I’ve just received some encouragement and advice from the incomparable Geert Alkema, Head of Sports at my lads’ old school, The Rudolph Steiner School Kings Langley. He’s a keen cyclist, amongst many other sports, and he’s Dutch. He and his German wife Sabine, who is an inspirational German teacher at the school, lent us their […]
There are training rides, and then there are sunny rides along a canal to an Italian restaurant on a free Saturday, followed by a slow pootle home. Today was a bit more of the second kind. In spite of my having insisted on paying, our lovely Italian friend Claudio couldn’t be stopped from beating me […]
…this is how my son Jacob and I spent the day:
We’ve all had dubious advice from our sat-navs and smartphone maps, sending us to places we really don’t want to be via routes we’d never have chosen, but whilst researching options for my trip I’ve stumbled on one that really takes the biscuit. One part of my journey across Canada that I’ve been particularly looking forward […]
I’m thrilled to announce that this morning, Easter Sunday, we’ve reached a landmark sponsorship total of £1000. Many thanks to the fantastic generosity of all the kind people that have donated so far, as well as those that have already pledged to support SOS Children’s Villages. To join them, click here.
The CBSO were outstandingly supportive of my trip yesterday, after I was gently cajoled by friends into breaking with tradition and making a short charitable appeal to them in Symphony Hall during our Mahler 5 rehearsal – a speech by a non-member! What next? The words of encouragement and promises of support were so welcome, […]
Planning my trip, getting unsuspecting friends to sponsor me, keeping up with my training – all very important, but I do also have work to do. A tough day at the office down here in Perranporth in deepest Cornwall, for a 2-date Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra trip. Truro tomorrow night. After eating my tuna roll on the […]
There was an excellent start to my day’s teaching at Beechwood Park School this morning. Stewart House have adopted SOS Children’s Villages as their charity for next term, and invited me and my bike to their last assembly this term to give a talk about the whole project, followed by a very entertaining q&a session. […]
http://wahoofitness.com/users/livetracking/42FEC692-6E13-47E7-B5A3-96936C8D2C36 Not the most gripping post ever, sorry, but useful for checking whether all my links are working! (Once I’m on the road, a map link will show you whereabouts in Canada I’ve got to)
I’ve recently been in an exchange with my good friend John Mills about an article in Cycling Weekly – “The 25 Most Stylish Cyclists of All Time”. Mainly because I sold him a road bike a while back made by the man at No.19, the incomparable Jan Janssen. “The first Dutch winner of the Tour […]
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