2018 || 9
Snagging on the undergrowth I search for the little known bit bridleway out of the park. It used to be here, where’s it gone? Over the fence panels I can […]
2018 || 7
Get caught up in the Olympic slope style womens qualifying so the sun has breached the horizon before I hit the seafront. The cold air bites, instantly I regret cotton […]
2018 || 5
Vapour trails drawn in orange pastel sticks across the sky, smudged by the wind. Over my shoulder a Monet smear of bruised mauves and indigoes. Back and forth over the […]
2018 || 4
Rain. Looking at maps. Bar tape. An overcast day but real darkness doesn’t fall until I’m halfway across the Tye. True darkness envelops me in the hinterland of Saltdean. Days […]
2018 || 3
A long (long) day where the ratio of miles to giggles (and beer and stories) is heavily in favour of the latter. A light borrowed so I can get home. […]
Tuesday 12th December 2018
Stars pierce the depths, a pink turquoise fade draws the horizon near. Dawn bounces back from wet concrete. Dip toes in a frozen flood. Into the cold blue hills, grass crunches, […]
Saturday 9th December 2018
Ctrl+Alt+Del in the frozen hills and silent shadows. Across the Meridian but not the Ouse. In and out of the hidden place. A cup of tea whilst listening to the […]
Hidden
Hidden Valley. That’s what they called it. Not everyone, just a few friends, some of the ones that ride mountain bikes. Not everyone knows about this place. Hidden Valley. It […]
A Weekend on the Downs
Saturday on foot, Sunday on two wheels.
Doorstep Epic Plus
A few years my friends Jo, George, and Oli, joined Le Club des Cinglés du Mont Ventoux. Their stories from that day led me to attempt the feat last year. […]
Pleasant Valleys Sunday
Fancy a short cx ride tomorrow? Nothing serious, just pissing about. Sounds good, yeah. Tilt at Fiveways at 9.30 good for you? Yep. See you there dude. Where we gonna […]
March TCR Prep
1090 kilometres, 12,200 metres of climbing Fast long road commutes & cyclocross squiggles across the South Downs. A lot of ‘the long way home’. A day tilting at windmills with […]
Windmolen Achtervlogen
Sailing around Sussex with friends searching out windmills. All eight listed on the brevet card found and logged. At the almost the exact midpoint between the starts of meteorological and […]
February TCR Prep
1030km. 12000 metres of climbing. Started with a rest week and a pilates class. An aborted 200km audax in the snow. Some longer and faster road commutes. Some indirect wiggling […]
I should have stayed in bed
It’s dark when the alarm goes off. I think to myself “I can’t be bothered today” and doze off again thinking about getting the train to work a bit later. […]
Farewell White Chalk Hills Ultracross
Since 2012 there has been the annual tradition of the stupid cyclocross ride across the South Downs, usually on the Saturday between Christmas and New Year. I missed the middle […]
