On This Day back in 2019. I visited/used Wick railway station.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/wick/
On This Day : 09/12/2019 : Georgemas Junction railway station
On This Day back in 2019. I visited/used Georgemas Junction railway station.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/georgemas-junction/
On This Day : 09/12/2019 : Thurso railway station
On This Day back in 2019. I visited/used the northernmost railway station in the whole of the UK! Which is Thurso railway station up in highlands of Scotland.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/thurso/
On This Day : 09/12/2015
On This Day back in 2015. I had a shower, while wearing my Spider-Man suit!
On This Day : 08/12/2018
On This Day back in 2018. I took these photos of myself wearing my Santa Morphsuit.
Even more photos of myself wearing the Santa Morphsuit can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/santa-morphsuit/
That’s me now done 68,239 miles of cycling!
That’s me now done 68,239 miles of cycling, since April 2003.
The most in single year, was back in 2013. When I did 6,118.4 miles!
Here is the total number of miles for each year.
- 2003 – 1,148.7 miles
- 2004 – 1,585.6 miles
- 2005 – 2,091.8 miles
- 2006 – 2,166.3 miles
- 2007 – 1,072.7 miles
- 2008 – 1,807.5 miles
- 2009 – 2,685.9 miles – did the End to End cycle (JOGLE).
- 2010 – 4,001.3 miles
- 2011 – 5,066.0 miles
- 2012 – 5,289.5 miles – longest ever cycle – 101.62 miles.
- 2013 – 6,118.4 miles – most ever in a single year.
- 2014 – 5,334.9 miles
- 2015 – 2,341.4 miles
- 2016 – 4,583.8 miles
- 2017 – 4,147.5 miles
- 2018 – 3,158.5 miles
- 2019 – 2,357.9 miles
- 2020 – 4,194.8 miles
- 2021 – 3,106.2 miles
- 2022 – 1,820.5 miles
- 2023 – 867.5 miles
- 2024 – 1,265.3 miles
- 2025 – 2,027.2 miles
Oh and give me follow at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 06/12/2025
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Monday 8th December 2025)
Tenement. Series 1, episode 5. A Glaswegian grandmother’s childhood kitchen is lovingly rebuilt in miniature to help her reconnect with the tenement home – and the grandparents – she lost too soon. With no photos and only scraps of memory to guide her, miniaturist Abi faces one of her toughest builds yet.
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Tuesday 9th December 2025)
Hospital. Series 1, episode 6. Sara Cox meets lifelong friends Sue and Kathie, who want a miniature of Winford Hospital in Somerset, where they trained as nurses in the 1960s. Crafter Hannah Lemon recreates a ward and a sitting room, capturing the hard work, laughter and friendship of their youth – a heartfelt tribute to their bond and the spirit of the NHS.
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Wednesday 10th December 2025)
Farmhouse. Series 1, episode 7. Katie and Lee ask Sara Cox and the team to recreate Hollyhill Farmhouse, the place where their love story began and family life unfolded. The house, now lost to them, holds decades of precious memories. Can Ethan Goodbody’s miniature bring their old home – and all it meant – back to life?
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 10th December 2025)
It’s the morning after the night before and Calder wakes to a slew of missed calls. Having identified the missing link in Shetland’s drug trade, Calder discovers damning evidence linking them to the murder of Eadie Tulloch. At the police station, Tosh and Sandy lay all the evidence in front of their latest suspect who frustratingly falls short of a full confession, and the detectives are further blindsided by a shock revelation about Lunniswick’s secret past. Crime drama, starring Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell.
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Thursday 11th December 2025)
Bakery. Series 1, episode 8. Sara Cox and the team meet Steven, a fourth-generation baker who longs to see his family’s beloved bakery brought back to life in miniature. Though once the heart of local life, the business has since been lost to changing times.
Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 11th December 2025)
The finale finds the teams racing from Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, in an epic push of over 1,000km to the finish line on the Guajira peninsula, the northernmost region of South America. They can either cut a course inland or follow the tourist trail along the Caribbean coast. After 33 days and nearly 5,900km, it still remains to be seen which team will triumph, be first to sign the all-important book and be crowned the winners. Narrated by John Hannah.
Return to Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 12th December 2025) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
‘Til Death Do Us Part. Series 2, episode 6. Mack is forced to interrupt Glenn and Daisy’s wedding when a guest collapses and dies, apparently poisoned by a fast-acting toxin present on the surface of a programme for the event. The happy couple are distinctly unhappy when the proceedings are halted and it may be that Mack has finally pushed Glenn too far. Detective drama, starring Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith and Andrea Demetriades.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119
On This Day : 04/12/2017
On This Day back in 2017. I took these of myself, while wearing the Scotland Flag Morphsuit.
I also filmed a vlog at the same time!
On This Day : 04/12/2016
On This Day back in 2016. I went on cycle, while wearing my O’Neill 5/4 Mutant wetsuit!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/793542867
On This Day : 04/12/2011
On This Day back in 2011. I did a 11.85 mile cycle, while wearing my Orca Speedsuit.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/16626504239
