UK TV programmes to watch this week : 04/04/2020

Race Across the World - 05-04-2020 - YouView appRace Across the World (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 5th April 2020)

The teams have reached the halfway point of their journey. For the next leg, must choose whether to travel through Bolivia or Chile – both countries with unstable political climates. Sam and Jo decide to break up their travel with regular breaks, while Jen and Rob have an explosive argument when they get caught up in Bolivia’s general election. Emon and Jamiul find work in an Argentinian salt mine, and Dom has a health scare that may require him to pull out of the race.

One Night in the Museum (BBC Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 8:00pm to 8:45pm | Wednesday 8th April 2020)

With no adults around to supervise them, three groups of children from different primary schools visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester at night.

Walking Britain’s Lost Railways (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 10th April 2020)

Until it closed in 1966 the Deeside Railway followed the River Dee upstream from Aberdeen into what is now the Cairngorms National Park. As luck would have it, Queen Victoria purchased Balmora just as the line was set to open, giving the route prestige. Rob Bell retraces the route, visiting a shooting estate, tossing a caber and finding an unmistakable Highland `brand” that all owe their existence to this royal railway age. He also explores a quiet valley of cattle farming and timber sawmills, and, in truth, a simple railway that struggled for decades to justify its own existence, despite its royal veneer.

Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 10th April 2020)

The actor rides the El Chepe train from the west coast of Mexico through to the Copper Canyon – a system larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon. From there, Tony jumps on Mexico’s only passenger line to head towards the USA. Along the way, he stops in the city of Chihuahua where he discovers Sotol, the region’s answer to Tequila. He then heads to Juarez, a city once strongly associated with drug cartels. After crossing the US border into El Paso, Tony meets a fellow train enthusiast trying to revive historic street cars. The final stop on this leg of his journey is Los Angeles’ Union Station.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

5×20 Strava Challenge ✅

That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, this time the “5×20“ challenge.

5x20 Strava Challenge

Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!

Now done 35% of #walk1000miles – 2020

That’s me now done 35% of #walk1000miles. So 350.76 miles down and 649.24 miles left to go!

walk1000miles - 2020

Over the next number of weeks, it’s going to be a lot harder to get them miles in! But if that helps save peoples lives, I don’t mind at all!

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Please stay safe everyone!! xx

Favourite photos from November 2019

Here are my favourite photos from November 2019… Please do give the photos a comment!

Wetsuit walk
Wetsuit walk
Pup hood + O'Neill Hooded Psychotech FZ 6/4 FSW wetsuit
Pup hood + O’Neill Hooded Psychotech FZ 6/4 FSW wetsuit
adidas Varilite Down Hooded Jacket
adidas Varilite Down Hooded Jacket

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2019-11/ for all my other photos from November 2019.

Favourite photos from December 2019

Here are my favourite photos from December 2019… Please do give the photos a comment!

adidas Varilite Down Hooded Jacket
adidas Varilite Down Hooded Jacket
On the last ever LNER HST service to Inverness
On the last ever LNER HST service to Inverness
Myself at Invergordon railway station
Myself at Invergordon railway station
Myself at Helensburgh Upper railway station
Myself at Helensburgh Upper railway station

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2019-12/ for all my other photos from December 2019.

Favourite photos from January 2020

Here are my favourite photos from January 2020… Please do give the photos a comment! 🙂

Walking up the Campsie Fells
Walking up the Campsie Fells
Myself at Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Myself at Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Mind your head!
Mind your head!
O'Neill 5/4 Mutant wetsuit
O’Neill 5/4 Mutant wetsuit

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2020-01/ for all my other photos from January 2020.

Favourite photos from February 2020

Here are my favourite photos from February 2020, from before the world went mad!! Please do give the photos a comment! 🙂

Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit
Cooper and myself on the Isle of Wight
Cooper and myself on the Isle of Wight
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit + pup hood
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit + pup hood
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2020-02/ for all my other photos from February 2020.

Favourite photos from March 2020

Here are my favourite photos from March 2020. Think, I will start doing this every month, what do you all think?

Myself at Melton Mowbray railway station
Myself at Melton Mowbray railway station
Mark T and myself somewhere in Wales
Mark T and myself somewhere in Wales
Myself at Swansea railway station
Myself at Swansea railway station
2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit
2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/archive/2020-03/ for all my other photos from March 2020.

March 2020 most popular photos

Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website during March 2020.

Number 1 (78 views) : Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit
Spider-Man Homecoming Morphsuit

Number 2 (71 views) : Wetsuit cycling
Wetsuit cycling

Number 3 (56 views) : Wetsuit cycling
Wetsuit cycling

Number 4 (51 views) : 2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit
2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit

Number 5 (37 views) : 2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit
2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit

The ROKA Feel Good 15 Challenge ✅

That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, this time the “The ROKA Feel Good 15“ challenge.

The ROKA Feel Good 15

Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!