With the threat of an imminent lockdown across the whole of Wales, we made the last-minute decision to head north while we still could and having hurridly thrown some kit and clothes into the back of the van, by mid-afternoon, found ourselves hiking around the shores to Ullswater in the northern Lake District. The plan Read more

Starting the day off in the hospital was not quite the beginning of a busy day that I’d had in mind. A day ago, I’d ridden my bike only a short distance, but without my ‘protective’ glasses on. As I can’t always close my left eye on demand, it’s prone to catching incoming flies and Read more

Local travel restrictions meant that I had to take my canoe group to a slightly different venue to where I’d planned, but thankfully the weather played ball and we were able to do a good circumnavigation of  one of the higher lakes, as well as some skills training. As it is more exposed to the Read more

Damp and drizzly in the Chester area meant that we decided to stay off the bikes today. We had a quick look around the shops, but it felt super busy compared to anywhere we’ve been in the past six months or so, so we got out of town as soon as we could.  A scan Read more

Back in March, we were due to watch a concert in Chester. Having had it canceled, rescheduled and then canceled, the revised dates meant that we were left with no concert, but with a non-transferable hotel booking. We decided to use the night away for a mini-cycle tour. The weather wasn’t exactly providing prime condition Read more

The sunny started off very well, with a brisk cycle along the north coast to meet my group of students who I’d be leading in the mountains later. I wanted a leisurely pace, so had left early as the sun was coming up and all was going well until suddenly it wasn’t – the chain Read more