What happened to forecast rain?!?! It was due to rain here and get lots of it! What really happened, it lasted for like 10 mins max then stopped!
So not often you hear me say this…. But I was looking forward to getting nice and wet during a cycle!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7647979792
Oh and yes, that first photo is rain on my Lycra!! So get that idea, out of your head!! 😈
After having a day off from cycling, yesterday! Mainly due to body needing a rest from the heat! It was great getting out again and doing 30.98 miles.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7642662601
Oh and for the cycle, I was wearing the Synergy Gunmetal Trisuit.
Here is all the places, I’ve cycled to between the 1st January 2022 and 15th August 2022.
Mapping data is from the amazing VeloViewer.
Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website so far during August 2022.
Number 1 (115 views) : Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit
Number 2 (84 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 3 (52 views) : Fixing a flat tyre
Number 4 (32 views) : adidas Team GB 2016 Cycling Jersey
Number 5 (31 views) : Out a nice walk
Love these photos? Many more at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2022/
Going by my VeloViewer Infographic, I’ve had 226 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 1,900 miles this year. Which is made up 1,087 miles of cycling and 813 miles of walking!!
Where it says running… That’s my walking data!
That was yet, another great cycle before work! I did 19.63 miles!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7630420561
Changing Rooms (Channel 4/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 17th August 2022)
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and fellow designer Micaela Sharp travel to the market town of Bedworth near Coventry, to help two sets of neighbours make over a room in each other’s homes. This week it’s a family affair, as science teachers Ann and Kevin swap key keys with daughter Hannah and her husband Chris, redesigning a 1960s office bedroom and a living space in a converted garage.
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 17th August 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Perez reassures Rachel that last night’s horrific discovery may have nothing to do with the disappearance of her son Connor. Danny is outraged at the decision to let Pepper Waldron’s family return home to Ayrshire – and news soon comes in that the ex-cop has fled Shetland. Perez has no choice but to follow him, and soon finds himself caught up in a perilous journey into the ex-cop’s past.
This Is My House (BBC 1/HD | 8:30pm to 9:00pm | Friday 19th August 2022)
Panellists Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Joel Dommett and Fatiha El-Ghorri are confronted by four people all claiming to be Tom, the owner of a three-bedroom converted church in Liverpool, which he shares with two Rhodesian ridgeback dogs. Alongside three imposters, the real Tom attempts to prove he is a huge Lego fan and sets out to demonstrate the special skill he acquired while courting his beloved wife Sisa.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
That’s me now done 80% of #walk1000miles. So 804.92 miles down and 195.08 miles remaining!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
That’s me just 1,000 miles of cycling at long last, during 2022! Still, way behind on this point last year, when had done 2,228 miles. Still hoping, I will end the year on at 1,800 miles!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7603824539
Oh and it was around 26C during the cycle, so my Lycra was getting nice & sweaty! 😈
Inside the Factory (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 8th August 2022)
Gregg Wallace goes behind the scenes at a factory in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where London’s famous red double-decker buses are built, finding out what goes into making the electric model. Cherry Healey visits a factory where she gets to grips with the construction of tough laminated heated windscreens for buses, while historian Ruth Goodman learns about London’s earliest double deckers and the vital role they played in the First World War.
Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 9th August 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
The Olympic diving champion investigates homophobic behaviour around the Commonwealth, travelling to some of the countries where homosexuality is a crime and even punishable by death. Daley talks to sportspeople facing persecution and advocates fighting for change, including Michael Gunning of Jamaica, India’s Dutee Chand and swimmers Theresa Goh (of Singapore) and Amini Fonua (of Tonga).
Changing Rooms (Channel 4/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 10th August 2022) ** NEW SERIES **
The return of the home makeover challenge, which sees Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead joined by two new interior experts – sustainable designer Micaela Sharp and queen of retro Whinnie Williams. In the first show, Laurence and Whinnie bring their creative flair to Tunbridge Wells, where neighbours Eddie and Lotta and Charlotte and Stuart are transforming each other’s living rooms.
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 10th August 2022) ** NEW SERIES **
Douglas Henshall returns in the detective drama, based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. DI Perez and his team look into the secret past of a family new to Shetland when they report their vulnerable son Connor has gone missing. Parents Danny and Rachel are panicking as it turns out their son once attempted suicide – and when his scooter is found abandoned, a search is launched. However, the case takes an interesting turn when Perez discovers why the family moved to Shetland in the first place.
This Is My House (BBC 1/HD | 8:30pm to 9:00pm | Friday 12th August 2022)
The property-based guessing game sees four people all claiming to be Anita, the owner of an idyllic farm, complete with cows, goats, fancy pigeons and farmer husband John. The real Anita also happens to have the largest collection of royal memorabilia in the world, with over 7,000 items. It falls to panellists Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Harry Hill, Harriet Kemsley and Kadeena Cox to sort out the facts from the fiction.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.