Bugsy’s walking map – 01/11/2022 to 12/11/2022

We are only 12 days into November and look at all places Bugsy has walked already!

All going well before the month is out, will do at least another 2 or 3 days of the Leicestershire Round… Plus doing a test day of The Dales Way. Just to double check that Bugsy and myself can do the whole route, in one go next year…

Please do give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 12/11/2022

Top Gear (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 13th November 2022)

Freddie Flintoff samples the brutal, full-contact motorsport of F1 stock cars, while Chris Harris gets to grips with Mercedes’ F1 car for the road, the fearsomely complicated AMG One. Paddy McGuinness takes a ride in the luxurious new Range Rover.

The Rickshaw Relay Rides Again (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 15th November 2022)

One-off special following Matt Baker and five young people, who have all been supported by projects funded by Children in Need, as they take on this year’s Rickshaw Challenge, a relay ride through their home towns and other places across the UK that hold a particular significance for them. The documentary also celebrates the history of this much-loved Children in Need staple, now in its 12th year.

DIY SOS (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 16th November 2022)

Nick Knowles and the team are in Leeds, where they join forces with Radio 2 for one of their biggest projects ever. The women’s charity Getaway Girls have a derelict site to build their new base. The DIY SOS gang are here to make their dream come true. But they need help, so Radio 2 help recruit hundreds of volunteers from their listeners, while presenters Sara Cox, Scott Mills, Rylan, Spoony and Trevor Nelson also don their hard hats. Across town, Emeli Sande coaches the Getaway Girls as they prepare a thank you song for the day of the reveal.

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 18th November 2022)

The presenter and her campervan Helen are heading back to an old favourite – Yorkshire. However, Susan finds that the dales and moors contain a few spots she hasn’t explored – and a few surprises that are a joy to discover. Oakworth Station is one such place – home to a still functioning steam railway, it’s the train station where the 1970s classic The Railway Children was filmed.

Children in Need (BBC 1/HD | 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 18th November 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Celebrities join forces to help raise funds for the charity that currently supports thousands of projects in communities across the UK, all of which aim to improve the lives of children. Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Chris Ramsey, Alex Scott and Jason Manford front this year’s appeal night live from Media City UK in Salford, which features special editions of The Repair Show and Blankety Blank and a few laughs from Graham Norton’s Red Chair. The show has a `SPOTacular” theme, for which viewers are encouraged to test their skills with an on-the-spot challenge, wear something spotty or simply feel SPOTacular.

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

TomTom Car Sat Nav GO 620

Loving my TomTom Car Sat Nav GO 620, that I got myself last week! With driving for a living, it was about time, I got my own SatNav.

TomTom Car Sat Nav GO 620 - 6 Inch

The system, my work uses is not the best! The maps at times, can be very, very out-of-date! The location can be like 1 mile away, and it wants to take you miles away! Plus the traffic updates are not the best!

So far, very, very pleased with the TomTom Car Sat Nav GO 620! It should, make my job a lot easier! Now the long dark nights now here!

Bugsy’s walking map – 01/11/2022 to 09/11/2022

We are only 9 days into November and look at all places Bugsy has walked already!

So far he’s done many walks around his village. Plus day 2 of the Leicestershire Round and first day of the Brampton Valley Way.

Please do give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog

Freesat upgrades ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 to HD

Some great news, if you have Freesat. They have added ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD to its Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). The HD channels replaced the SD channels on their previous channel numbers.

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 05/11/2022

Top Gear (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 6th November 2022) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Chris Harris, Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness hit the German autobahn in a trio of shiny new supercars from Ferrari, Pagani and Porsche. At the other end of the speed scale, they try out the latest electric micro-cars with a treasure hunt around Paris.

Made in the 80s: The Decade that Shaped Our World (Channel 4/HD | 10:00pm to 11:05pm | Monday 7th November 2022)

Britain’s influence on technology in the 1980s. In Cambridge, a chance discovery leads to the creation of a chip so powerful it found its way into billions of mobile phones. A new generation of computer-literate kids built the foundations for an industry now worth billions, while Tim Berners-Lee staked a claim for the biggest discovery of all.

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

Kevin McCloud visits Sue and Martin who set out to renovate two 16th and 18th-century barns in 1999. Without conventional plans, surveys and specifications the project was delayed a number of times. The original deadline of Christmas 2000 came and went and by September 2002 the build was still not finished. Kevin returns two decades later to see if the house is finally complete.

Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | Thursday 10th November 2022)

In Baltimore, south west Ireland, the crew are called out to reports of an upturned catamaran over 70 miles out to sea. In Newhaven, on the Sussex coast, a grounded yacht in rolling seas presents a serious challenge. On the island of Anglesey, off north Wales, the crew at Moelfre respond to a 999 call about an injured fisherman.

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 11th November 2022)

Susan and her campervan head for the Shropshire Hills, and the stunning Ironbridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has an astonishing past as the location of the first iron bridge built anywhere in the world, and it’s indicative of the county’s claim to be the very birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Then, it’s a stop at Blists Hill Victorian Town, which turns out to be a faithful re-creation of a typical east Shropshire coalfield town from around 1900. Later Susan visits Ludlow, and also explores the British Ironwork Centre and Sculpture Park.

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

What’s this? Yes, yet another wetsuited cycle!

Yes, since it’s now much colder here in the UK. It gives me a great reason to start wearing a wetsuit while out cycling!

You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/8066774701

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Bugsy’s travel/walking map : 01-11-2022

That’s me just updated Bugsy’s travel map. It now includes the holidays he had on the Isle of Wight and the North York Moors, with my house mate Mark.

Please, give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog