Bluey the van passed his 200000 mile marker today on the way up Hartside (in the rain as always) good old trusty van. Please raise your glasses to Big Blue, here’s to many more miles on the clock, may the adventures never end. Cheers!
Bluey the van passed his 200000 mile marker today on the way up Hartside (in the rain as always) good old trusty van. Please raise your glasses to Big Blue, here’s to many more miles on the clock, may the adventures never end. Cheers!
Ems birthday last year over at Silloth beach, amazing sunset view over Criffel and Dumfries. The lovely Kate Rhodes came along and brought her camera… here are a few of the shots she got. Talented lady! https://twitter.com/katerhodes_ Me cheating because I didn’t have a light meter…just copy the settings from one camera to the other!
This is a frame I bought off a friend for £25 including rear shock (Fox VanRC) when I told him I wanted a project…. Upon telling a friend, he said “no way…that’s my old frame…I still have the forks for that!” to which I asked him how much…. “£25?”… Sold! To my delight it… Read more »
Wicked job by van wonders…this used to be blue…makes our van look fairly scruffy though! Neighbours t4 Caravelle from the front, lovely detail. The mechanic who fixed my van, rolling on 21″ rims…I think it looks wicked!
Ooops…snapped headset cup…wondered why it was very rattly! I don’t remember doing it though!
Another season classic, poached pears in red wine syrup…easy and awesome! (and cheap if you already have vanilla and cinnamon etc) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/poachedpears_90487
Over a year ago me and the old bread knife were serving up fresh crepe suzette for a table of 14 people, ever week for 5 months…last week we had withdrawal symptoms! So my pregnant wife set me on with slaving over a hot stove…to be fair…it is well overdue! Because I forgot our awesome… Read more »
Lesson learnt…don’t drop your bike onto a fence! It caught the lever and pulled it out…and then I clicked it back in…WIN….actually…fail. Now when I pull the brake slowly it pulls all the way to the bars and doesn’t come on, if I pull it fast, it works as normal until you let off the… Read more »
After 2 cracks in the 18″ alloys I decided to go for a budget wheel for winter. As with everything in the world I have found that it is not what you know but who you know. Chris Meyer took me out to www.van-wonders.co.uk where I was about to get some steelies, when the owner… Read more »
Well, I have always had my gripes with Grizedale forest, the trail centre, average fun but not very rewarding for how much effort you put in. However, Richard and Anthony went a wandering a few weeks back and found some great descents. So for Uncle Tony’s birthday we went out to find them again. 13… Read more »
Finish at 5, pack up and head to Whinlatter with a van full of bikes and bikers. The clouds looked as though we were gonna get a right old hammering of rain…but alas it stayed dry! I have always been about the rush of the ride, get down as quick as possible (and get up if… Read more »
Today I took delivery of my new frame which cost me a grand total of £99 from the OnOne sale! With a frame size of 18 inches and a slightly longer wheel base than my current ride, my ketchup red On One 456 Summer Season will be built up in time for the weekend…Hopefully! I… Read more »
Went out for a nice wee ride on Saturday with @bungalistic and @ian cawthorne. Decided to keep it short…only 12 miles…at a trail centre this would have been easy, but the climb up to watendlath was torture on my new 2.4 tyres. The descent down from the top was worth it though. Big rocks, drops… Read more »
Back in November, we organised a nice ride out up Grizedale pike….and I forgot to upload the photos…here they are 🙂 and yes…this is the trip where I got to whinlatter for 8am and realised I had left my front wheel inside my house…a quick journey up the M6 and help a hitchhiker on his… Read more »
Near Arthurs Pike towering over Ulswater. My currenty trusty (and getting rusty) stead! You know you have a good rider to bike relationship when you no longer have to think about what you are doing with regards to brakes, position, steering etc, and when you can just choose your line and go with it, taking… Read more »
Well, I got to choose where we went on the bikes this time seeing as it was my birthday and all…and as expected I chose to go up Grizedale Pike…however instead of coming back down the usual Hobcarton way, we went down over the back and towards Buttermere.As per usual when we went out in… Read more »
This is the view from about 200 metres down the Coupe De Monde, once of my favourite views from the entire of the Portes Du Soleil.
Tony and me decided to go on an adventure, without a map or really any idea of where we were going…and it worked out pretty well in all honesty…