Today’s ride had been postponed from last Sunday because of a heavy snowfall. Unfortunately, that rescheduling meant that only fellow CycleChat forum members goodspeed (Martin) and dan_bo would be able to join me today. The plan was for Martin to ride over to Hebden Bridge from Oxenhope, and then we would head for Littleborough via [...]
It was another dreary, drizzly day and I was feeling very lacking in motivation to exercise, even though I badly needed it, but then the phone rang – guess who? Yes – Lisa. She needed to be in Heptonstall for 4:00 pm and did I fancy joining her for a brisk stroll up there via [...]
A very quiet week with just one 90 minute stroll at the weekend. The cold winter is wrecking my motivation this year. No excuses – must try harder! No change in weight. I am still 14 stone 13.1 pounds (209.1 pounds, 94.8 kg). The OJ-ometer shows a total loss of 6 litres of OJ, as [...]
So much for today’s scheduled bike ride…
I was supposed to be doing the mini North-West Passage audax ride today but I’d called it off because of bad weather reports from round the region. *** Well, funnily enough, the sun was shining here and I needed some shopping so I walked ‘the long way round’ to the shops with Lisa. We did [...]
I just walked to the shops and realised that I needed to get some cash from the local ATM. I’d done that and was walking back towards the supermarket when I saw two stocky young men coming towards me. I could tell that they’d been drinking and they had a rather menacing air about them [...]
Another slow week with just one walk early on and a decent road bike ride at the weekend. Despite that, I’m still slowly losing weight. I am now 14 stone 13.1 pounds (209.1 pounds, 94.8 kg). The OJ-ometer shows a total loss of 6 litres of OJ!
Fellow CycleChat forum member Calum sent me a PM a few days ago which nudged me into emerging from my winter slump and organising another ride. There must have been a lot of people feeling the same way as Calum and me because there was probably the best response ever. I had proposed that we [...]