At least once every week, I see someone out with a camera getting photos of people on motorbikes… They also take ones of people out cycling…. So today, while online, I went looking for one of me! It cost me £12.50 for the image! Not, that I mind at all! It’s a great one!
Photo from www.bikerpics.co.uk
Changing Rooms (Channel 4/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 24th August 2022)
Two sets of neighbours in Luton set out to transform a room in each other’s homes. To help, they have been given designs by interior experts Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead. However, Jordan and Russell have both come down with Covid-19, so helping to breathe life into their designs are Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Whinnie Williams.
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 24th August 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Connor’s ring is found in the same car as Bryd’s body, and while Rachel rejects any notion that her son might be involved, grieving mother Aileen Fleming presents a darker view of him. Abbie confesses that Connor used to work for drugs gangs in Glasgow, which is the real reason for his suicide attempt. With all this new evidence, Perez is forced to revise his view of the missing man – but is he capable of murder?
Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 25th August 2022) ** NEW SERIES **
Return of the documentary about RNLI volunteers, beginning with a Christmas Eve case in Newhaven and the attempted rescue of two paragliders. They have landed on an isolated stretch of beach, and are now being swamped by the rapidly rising tide. At Port St Mary, on the Isle of Man, the crew race to a stranded yacht that’s in danger of breaking up on rocks with a crew of three still aboard.
This Is My House (BBC 1/HD | 8:30pm to 9:00pm | Friday 26th August 2022)
Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Harry Hill and Shaun Ryder turn detective as they try to work out which of four players is the real Ellie, owner of a two-bed ex-council flat in Pollokshields, Glasgow. Two of the potential owners enter a heated argument about where the best shops are in the neighbourhood and the quartet of Ellies are invited to talk about their relationship with the true owner’s brother. Plus, all four into the real homeowner’s wardrobe to try to prove the eclectic clothes therein belong to them.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
What happened to forecast rain?!?! It was due to rain here and get lots of it! What really happened, it lasted for like 10 mins max then stopped!
So not often you hear me say this…. But I was looking forward to getting nice and wet during a cycle!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7647979792
Oh and yes, that first photo is rain on my Lycra!! So get that idea, out of your head!! 😈
After having a day off from cycling, yesterday! Mainly due to body needing a rest from the heat! It was great getting out again and doing 30.98 miles.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7642662601
Oh and for the cycle, I was wearing the Synergy Gunmetal Trisuit.
Here is all the places, I’ve cycled to between the 1st January 2022 and 15th August 2022.
Mapping data is from the amazing VeloViewer.
Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website so far during August 2022.
Number 1 (115 views) : Synergy Red Cycling Skinsuit
Number 2 (84 views) : Hunter inline skinsuit Team Britain 2018
Number 3 (52 views) : Fixing a flat tyre
Number 4 (32 views) : adidas Team GB 2016 Cycling Jersey
Number 5 (31 views) : Out a nice walk
Love these photos? Many more at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2022/
Going by my VeloViewer Infographic, I’ve had 226 active days so far in 2022! Which means, I’ve done at least one cycle or walk each day so far this year!
That’s me now done a total distance of 1,900 miles this year. Which is made up 1,087 miles of cycling and 813 miles of walking!!
Where it says running… That’s my walking data!
That was yet, another great cycle before work! I did 19.63 miles!
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/7630420561
Changing Rooms (Channel 4/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 17th August 2022)
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and fellow designer Micaela Sharp travel to the market town of Bedworth near Coventry, to help two sets of neighbours make over a room in each other’s homes. This week it’s a family affair, as science teachers Ann and Kevin swap key keys with daughter Hannah and her husband Chris, redesigning a 1960s office bedroom and a living space in a converted garage.
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 17th August 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Perez reassures Rachel that last night’s horrific discovery may have nothing to do with the disappearance of her son Connor. Danny is outraged at the decision to let Pepper Waldron’s family return home to Ayrshire – and news soon comes in that the ex-cop has fled Shetland. Perez has no choice but to follow him, and soon finds himself caught up in a perilous journey into the ex-cop’s past.
This Is My House (BBC 1/HD | 8:30pm to 9:00pm | Friday 19th August 2022)
Panellists Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Joel Dommett and Fatiha El-Ghorri are confronted by four people all claiming to be Tom, the owner of a three-bedroom converted church in Liverpool, which he shares with two Rhodesian ridgeback dogs. Alongside three imposters, the real Tom attempts to prove he is a huge Lego fan and sets out to demonstrate the special skill he acquired while courting his beloved wife Sisa.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.
That’s me now done 80% of #walk1000miles. So 804.92 miles down and 195.08 miles remaining!
Keep up-to-date with all my cycling and walking adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine