I haven’t bothered to post about 3 recent strolls to Heptonstall since there wasn’t much to say about them other than that I did them, and that I’ve been feeling better each time. I walked up the hill ‘the long way round’ with Lisa again today and had a coffee stop with her there before [...]
I’m slowly getting my strength back from the mystery bug a.k.a. the snotless cold! I’m so used to having a runny nose when I have a cold that it feels really odd not to have one when many of the other cold symptoms are there. I waited until my pulse rate and my temperature settled [...]
I’m not a happy bunny! We are having one of the sunniest, driest and warmest Aprils on record and I’d been looking forward to doing another fantastic Spring Into The Dales audax ride today with my forum pals from CycleChat. Unfortunately, I came down with a chest infection during the week and am now a [...]
It was a lovely sunny day and I hadn’t seen my pal Carrie for a long time so I invited her over for a walk and she brought her dog Buster with her. He looks like a cross between a Jack Russell, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and maybe something else as well. A very nice-natured [...]
I’d arranged a different kind of CycleChat forum ride for today. Normally we do one loop with a cafe stop somewhere in the second half. That’s great for people who want to do the full distance, but it obviously puts off people who would rather do a shorter ride. Today’s ride was going to be [...]
This is a Cyclists’ Safety Warning! *** Make sure that you regularly check the cranks on your bikes for damage *** (A crank breaking could cause a very serious accident, as I’m sure you can imagine …)
It was a nice sunny day and I was going to walk up to Heptonstall with Lisa to have lunch in the cafe there. As soon as we set off, we realised that neither of us had enough money on us and there is no ATM in the village, so we went to one in [...]