Here are my favourite photos of myself from 2018! They are not in any order! Of course, it was very hard picking just 5 photos. Since, I much have posted around 1,000 photos of myself last year!
Grand Union Canal walk update : 08-Jan-2019
Since we started walking the Grand Union Canal, we have made it from London up to Stoke Bruerne.
So far it’s taken us 9 days… That’s been broken up into the following…
- Day 1 – Paddington Basin to Bull’s Bridge – 15.10 miles
- Day 2 – River Thames to Slough – 16.44 miles
- Day 3 – West Drayton to Watford – 13.05 miles
- Day 4 – Watford to Apsley – 8.51 miles
- Day 5 – Apsley to Tring – 10.24 miles
- Day 6 – Tring to Leighton Buzzard – 12.31 miles
- Day 7 – Leighton Buzzard to Bletchley – 9.39 miles
- Day 8 – Bletchley to Wolverton – 11.97 miles
- Day 9 – Wolverton to Stoke Bruerne – 8.76 miles
Total distance so far: 105.77 miles.
Wetherspoons, I’ve visited : 08-January-2019
It’s about, I updated the list of Wetherspoons, I’ve visited. Since I can add the following to my list 🙂
- West Kirk, 58a Sandgate, Ayr.
- Counting House, 67-71 Reform Street, Dundee.
- Sir John Moore, 260-292 Argyle Street, Glasgow.
- Last Post, 2 County Square, Paisley.
Check out my full list at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/jd-wetherspoon-pubs/
Glasgow Central railway station, needs more LNER services!
Glasgow Central railway station is the busiest in Scotland. But it happens to be, the one I use the least! Mainly due to fast, you can’t get many direct train to it from Peterborough any more. Like you could under the GNER days! Which is one, of the main reasons, I started mainly driving to/from Scotland and stopped using the train!
LNER, is doing a way better job than both National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains East Coast, ever did! But, I still would rate GNER has the best railway franchise the UK ever had!
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/glasgow-central/
December 2018 cycling statistics
December turned out to be a good month cycling wise. I did 139.9 miles, which is 106.8 more miles, than I did in, December 2017.
Remember you can follow my cycling adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine.
Here is the data from December 2018:-
- Total cycles: 8
- Total Distance: 139.94 miles
- Total Time: 12:22:54 (h:m:s)
- Avg Speed: 11.3 mph
- Max Time: 02:31:38 (h:m:s)
- Max Speed: 27.6 mph
- Avg Distance: 17.39 miles
- Max Distance: 29.02 (Single cycle)
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-
First time, using Stirling railway station, since electrification
I know that most people will not think the same… But I, for one think that Stirling railway station, looks much better, since electrification. It makes it feel, more like a main railway station. Which of course it is, since you can get trains to Aberdeen, Alloa, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and even London!
But it’s going to take me a while getting use to, using a Class 365 running to/from Stirling. Since I’am so use to seeing, them run between London King’s Cross and Peterborough, in the past.
I also for one, think that ScotRail are doing a great job! So nice to see, some of the work, they have and Network Rail, have been doing start, to pay off!
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/stirling/
More photos of Milngavie railway station
Just uploaded even more photos of Milngavie railway station.
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/milngavie/
December 2018 most popular photos
Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during December 2018.
Number 1 (154 views) : 2XU A:1 Active wetsuit
Number 2 (154 views) : O’Neill Hooded Psychotech FZ 6/4 FSW wetsuit
Number 3 (64 views) : Nick and myself cycling
#walk1000miles – Counties Challenge : 07-01-2019
So far during the #walk1000miles 2019 challenge, I’ve done a walk in the following counties and Crown dependences of the UK.
- 22 – Buckinghamshire
- 28 – Northamptonshire
- 35 – Rutland
- 41 – Lincolnshire
- 73 – Ayrshire and Arran
- 84 – Stirling and Falkirk
Wolverton railway station ✅ ✅
Since I’ve been to Wolverton railway station before, I’ve given it a double tick! Last time, it was at night and it was raining! So did not get many photos! So made up for it, this time!
More photos can be found over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/wolverton/