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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Actual London Route

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 23, 2012

I didn’t go quite the route I had expected from Methodist Church House to the Wembley Premier Inn. Instead I did this route. I’ll try and get the other route onto the Garmin for the morning, I must have accidentally saved the GPX file from the balanced route. Anyway it was fine, despite taking it [...]

transport

Off to London by bike

3 Comments Posted by on January 23, 2012

Later this morning I am off to London for a meeting of the Methodist Council. Riding my bike will make the journey much nicer (and because I am combining it with the train it will also be gentle). Some is easy and obvious. I have time for a leisurely route from Syston to Leicester Station [...]

Leicester, transport

Lands End to John O’Groats ride schedule and preparation

10 Comments Posted by on January 22, 2012

In Lands End to John O’Groats route planning I listed the draft of the route I plan to take this summer. Now to flesh it out with dates and planned preparation: The ride plan 0: Drive to Cornwall on 17th June 2012 after the morning service 1: Lands End to Tywardreath 62.82 miles on 18th June 2012 2: Tywardreath to Taunton 99.11 [...]

exercise, LEJoG, touring

Easy Family friendly miles

2 Comments Posted by on January 13, 2012

I managed a few family friendly miles this evening, although sadly that was at the expense of our green credentials and the environment. We had decided to go out for a meal (makes discussing GCSE options more congenial) so I put my bike in the car and we went to TGI Fridays in Nottingham. After [...]

exercise , , ,

Lands End to John O’Groats route planning

9 Comments Posted by on January 13, 2012

It looks like it is on. Lands End to John O Groats this summer! I have only 11 cycling days available so I have been working out a route to see if it is possible. This is what I have so far: 1: Lands End to Tywardreath 62.82 miles 2: Tywardreath to Taunton 99.11 miles 3: Taunton to [...]

LEJoG, touring

Sneaking in a longer ride

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 10, 2012

After the shocking news that my Superintendent Minister rode more miles than me yesterday (and even worse went for a run as well) I decided to see if I could add a few more miles today. So having been to visit people in Glenfield Hospital (in one case to take some tablets that apparently none [...]

exercise, transport

Planning a local 100 mile ride

2 Comments Posted by on January 8, 2012

Earlier I was jokingly referring to a challenge to complete a 100 mile ride every month in 2012. As I said one of the problems for me is that a 100 mile ride essentially takes all day and I am short of days. However, as I hope to complete the Lands End to John O [...]

exercise, LEJoG, touring

Leicester to Syston Route Improvements or not

6 Comments Posted by on January 6, 2012

The Cycle Route from Leicester to Syston has been improved in recent weeks. For the first time there are now signs that specifically mention Syston as a destination. It looks like these have come as a side benefit of the work to create a route to Cossington (I still wonder when they are going to [...]

Bad Road Junctions, Leicester, transport

Rapid Hospital Visiting: only by bike

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 6, 2012

I spent Wednesday afternoon doing some hospital visiting. This is complicated in Leicester by having three main hospitals (General, Royal Infirmary & Glenfield) and by the generally shorter visiting hours now in force (you can often get past these as a minister but out of fairness to the staff I try to visit during normal [...]

Leicester, transport

My Garmin Stats

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 4, 2012

I thought some numbers might be interesting so here is a summary report from GarminConnect of all the activities I have uploaded to there in 2011 Count: 477 Activities Distance: 4,696.88 mi Time: 381:32:20 h:m:s Elevation Gain: 67,692 m Avg Speed: 12.3 mph Avg HR: 141 bpm Calories: 334,563 C Avg Distance: 9.85 mi Median [...]

Bike bits, exercise, touring, transport

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