Fundraising page !
Finally got the fundraising page up. Sponsor me at http://www.justgiving.com/lonlas2008
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B & B on the lon las
We’ve booked our accomadation for the trip. Details are below : Holyhead – THU 19 June 2007 Holyhead Guest house – Dublin Ferry B&B Dolgellau – FRI 20 June 2007 Gwernan Lake Hotel Dolgellau – Cadre Idris ( LL40 1TL ) Builth Wells – SAT 21 June 2007 Cedars Guest House and Restaurant - Builth wells, Mid Wales (LD2 3BP) Cardiff – SUN 22 June 2007 Ford...
read moreI Won !!
A feature of the Garmin 305 is that it enables you to race against a previous cycle (training partner mode). On Friday 4th of April I used my old cycle as my current cycle was getting fixed by Highway Cycles. I set a time on friday and on Saturday I beat myself by 0.74 miles over 12 mile route. I think it goes to show that my old cycle was not built for the lon...
read moreSimon Geek Alert !!!
Yes you guessed it he just couldn’t wait to buy his next gadget and he may even get it before the Ford Mondeo Estate car arrives. Obviously we’ll need some kind of GPS device to travel from Holyhead to Cardiff and Simon has decided to invest in the new Garmin Edge 705...
read moreEaster Training.
I’ve finally uploaded the 2 routes I did on the weekend. On Friday‘s route I went up towards Caerphilli and then on Sunday I beat myself to the top of the hill. Sunday‘s training happended to be longer than expected, 28 miles and I thought the route would be around 20 miles. I cycled towards newport and nearly ended up on the M4. Although it wasn’t raining I was very wet...
read moreAnother training day to report.
Wow, the easter holiday started today with a training cycle run. It was a route in Cardiff that headed towards Caerphilly. The start was some hill training and the peak of the climb was 1,110ft. This was made harder by the weather conditions. The wind actually knocked me off the bike as this was the first time I’d ever experienced these conditions. I also added some of the Taff Trail to...
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