Cyclocross Slideshow
Yeah, I’ve made it into a little promo slideshow for the Welsh Cyclocross Series. And I was actually on my bike not falling off!
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Welsh Cyclocross 2018 – Round 2, Foxley
What a race that was! I arrived at the Foxley estate to rain and what looked likely to be a very wet, very muddy day. Fortunately by about 10:30am the rain eased off so it wasn’t wet, but I was right about the mud! Which Bike? I had my usual relaxed approach to getting ready....
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Harvest Time
I guess it is harvest festival time. Despite not spending too much time working in the garden this summer it is producing well at the moment. The courgettes are still fattening up and providing us with a steady supply. There are tomatoes galore, and even some corn on the cob. Plenty of rhubarb for rhubarb crumbles...
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Autumnal Surf Ski
After a summer of flat water, small waves and nice warm temperatures it was good to get out for a surf ski in some slightly more intimidating conditions. 3 foot messy surf left over from storm Bronagh and enough of a southerly wind to kick up some chop. It wasn’t warm out there either. The...
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Welsh Cyclocross 2018 Round 1 – Llanishen
I had something of a re-run of this weekend, doing pretty much the same as I did last year. A Thursday evening drive to my parents house, a Friday morning drive to Bude. A Friday afternoon ride around the Bude Quad cycle course and a night in the camper. Saturday was time for the Bude Awesome...
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Bude Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon 2018 – Race Report
Two Quadrathlons, a ‘mountain triathlon’ and a Cyclocross race in three weeks was always going to be a tough ask. Especially when the mountain triathlon was the Conwy Mountain Challenge and one of the Quads was the very tough Bude Awesome Foursome. I’ve survived though and had a great time too. Shrewsbury Quad was the first...
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Conwy Mountain Challenge – Race Report
The Conwy Mountain Challenge was the second race of what will hopefully be four races in 3 weekends for me. The British Quadrathlon Trophy Series of races were a bit unevenly spaced this year with 3 weekends of races back to back. 2nd Sept – Shrewsbury Quad 9th Sept – Conwy Mountain Challenge 15th Sept...
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Photos from Shrewsbury Quadrathlon
Just a few of the official photos from Shrewsbury Quadrathlon last weekend.
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