UK TV programmes to watch this week : 30/04/2022

Our Changing Planet (BBC 1/HD | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | Sunday 1st May 2022)

Part two of two. Three more presenters visit threatened ecoystems around the world. Liz Bonnin is in California, discovering how climate change has led to wildfires. Gordon Buchanan reports from Brazil, joining a project to save the jaguar. Ade Adepitan visits Kenya, and discovers how rising temperatures have led to droughts and limited rainfall, with severe implications for wildlife.

Grand Designs: The Street (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 4th May 2022)

The property show follows animator Joanna and carpenter Ben, who are building a magnificent American ranch-style house in a gritty part of Glasgow. Like the buildings of the Wild West which inspires them, the couple’s house will be made from simple materials with a structural Douglas fir frame and clad entirely in larch with a rustic tin roof. But with a tight budget of £170,000, Joanna and Ben can only afford it if they construct it themselves. The trouble is, they have never built a house before.

Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 5th May 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK & NEW SERIES **

Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the disused Jubilee line areas of Charing Cross station, now more famous as a film location.

Lighthouses: Building the Impossible (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 6th May 2022)

Rob Bell explores the bizarre history of The Smalls, one of Britain’s most remote offshore lighthouses. Situated 20 miles off the Pembrokeshire coast, its isolated location on a reef in the Irish Sea has challenged builders, architects and keepers for over 200 years, leaving it wreathed in dark tales and mystery.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

Now done 45% of #walk1000miles – 2022

That’s me now done 45% of #walk1000miles. So 457.52 miles down and 542.48 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2022

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Now done 44% of #walk1000miles – 2022

That’s me now done 44% of #walk1000miles. So 444.83 miles down and 555.17 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2022

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Bugsy did his first ever 10 mile walk!!

Well pleased with Bugsy! He went on his first ever 10 mile walk! Which took us along the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal, starting off at Foxton Locks.

You can, check out the route we took at www.strava.com/activities/7039246436

Bugsy at Foxton Locks

Mark G, Bugsy and myself

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/bugsy/

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 23/04/2022

Grand Designs: The Street (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 27th April 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Kevin McCloud follows John and Julia, who are realising their 30-year dream of building an amazing house designed by architect John after years of bad luck. They have secured a plot at Graven Hill in Oxfordshire and John has designed a modernist wedge of a home for them to retire to. But as soon as they start, their run of bad luck continues – the lockdown brings construction to a halt and every month in their expensive rented house eats away at their budget – in turn threatening their vision for a comfortable retirement.

Lighthouses: Building the Impossible (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 29th April 2022) ** NEW SERIES **

Rob Bell uncovers the secrets of one of Britain’s most heroic feats of engineering – the rock lighthouse. In this first edition, he heads to Wolf Rock, eight miles off the Cornish coast, and sees for himself why it was such a Herculean struggle to build a stone tower here 160 years ago, with the rock fully exposed to the awesome power of the North Atlantic.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

VeloViewer Infographic : 22 April 2022 @veloviewer

Going by my VeloViewer Infographic, I’ve had 112 active days so far in 2022! Which means, I’ve done at least one cycle or walk each day so far this year!

Hard to believe, that I’ve still done more walking so far in 2022, than cycling! Only cycled 280 miles, but I’ve walked 423 miles! But the gap is slowly starting to close…

Where it says running… That’s my walking data!

Now done 42% of #walk1000miles – 2022

That’s me now done 42% of #walk1000miles. So 420.77 miles down and 579.23 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2022

Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

The Bugsy explores map is getting bigger!

Can’t believe we (Mark G and myself) only got Bugsy on 11th March 2022! He’s already been to so many places… His exploring map will grow and grow FAST!

Check out his photos and map over at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/bugsy/

Easter Monday 2022 Cycle

Happy days, did my second cycle for two days in row! I did 15.71 miles. which takes my monthly total up to 74.37 miles. Still, way, way behind in this point last year…

You can check out the route, I took at www.strava.com/activities/7002347631

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Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018