Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle 2017 was so much fun! Even in the rain!
Check out the route, covering 46.6 miles at www.strava.com/activities/1107255648.
Love cycling with mates in Lycra
Going out cycling with mates in Lycra, is so much fun! Just wish more of my mates were into cycling (and Lycra)!
Loved Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle 2017!
The Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle 2017 was so much fun! Glad I went for the second year in a row! Even in the rain, everyone was having great fun! I am already looking forward to going again next year! Cycling around London on fully closed roads is so much fun!!!
Check out the route, I took, which also includes the cycle from Kings X station, on open London roads at www.strava.com/activities/1107255648.
Oh and sorry, no photo at all! Since all my mates let me down! They only had a years notice, but till could not find the time! Maybe, I need to give them 10 years notice!
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 29/07/2017
Casualty (BBC 1/HD | 9:05pm to 10:00pm | Saturday 29th July 2017)
Ethan throws himself into work. Jez faces a harrowing incident. Duffy mentors a pair of school girls who are observing an hour in the department.
When the Boat Comes in (BBC 1/HD | 7:30pm to 8:00pm | Monday 31st July 2017)
Documentary looking at how the island community of Orkney, located off the north east coast of Scotland, copes with the onslaught of tourists from cruise ships. Part of BBC One’s Our Lives strand.
Man in an Orange Shirt (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 31st July 2017)
A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of WW2 and to Adam and Steve in the present day. British Army captain Michael Berryman falls in love with war artist Thomas March in the chaos of the Italy campaign, but can their romance be allowed to endure when the war is over?
Is it Safe to be Gay in the UK? (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 1st August 2017)
With homophobic hate crime a daily occurrence and on the rise, this film takes a look at the issue, hearing from the victims, their families and the police. What makes someone attack another person because of their sexuality? How do victims deal with these unprovoked assaults? A chorus of LGBT people describe the attacks on themselves and recite a litany of the abuse that they have received, simply for being who they are.
The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes (more4 | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 1st August 2017)
More4 celebrates Yorkshire Day by screening programmes with a connection to the county, including the latest episode from this new series, which explores what it is like to live and work in England’s biggest expanse of protected countryside – in the national parks of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. In Grasmere, Michelin-star chef Kevin Tickle goes foraging to cook up some local dishes at his Forest Side restaurant. In Wensleydale, gamekeeper David Hutchinson readies the estate for a shoot. In Middleham, horse trainers Micky and Gemma prepare for a big race at Wetherby. And a Dales-based all-female band of potholing pensioners take on one of the most dangerous underground cave systems in Britain.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 1st August 2017)
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the world’s largest radio telescope. Hear how history’s pioneers made it all possible.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 2nd August 2017)
Learn about the ambitious construction of Kansai International Airport in Japan, which is built on a man-made island and can withstand destructive natural disasters.
Prejudice and Pride: The People’s History of Lgbtq Britain (BBC 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 3rd August 2017)
Presented by Stephen K Amos and Susan Calman, this series features LGBTQ people from across the UK as they share the objects that helped define their lives during the transformative 50 years since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality, offering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people the opportunity to start living openly for the first time. In episode two, these crowdsourced artefacts include a copy of the controversial schoolbook Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin, naval discharge papers, even a pair of Ugg boots. We meet the nun-impersonating freedom fighters the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the writer behind TV’s steamiest lesbian kiss and a Muslim man who set up an LGBT support group for Southeast Asians. Ranging over the past 30 years, this was an era when public acceptance of homosexuality overtook the government’s – a time when many celebrities came out and stood up for LGBTQ rights.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 3rd August 2017)
London’s newest rail network is a project of staggering proportions, with 10,000 personnel working across 40 sites and on 118km of track. Hear the story of Crossrail.
The Last Leg (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 4th August 2017)
The double Bafta-nominated series continues live on Friday nights for the 11th series with its unique brand of irreverent satire and sharp topical comedy. Hosted by Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe the show examines the biggest and most entertaining news stories and rounds up the main talking points of the week. Each show, they are joined by a live audience and guests from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics to help dissect the week’s events.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 4th August 2017)
Marvel at the sheer brilliance of the Maglev Shanghai Train, the world’s fastest commercial train which can reach speeds of over 400km/h – even with leaves on the line.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Photo gallery now, shows more photo info!
