Just one more sleep and Nick is here! :)

Just one more sleep and Nick is here! Friday not much planed at all, since I am to work. Saturday (if weather is good), will be a long cycle. Then on Sunday, we’re off to Scotland!

The best place for updates, will be over on Instagram at www.instagram.com/gordonval

Matt and myself wearing smoothskin wetsuits

Since I had Matt up here for a number of days… I of course had to get us both wearing smoothskin wetsuits! Matt was wearing the 2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit, while I was wearing the 2XU A:1 Active wetsuit.

Angel Road railway station, is now closed

So glad, that I got to use Angel Road railway station, before it closed! It closed on 31 May 2019, since then, the platform has already stripped and the footbridge already taken down!

Here are some photos from my visit on 9th May 2019.

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

Angel Road railway station

More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/angel-road/

May 2019 most popular photos

Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during May 2019.

Number 1 (135 views) : Totally helpless in Fetters Padded Fist Mitts & Padded Leather Muzzle
2XU A:1 Active and P:1 Propel wetsuits

Number 2 (76 views) : Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Number 3 (68 views) : Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit
Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

More LNER Azuma train photos

Here are some more photos, I took of the new LNER Azuma train at Grantham railway station. And so not fair, this happens to be the train, my mate got off. When coming up to visit me from London for the day. Really hope, I get to use one soon!

LNER Azuma at Grantham railway station

LNER Azuma at Grantham railway station

More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/grantham/

That my End to End cycle (JOGLE) now encrypted

That’s me at long last, got my End to End cycle (JOGLE) website encrypted using SSL/TLS Certificates.

You will now see a ‘padlock’ icon in your browser’s address bar, indicating that SSL is present and trusted by your browser.

If you find any pages/blog posts that DON’T SHOW the ‘padlock’ icon, please do let me know!

I will also, be showing that website, so much needed love very soon indeed!

Visited 45 railway stations for the first time in 2019

Here is a list of the railway stations, that I’ve visited for the first time in 2019. Really can’t believe, I’ve done 45 so far!

Elton and Orston railway station

  1. Aldermaston
  2. Ambergate
  3. Angel Road
  4. Ayr
  5. Beeston
  6. Burton Joyce
  7. Cannon Street
  8. Canonbury
  9. Charing Cross
  10. Charlton
  11. Corby
  12. Dalston Junction
  13. Didcot Parkway
  14. Duffield
  15. East Midlands Parkway
  16. Elton and Orston
  17. Fiskerton
  18. Greenwich
  19. Hackney Central
  20. Hackney Downs
  21. Heckington
  22. Highbury and Islington
  23. Hungerford
  24. Kettering
  25. Kintbury
  26. Langley Mill
  27. Long Buckby
  28. Long Eaton
  29. Matlock Bath
  30. New Cross
  31. Newark Castle
  32. Newbury
  33. Newbury Racecourse
  34. Northampton
  35. Oxford
  36. Plumstead
  37. Reading
  38. Rolleston
  39. Sleaford
  40. St Neots
  41. Stratford
  42. Stratford International
  43. Thatcham
  44. Tottenham Hale
  45. Waterloo East