I have set myself the challenge of doing at least one metric century bike ride (100 kms or 62 miles) every month of this year. The winter months are obviously the hardest ones. I think, barring accident or illness, that March to October should be okay, but January, February, November and December could be tricky. [...]
It was my birthday last week (I’m now 56 – yikes!) and my sister offered to buy me a new pair of walking boots, since my old ones have finally fallen to bits after about 10 years of use. I’ve been distracted and hadn’t got round to telling her which ones I wanted. That turns [...]
Happy New Year, folks! Here we are, another year, and a better start for me than last year. Yes, I’m still fat, but at 15 stone 12 pounds (222 pounds, 100.7 kg), at least I’m about 9 pounds down on early January last year.