That’s me just got the “Take the Leap” badge on Garmin Connect.
Please check out my profile over at connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/gsvalentine
Now done 19% of #walk1000miles – 2020
That’s me now done 19% of #walk1000miles. So 190.19 miles down and 809.82 miles left to go!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 29/02/2020
Top Gear (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 1st March 2020)
Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris put emergency vehicles to the test to see if the fire brigade, the police or the ambulance service has the fastest vehicles. Chris pays tribute to rally driver Colin McRae, Paddy puts the new BMW M8 through its paces, and comedian Tom Allen joins the team in the studio.
Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 4th March 2020)
Documentary telling the story of the unpaid volunteers who sacrifice their free time to staff more than two hundred RNLI lifeboat stations across the UK. In the final episode, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers race to rescue two teenagers stuck in mud in Cleethorpes on the Humber estuary before the incoming tide overwhelms them. Elsewhere, a team in Devon help a crew of a yacht shipwrecked on a notorious sand bar, and a routine call to pick up a boat that has broken its moorings becomes a race to save a family of four.
The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard (Channel 5/HD | 7:30pm to 8:30pm | Friday 6th March 2020)
The annual steam gala is held and this year, in a bid to generate as much cash as possible, the railway decides to put on a show with a record 15 locos coming from all over the country for a weekend steam spectacular. The star-studded line-up includes the iconic Union of South Africa. This engine, a sister to the Mallard, the fastest steam loco ever built, is due to be retired, so this will be one of the last opportunities to see it. However, Piglet is optimistic for a home win with the 9F, the last remaining example of one of the most powerful class of engines ever built in Britain.
Britain by Barge (Channel 5/HD | 8:30pm to 9:45pm | Friday 6th March 2020)
On the second part of the Scottish leg, Bill Oddie, Jennie Bond, Anne Diamond and Pete Waterman join the Glasgow and Edinburgh Union Canal, rising lock, stock and barge up the Falkirk wheel before heading east. Anne and Jennie encounter the ghost of William Burke – of Burke and Hare fame – as they travel through the Falkirk tunnel, which he helped build as an Irish navvy. Pete goes digging for industrial treasure at an old railway terminus and Bill gets to look down on the birds for once as the barges take to the air on the longest aqueduct in Scotland.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
Le Col 110km Challenge ✅
That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, should also get another tomorrow! This time the “Le Col 110km Challenge“
Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!
YouTube comments are not showing up!
No idea why, but the comments are not showing up on my newest YouTube video! Right now it’s only showing two comments, but had emails from YouTube saying it’s had more!
So here are some of ones, it’s not showing:-
paul kent commented: “You can probably make a claim on your house insurance, or bank account insurance pack. Or even your bike insurance.”
Rick Barkley commented: “Looking hot in your spiderman suite.”
maxi Purainer commented: “Nice 👌 can you next time put the Mask on?”
Stephen Graham commented: “Your video camera is still going strong! You look great in that Spidey suit.”
Which Spider-Man would you pick?
WOW! No idea, which one I would pick! They all look so good!
Follow them:-
February Commute Challenge ✅
That’s me completed yet another Strava challenge, should also get another tomorrow! This time the “February Commute Challenge“
Please do check out my profile at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine and better still follow me. Oh and do remember, if it’s not on Strava, it did not happen! FACT!!!!
My overall stats for this challenge:-
- Distance – 4.3 miles
- Moving Time – 52 minutes
- Elevation Gain – 174 feet
- Elapsed Time – 54 minutes
So happy, that Matt is back soon…
So happy, that I will be seeing Matt again, in May! Yes I know, it’s number of months away, but it will soon come around!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/gordon-matt/
WOW! First time on a hovercraft
WOW! That was so much fun! Went on a hovercraft for the first time in my life! If ever in the Portsmouth and are thinking of going over to the Isle of Wight, I would really recommend it!
For more information, check out www.hovertravel.co.uk.
More photos from my visit to the Isle of Wight, can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/isle-of-wight/
UK TV programmes to watch this week : 22/02/2020
Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 23rd February 2020)
Sister Julienne decides it is time to take matters in hand when a letter arrives from the council saying that it will cut funding to Nonnatus House and no longer pay for the accommodation, and goes to see Violet at one of her open sessions as a local councillor. At clinic, Nurse Crane meets and cares for heavily pregnant Bonnie, who is not married but committed to the baby’s father Eddie, while Kevin’s dependency on pain relief is discovered by the team and Dr Turner and Miss Higgins must find a way to help him.
Top Gear (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 23rd February 2020)
Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris take the latest sports cars from Ferrari, Aston Martin and Porsche on a Yorkshire road trip. Back on the track, Chris tests out Volkswagen’s ID-R electric racer. YouTube star KSI is the studio guest.
Fish Town (BBC 1 Scotland/HD & BBC iPlayer only | 7:30pm to 8:00pm | Monday 24th February 2020)
During a trip, there is a celebration on board Westro as apprentice Stephen West turns 20 and officially receives his skipper’s licence, while fishing boat Sardonyx is on the hunt for squid in the Moray Firth. In Peterhead, part-timer Arthur James McKenzie is following in his grandfather’s footsteps fishing for lobsters just 50 metres from shore.
Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 26th February 2020)
Documentary telling the story of the unpaid volunteers who sacrifice their free time to staff more than two hundred RNLI lifeboat stations across the UK. The volunteers race to the rescue of a shark attack victim, and two fishermen caught by the tide find themselves stranded in a rising sea. Elsewhere, two young boys are swept out to sea in a rip current.
Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 27th February 2020)
A blind actress is the only witness to her husband’s murder, but it remains to be seen whether she can really be trusted. Drama, starring Ralf Little, Aude Legastelois and Frances Tomelty.
The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 28th February 2020)
Paul Middleton, aka Piglet, and the team attempt to finish the restoration of a 9F locomotive that has taken more than 50 years, and also bring the monster King Edward IV engine to the branch line for its gala. It cost a small fortune to transport there, and Piglet doesn’t know if the huge engine will fit on the small branch line. Plus, the programme meets Beth, the railway’s first female loco driver, and follows Gill and Sammie on the Pullman dining train for their last afternoon tea service of the season.
Britain by Barge (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:20pm | Friday 28th February 2020)
Bill Oddie, Jennie Bond, Anne Diamond and Pete Waterman cross Scotland from the west coast to the east on its oldest canal, the Forth and Clyde. On their way, they learn about the role Clydesdale horses played on the waterway and find out how pleasure boats began to use the canal in the late-1800s, transporting people out of the city to the countryside on day trips.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.