That’s me now done 63% of #walk1000miles. So 631.03 miles down and 368.97 miles remaining!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
OMG! Love the Elizabeth line!!
OMG! Love the Elizabeth line in the London! So glad, I’ve used it at long last! I will tick off, even more stations along the line, when I next to to London.
So far, I’ve used…
- Farringdon
- Liverpool Street
- Paddington
- Tottenham Court Road
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 18/06/2022
The Heatwave: Summer of 1976 (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:30pm | Saturday 18th June 2022) ** NEW **
The story of the 1976 summer drought, when gardens burned, communities depended upon communal standpipes for their water, and Brits were urged to `bath with a friend”. For government, industry and the elderly, the drought had deadly ramifications, but for those who were young, the memories remain halcyon and hedonistic.
Top Gear (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 19th June 2022)
Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness set out to qualify as lorry drivers, before embarking on a stormy HGV road trip across Britain, and a spot of truck racing. Out on the track, Chris runs the rule over the beautiful new Lotus Emira.
The 15 Billion Pound Railway (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 19th June 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Lewis George and Rebecca Edwards must co-ordinate the railway’s largest evacuation trial, with 900 volunteers having to be rescued from a train in the tunnels, before the Queen officially opens the line. London mayor Sadiq Khan, TFL commissione Andy Byford, Crossrail CEO Mark Wild and more than 130,000 passengers and train enthusiasts jostle to board the first train services to depart.
Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 23rd June 2022)
Tim and Siddy visit Quainton Road in Buckinghamshire, 50 miles from London – and once on the underground. Siddy also explores Kingsway tramway tunnel.
This Is My House (BBC 1/HD | 8:30pm to 9:00pm | Friday 24th June 2022)
The property-based guessing game sees four people all claiming to be Stephen Babatunde. The real homeowner and three imposter Stephens show cameras around his three-bedroom terraced house and reveal Stephen has a famous neighbour – none other than Susan Boyle (or Su-Bo to her friends). The real Stephen owns a lime green chaise lounge, occasionally indulges in a spot of tennis and likes barbecues. It falls to panellists Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Scarlett Moffatt to sort out the facts from the fiction.
British Planes That Won the War with Rob Bell (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 24th June 2022)
The engineer reveals why the Spitfire became the most famous fighter aircraft that Britain has ever produced. Its unique design and powerful Merlin engine gave it superior handling in the close-quarter dogfights that took place across the skies in the crucial period of 1940 that became known as the Battle of Britain.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Woking railway station, tick!
I can now tick off the fourth railway station of 2022…. Woking.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/woking/
Middle of June 2022 most popular photos
Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website so far during June 2022.
Number 1 (27 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 2 (25 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 3 (24 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 4 (24 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 5 (20 views) : Team Sparkasse Skinsuit
Love these photos? Many more at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2022/
OMG! Love my Team Sparkasse Skinsuit
OMG! I had forgotten, I even owned the Team Sparkasse Skinsuit!! So, so need to start wearing it way, way more often!
Now done 58% of #walk1000miles – 2022
That’s me now done 58% of #walk1000miles. So 589.17 miles down and 410.29 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 : 11/06/2022
Top Gear (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 12th June 2022)
Freddie Flintoff transforms a Sinclair C5 into a bobsleigh and tackles a terrifying Norwegian luge track. Elsewhere, the team sample some classic TV cop cars, before going head-to-head in an all-action police chase.
The 15 Billion Pound Railway (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 12th June 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK + NEW SERIES **
The return of the documentary following the building of Crossrail, with the first of two part charting the race to fix the railway’s hi-tech software and systems so that the new line would be open in time for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. For more than 10 years, cameras have followed the engineers, technicians and transport staff under pressure to deliver their section of the project, including construction fixes in the tunnels, safety checks of the stations and the testing of the complex, bug-ridden train software, all in a bid to make it safe for passengers.
Our Falklands War (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:30pm | Sunday 12th June 2022) ** NEW **
The experiences of 10 men who fought in the conflict, as they revisit some of the most dramatic, impactful, bloody and life-changing moments of the war and how they have come to terms with them since. The landing of British troops on the Falklands Islands on May 21, 1982, marked the beginning of a cold and bloody 25-day land war, and the stories of these men takes taking in the Battle of Goose Green, the catastrophic attack on British ship the Sir Galahad and the final night of fighting that led to the Argentine surrender.
DIY SOS (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 14th June 2022)
Nick Knowles and the team are in the Gloucestershire village of Chorlton Kings, where former car mechanic Peter needs help building an extension to the family house for his wife Sarah and daughter Suzanne, who both have a long-term genetic disorder that affects muscle function. Peter also looks after his elder brother Steve. Peter started the work to adapt to everyone’s growing needs but the pressure of looking after the family and completing the work has proved too much, and now his own health has taken a turn for the worse.
Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 16th June 2022)
Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the brand new Elizabeth Line and have access to two of its stations weeks before the line opens.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Second cycle of June 2022
That’s me just done my second cycle of June 2022. I only did 15.46 miles. But right now, just pleased when I do make it out on the bike. With everything else that has been going on, often find it hard getting out of bed!!! Never mind, going out a cycle…
You check out today’s route at www.strava.com/activities/7270951981
VeloViewer Infographic : 7 June 2022 @veloviewer
Going by my VeloViewer Infographic, I’ve had 158 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 1,000 miles this year. Which is made up 425 miles of cycling and 575 miles on walking!!
That may sound good…. But I’ve done 1,198 miles less miles on the bike. Plus 72 miles less walking this year, by the same point last year!
Where it says running… That’s my walking data!
