Goals for February 2023…

Here are my main goals for February 2023…

  • Get at least one bike fully fixed and serviced! Yes, never got around to doing that last month!
  • Cycle at least 100 miles
  • Do at least another two or three days of the Leicestershire Round
  • Walk between 100 and 125 miles
  • Start to take and upload many more photos. Only posted 30 so far this year!
  • Film and upload at least two new vlogs…

Now done 16% of #walk1000miles – 2023

That’s me already done 16% of #walk1000miles. So 161.62 miles down and 838.38 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2023

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

Please do follow Bugsy the Dog on Strava!!

Please can you give Bugsy the Dog a follow on Strava!

This is place to follow his progress walking the Leicestershire Round, Market Harborough Round… Also many other walks that he goes on!

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 04/02/2023

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC 1/HD | 6:50pm to 7:50pm | Saturday 4th February 2023)

Singer Lewis Capaldi bravely hands over his phone in Send to All, before taking to the stage to perform his number one single Forget Me. One lucky football fan’s boyhood dream comes true as he unknowingly signs for his team, and there’s a feisty performance from the Unexpected Star of the Show.

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 5th February 2023)

Sister Veronica spearheads a new council initiative to monitor the health of working children in the borough and despite a successful clinic, she is shocked by the children’s wellbeing. Trixie is thrown into a challenging case involving an underage mother, who – after a fallout with her parents, is at risk of losing her newborn baby. Monica Joan welcomes an unusual guest into Nonnatus House and Fred worries about the pressure one of his paperboys is under to support his father and younger siblings.

Hornby: A Model World (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Monday 6th February 2023)

Music mogul Pete Waterman is recreating the section of West Coast Mainline where he spent his Saturdays as a child. New technology allows the public the ability to control the trains.

Waterloo Road (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 7th February 2023)

A list ranking female students causes chaos throughout the school and Samia takes matters into her own hands to find the source, but when she finds out Kelly Jo is keeping things from her they start to fall apart. Danny gets a call from his mum and Preston finds himself seeking emotional support in unexpected places at Kai’s party.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 10th February 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Series 6, episode 6. Neville receives an anonymous letter telling them a murder is about to be committed. Not long after, he and Naomi are called to the harbour when a body is pulled from the ocean. The victim suffered blunt trauma and it is soon suggested that his disgruntled wife may be a person of interest. Marlon returns after taking a short holiday following his disappointing exam results.

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

Now done 15% of #walk1000miles – 2023

That’s me already done 15% of #walk1000miles. So 151.03 miles down and 848.97 miles remaining!

walk1000miles - 2023

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

January 2023 cycling statistics

Well even with only doing 70.3 miles during the whole of January! Still very pleased with that, since it’s 22.3 miles up on January of 2022!

Remember you can follow my cycling adventures over at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine

Here is the data from January 2023:-

  • Total cycles: 5
  • Total Distance: 70.29 miles
  • Total Time: 06:42:04 (h:m:s)
  • Avg Speed: 10.5 mph
  • Max Time: 01:40:54 (h:m:s)
  • Max Speed: 23.7 mph
  • Avg Distance: 14.06 miles
  • Max Distance: 17.56 (Single cycle)

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-

2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

January 2023 most popular photos

Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website during January 2023.

Number 1 (635 views) : Day 6 of the Leicestershire Round
Day 6 of the Leicestershire Round

Number 2 (569 views) : Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

Number 3 (44 views) : Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

Number 4 (34 views) : Synergy Swimrun wetsuit
Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

Number 5 (30 views) : 2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit
2XU P:1 Propel wetsuit

Love these photos? Many more at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2023/