Having had a long rest to recover from The Mystery Bug, I decided to test myself with what is becoming a regular Thursday afternoon power-walk up to Heptonstall to meet Lisa from work. Walking is a very healthy form of exercise and especially good when one doesn’t feel up to anything more strenuous. As expected, [...]
I was supposed to be riding to Huddersfield today, doing the Brian Robinson Challenge then riding home. It would have been a very hilly, very gruelling 111 miles in total. Right up until last night, I was still planning to do the ride but then I saw sense. I’ve been feeling that I’m fighting off [...]
Another power-walk up to Heptonstall to meet Lisa for a coffee in the sunshine, then a meander back down through the woods below Heptonstall Quarry. I’m definitely not feeling 100% at the moment. I felt okay while I was out in the sun, but not great when I got home. Hopefully, I’ll feel better for [...]
I’ve been feeling a bit below par since SITD on Sunday. I think that I might be coming down with something but I hope not – I have another testing ride to do on Sunday – my ‘extended’ Brian Robinson Challenge. I therefore decided not to ride my bike today despite it being lovely and [...]
It doesn’t seem like a year since I was reporting on SITD 2009, but there you go. As soon as I got up I could tell that it was going to be a cooler day than yesterday. That suited me because yesterday’s hot sunny conditions were a little too warm. We are only just out [...]
It was a really warm sunny day here today so I got my hiking boots on and walked with Lisa up to Heptonstall through the woods and had a quick cafe stop with her before she went to work. I walked back by myself down past Heptonstall Quarry where several groups of intrepid climbers were [...]
Just a quickie (walk and post) – I went out for a short ‘constitutional’ this afternoon, walking quickly enough to get a bit of a sweat on and breathe deeply. Route: Calder Holmes Park, Old Chamber, Crow Nest Wood, Fairfield and back into the town centre. It felt pretty chilly in the wind today. I [...]
I had a much better week – a gentle stroll, a 25 mile hilly ride, a short ‘power-walk’, an 8.7 mile walk ‘over the tops’ and a fairly hilly 73 mile ride yesterday. That’s more like it! I definitely feel like I’m getting fitter, but the slimmer part of the equation isn’t happening at the [...]