Lake Schwarzsee Panorama
I’ve now had time to play with some of my photos taken in Austria… I just can’t get enough of this view from the shores of Lake Schwarzsee. Not a bad photo taken on an iPhone 4 either.
Category: Travel
European Triathlon Champs, Kitzbuhel – Race Report
Well, the time had come, time to defend my title as European Triathlon Champion in the Sprint 40-44 year age-group and time to race. To be honest it was unlikely that I would defend it, but I was going to have fun trying and it’s always good to race on the international scene. Preparation My...
Kitzbühel Trip – days 1& 2
My trip to Kitzbühel in Austria for the 2014 European Triathlon Championships had begun. It started with an uneventful train journey to Manchester. I actually got off a stop early at Wilmslow where a client of mine was meeting me. Keith from Mannerborne who provides chauffeur services to the rich and famous had offered to...
Race Weekend
We’ve just returned form a good weekend away racing at the British Sprint Triathlon Championships at Eton Dorney. We drove down in glorious sunshine on Friday and arrived at the lake for a quick look around. The course looked good and the weather looked as though it was going to be hot. We had booked...
Graduation Ceremony
Day two in Liverpool and I was up at 3am writing blog posts and milling about suffering with some sort of lurgy. I had a busy day to look forward to though and lots of eating, starting with a huge breakfast in Jury’s hotel. Buffet style which is always my favourite, although I do see...
London – Day 5 – Legoland
Day 5 in London and once again this one was aimed at Morgan with a trip to Legoland. We aimed to get there just after it opened at 10am so set off from the hotel at 8am with a short walk to Earl’s Court tube station. The plan was a quick 10 minute tube journey...
London – Day 4 – Food, Shops and Museums
Breakfast With the race done and dusted, it was time to enjoy our trip to London. Saturday started with the big breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant. And I mean big. Mine went something like this. Orange and Cranberry Juice Large Bowl of Granola with a pot of Yoghurt Cappuccino Fry up – 3 rashers...
London – Day 3 – Race Day and The Wrong Dinner
Race day was upon us. Although my race didn’t start until 9:50am, transition closed at 7:30am so we made an early start, I had my usual race day breakfast in the hotel room and we headed to Hyde Park for 6:30am so that I could get set up. The Race I won’t recall the race...
London – Day 2 – Race Preparation and Westminster
Day 2 in London and it was supposed to be a busy one with team briefings, race registration, equipment checks, a possible bike course recce and bike racking. We were hoping to fit some sight-seeing in as well. Luckily I had managed to register the day before so that was one less thing to do. We left...
London – Day 1 – The Capital City
The Trip to London We weren’t having a ‘proper’ family holiday this year as we couldn’t afford it following our holiday of a lifetime to New Zealand last year. Instead we were once again combining our holiday with me competing in the ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships which were in London this year. It wasn’t even going to be...