That’s me just updated the photo gallery system, so it will now show information about each photo. If you click on “Image Info” just below the photo.
Since, I’ve just done Ben Nevis. My favourite, bit of information, is of course the altitude! Which for Ben Nevis reads: Altitude: 1344.1m.
Yet more Ben Nevis photos!
Here are some more photos from the truly amazing walk up Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, located in Scotland. Standing at 1,345 metres.
Many more photos from this set can be seen at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/uk-named-summits/ben-nevis-17-07-2017/
Vlog: First cycle since doing Ben Nevis!
My first cycle since walking up Ben Nevis! Feels so good being back out on the bike and wearing Lycra of course!
Also speaking about the Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle, which takes place this Saturday (29th July 2017). More info at www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/freecycle/.
I’ve now climbed 3 Munros out of 282 (1.06% complete)
That’s me now climbed 3 Munros out of 282 so only 1.06% complete! Hoping if the weather let’s me, I’ve do one more in September. Doubt, I will ever make it up all of them! But would be nice to do at least 5% to 10% of them!
Dave and Home joining Freesat
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 22/07/2017
The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes (more 4 | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 25th July 2017)
In Swaledale, mountain rescuer Pete Roe is called to Tan Hill Inn, Britain’s highest pub, where a man has gone missing in freezing overnight temperatures. In the Lake District, Iona and Peter Frost-Pennington – owners of Muncaster Castle – are about to put 800 years of family history in the hands of first-year performing arts students at the annual Halloween festival. And at Bleak Bank farm in the Dales, will John Dawson be the final Dawson to work on the land?
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 25th July 2017)
Opened in 2016, the Panama Canal expansion was an engineering project on a colossal scale. Hear how history’s pioneers shaped this modern-day feat.
Against the Law (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:30pm | Wednesday 26th July 2017)
Powerful factual drama following the lead-up to the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised homosexual acts between adult males, in private, in England and Wales. The dramatic events that led to this Act took place over ten years before and are at the heart of this film. When Peter Wildeblood fell in love with Edward McNally in 1952, homosexuality was a crime. Wildeblood’s lover, under pressure from the authorities, turned evidence against him in the infamous Montagu Trial. Wildeblood and his friends were found guilty of homosexual offences and jailed. With his career in tatters and his private life painfully exposed, Wildeblood began his sentence a broken man, but he emerged from Wormwood Scrubs a year later determined to do all he could to change the way these draconian laws against homosexuality impacted on the lives of men like him. Woven through this powerful drama is testimony from a chorus of men who lived through those dark days.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 26th July 2017)
The building of this 3km-long bridge in Greece faced may obstacles – not least seismic activity. Discover how an improbable feat of engineering was accomplished.
Prejudice and Pride: The People’s History of Lgbtq Britain (BBC 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 27th July 2017)
Presented by Stephen K Amos and Susan Calman, this series features LGBTQ people from across the UK as they share the objects that helped define their lives during the transformative 50 years since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality, offering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people the opportunity to start living openly for the first time. In episode one, these crowdsourced treasures range from a rare collection of the first openly gay magazine to letters from worried parents trying to understand their newly ‘out’ daughters and sons. Over the years 1967 to 1987, we meet the fearless revolutionaries of the Gay Liberation Front, a transgender pioneer who almost caused a strike and a woman who faced losing her children when she came out as a lesbian. By the early 1980s, LGBTQ people were starting to build a community, which would be tested to the limit when AIDS loomed.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 27th July 2017)
The world’s largest crane ship, the Pioneering Spirit can install oil pipelines in deep waters. Hear about the cutting-edge technology behind this project.
The Last Leg (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 28th July 2017)
The double Bafta-nominated series continues live on Friday nights for the 11th series with its unique brand of irreverent satire and sharp topical comedy. In this show John Cleese joins Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe to examine the biggest and most entertaining news stories and rounds up the main talking points of the week.
Impossible Engineering (Yesterday | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 28th July 2017)
The Shanghai Tower is the world’s second tallest building and is designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons. Learn more about this triumph of engineering.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.