TRAT 2010 - just two weeks to go!
Just two weeks to go before my end-to-end adventure begins and although it feels incredibly foolhardy to say so, I think I’m pretty much ready to go.My Enigma came back from the shop this week...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 - and now the start is near...
Just four days to go now until we set off for the big TRAT adventure and I’m finding it increasingly tricky to think or talk about anything other than this blessed bike ride – to my wife’s ongoing...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 - getting to the start
Never mind cycling 860-odd miles in six days, I’m struggling to work out how I’m going to make it to Watford Junction tomorrow morning with all this lot.All being well I’ll be catching a train tomorrow...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – Day one in the bag
I’m writing this in a small study-bedroom in a student hall of residence in Taunton with just one bar of mobile internet coverage with which to share it. It’s 9.20pm and we’ve been here for a couple of...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – The honeymoon is over
Day two of the TRAT ride started in Taunton and finished 153 miles away in Telford. We climbed 5400 feet and managed a 15.5 mph average (any one of these figures could be wrong, by the way. I was only...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – halfway there
Day three of The Race Against Time took us from Telford to Kendall – that’s 136 miles with a relatively modest 3,000 feet or so of climbing that we covered at an average of around 15.5mph. That brings...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – a day of two halves
I must warn you: this blog entry could be gibberish from start to finish. I’m shattered, the cold has turned nasty and I can hardly string a sentence together. So I’m going to keep it short and sweet....
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – from stair rods to Drumochter
First, an apology: I was defeated by technology, tiredness and triumphalism over the past few nights so didn’t update this blog. Even if I had found it in me to seek out connections and stay up that...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – saving the best til last
Our last day was also our longest – some kind of sick joke there on the part of the organisers. We had 157 miles to cover, with another very long post-lunch blast of 80 miles.I’m not sure what we were...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – job done
I left you at the top of Helmsdale with me crowing in a triumphant and doubtless rather vulgar way about my unprecedented fitness levels. A man of my age should have known it’s unwise to crow.Just...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 - just two weeks to go!
Just two weeks to go before my end-to-end adventure begins and although it feels incredibly foolhardy to say so, I think I’m pretty much ready to go.My Enigma came back from the shop this week...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 - and now the start is near...
Just four days to go now until we set off for the big TRAT adventure and I’m finding it increasingly tricky to think or talk about anything other than this blessed bike ride – to my wife’s ongoing...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 - getting to the start
Never mind cycling 860-odd miles in six days, I’m struggling to work out how I’m going to make it to Watford Junction tomorrow morning with all this lot.All being well I’ll be catching a train tomorrow...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – Day one in the bag
I’m writing this in a small study-bedroom in a student hall of residence in Taunton with just one bar of mobile internet coverage with which to share it. It’s 9.20pm and we’ve been here for a couple of...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – The honeymoon is over
Day two of the TRAT ride started in Taunton and finished 153 miles away in Telford. We climbed 5400 feet and managed a 15.5 mph average (any one of these figures could be wrong, by the way. I was only...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – halfway there
Day three of The Race Against Time took us from Telford to Kendall – that’s 136 miles with a relatively modest 3,000 feet or so of climbing that we covered at an average of around 15.5mph. That brings...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – a day of two halves
I must warn you: this blog entry could be gibberish from start to finish. I’m shattered, the cold has turned nasty and I can hardly string a sentence together. So I’m going to keep it short and sweet....
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – from stair rods to Drumochter
First, an apology: I was defeated by technology, tiredness and triumphalism over the past few nights so didn’t update this blog. Even if I had found it in me to seek out connections and stay up that...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – saving the best til last
Our last day was also our longest – some kind of sick joke there on the part of the organisers. We had 157 miles to cover, with another very long post-lunch blast of 80 miles.I’m not sure what we were...
View ArticleTRAT 2010 – job done
I left you at the top of Helmsdale with me crowing in a triumphant and doubtless rather vulgar way about my unprecedented fitness levels. A man of my age should have known it’s unwise to crow.Just...
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