I’ve decided to just call my short walks ‘Strolls’ in future but I’m not going to go back and rename the previous ones. I’ll include just enough detail that someone could do the stroll themselves if they want to. Today’s stroll in the sunshine with Lisa was: Hebden Bridge, canal towpath (heading east), Midgley Road [...]
I started this year weighing 220.0 pounds (15 stone 10.0 pounds, 99.8 kg). Last week, I weighed 206.7 pounds (14 stone 10.7 pounds, 93.8 kg). This week, I weigh 206.0 pounds (14 stone 10.0 pounds, 93.4 kg). That’s a loss of 0.7 pounds, or 0.4 kg. Total weight loss so far is 14.0 pounds or [...]
Today’s cycling feast was the first edition of the Brian Robinson Challenge – a cyclo-sportive event taking the riders on a very scenic and hilly tour of the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire, round the old industrial town of Huddersfield. I rode the event last year when it was sponsored by Kirklees council, and known [...]
It’s the Brian Robinson Challenge tomorrow, a 75 mile ‘sportive’ cycle event from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It does a scenic tour of the Kirklees district taking in some of the best local hills. I’m riding most of the way to Huddersfield in the morning but getting a lift for the last few miles. After [...]
I decided to do a shortish road ride this afternoon. It had been quite a nice day, but by the time I got out it had clouded over and a cool wind had picked up. Never mind, it was good to get away from the computer. I wanted to go somewhere a bit different so [...]
The sun was shining this morning, but by the time Lisa and I went for a stroll, it had vanished behind a wall of cloud. We walked to Mytholmroyd along the Rochdale canal towpath, and returned via the Calder Valley Cycleway, roughly 3 miles in total. After a quick trip to the shops, we stopped [...]
I started this year weighing 220.0 pounds (15 stone 10.0 pounds, 99.8 kg). Last week, I weighed 207.4 pounds (14 stone 11.4 pounds, 94.1 kg). This week, I weigh 206.7 pounds (14 stone 10.7 pounds, 93.8 kg). That’s a loss of 0.7 pounds, or 0.3 kg. Total weight loss so far is 13.3 pounds or [...]
Spring Into The Dales had come round again! It is a scenic organised ride from Hebden Bridge to Wharfedale and back. It is 111 km in length and tackles 2,232 m of tough hills (for imperialists - 69 miles, 7,300 ft). This year’s route: Hebden Bridge – Oxenhope – Stanbury – Laneshaw Bridge – Earby [...]