Really don’t think, I need to, say why I love this video… Lad dancing around a wetsuit, need I say any more?
Vlog: Still house hunting + Pride in London + homophobia at work
Still trying to find somewhere else to live! Did not get the last place! Speaking about Pride in London, I had so much fun! Also about homophobia in the work place!
Other London photos!
Here are some other photos, I took while in London! I do really, just need to spend a whole day or two in London, just walking around! Only go, two or three times a year!
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/london/
Pride in London 2018, was amazing!
Pride in London was so much fun, it just keeps getting bigger and better each year! So glad, I went for the third year in a row! I will of course, be going back again next year!!
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/days-out/pride-london/2018/
? UK TV programmes to watch this week : 07/07/2018
The Rise and Fall of Nokia (BBC 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 10th July 2018)
Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company that manufactured the world’s best and most innovative mobile phones. Nokia’s annual budget was larger than that of the government of Finland and everyone who worked there shared in the windfall. But global domination cost the company its pioneering spirit and quantity gradually took over from quality, with new phone models being churned out by the dozen. Market share eroded, until in 2016, mobile phone production in Finland ceased. The Rise and Fall of Nokia is a wry morality tale for our times, told by those that lived and worked through the rollercoaster years in a company that dominated a nation.
Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 11th July 2018)
Alan Titchmarsh reveals the history, human stories and the hidden treasures of Britain’s historical estates. Set on the shores of the beautiful Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland is one of the most glorious houses in the National Trust Collection, Mount Stewart.
David Baddiel on the Silk Road (Quest | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 11th July 2018)
David explores the wilds of Central Asia to find what the Chinese wanted for their precious silk. In a remote gorge in Kazakhstan he finds clues carved in the rock.
Celebrity Five Go Caravanning (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 13th July 2018)
Travelogue series following five UK celebs as they bundle into a caravan and explore the open road. Colin Baker, Sherrie Hewson, Tony Blackburn, Todd Carty and Sonia head to the Lake District, England’s largest national park. Making the most of the lakes, the gang take to the water in Coniston and step back in time on the world’s oldest passenger steamer, on Ullswater.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Back in another white Lycra, cycling kit!
Back in another white Lycra, cycling kit, this time the Nalini Columbia Highroad Team kit!
Vlog: Having to move house!
Speaking about having to move house, since our landlord wants the house back! Don’t think, I’ve ever been so stressed! But, I have to keep smiling…
UK railway stations list : updated 04-July-2018
I can now add Chesterfield and Kiveton Park to the list of UK railway stations that I’ve used!
Check out the full list at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/uk-national-rail-network/.
Chesterfield railway station
Kiveton Park railway station
Now done 81% of #walk1000miles
That’s me now done 81% (812.73 miles) of #walk1000miles. So just 187.27 miles remaining!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
Nice and hot, so white Lycra is OUT!
Since the weather is still so nice in the UK, it was about time, I got my Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit back out!
