A Winter Sunset
Morgan and I spent the afternoon in the dunes on Sunday. Yes, our noses were cold, but it was a lovely fresh, clear day and of course very quiet. We were treated to a nice sunset too.
Author: Alan Cole
Winter on the Beach
The beach is lovely in winter. Quiet, relaxed and just as pretty as in the summer.
An active day
I don’t seem to have stopped for the past few days, so its now time to start catching up with the blog posts containing details of what we’ve been up to. It all started on Wednesday for me. Up nice and early and did the usual housework, washing up, laundry, cleaning and vacuuming whilst Anna...
Never Ending Mountain Bike Maintenance
The trouble with having a nice Mountain Bike is that it takes a lot of looking after. Not only that, but if you have nice components on it then when they wear out you want to replace them with bits and pieces that are at least equal if not better than the originals and that...
Todays Turbo Training Workout
Don’t worry, I don’t intend to post these everyday as I’m sure you’ll get bored of them soon – if not already. However, I’m enjpying doing them and I like the heart rate graphs I produce in a strange, ‘heart-rate artwork’ kind of way. Of course, if you enjoy these posts or are trying to...
Making Xmas Decorations at Nant yr Arian
After riding in the Forest of Dean on Saturday, I had an easy ride around the Summit Trail at Nant yr Arian on Sunday morning and then met Anna, Morgan, Jo, Danny and Kai at the visitor centre to make some Christmas decorations aout of things found in the forest. I obviously needed a shower...
Mountain Biking in the Forest of Dean
Ever since taking photos of the Forest of Dean Enduro earlier in the year I’ve been wanting to ride there. During the Enduro the course looked really good with hard packed dusty trails and lots of flowing single track that seemed to go on forever. I was in Bristol for a couple of days so...
Turbo Training Intervals – Up the Wattage
Yes, another turbo trainer post as I’m enjoying my work-outs on it at the moment. I thought I would try another 1 minute interval session today. So I did exactly the same session as I did on Saturday, but this time increased the wattage on the hard efforts from 320 Watts to 340 Watts. Surprisingly...
