give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog
Maps © Thunderforest, Data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Great walk around Berwick-upon-Tweed
That was a great 8.54 mile walk around Berwick-upon-Tweed, with Bugsy and Mark G.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/8665353786
Day 3 of the England Coast Path, tick!
Bugsy, Mark G and myself have just done Day 3 of the England Coast Path. Which took us around the coast of Holy Island. Covering a distance of 8.64 miles.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/8659721912
