South Eastern Class 395019 seen at Little Bytham. Being dragged from Dollands Moor to National Railway Museum, York.
Place’s I have cycled to from Little Bytham (updated 04/05/2012)
Just posted an updated map of all the places, I have cycled to from Little Bytham.
More cycling maps can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/cycling/, which also include the End to End cycle maps.
Little Bytham “drought” photos
Just to show that where I live, really is having a drought! I better add, that two days ago, you could cycle/drive through that. It’s now the highish I have seen it, in a good while.
More photos from this set can be found at www.facebook.com/theBythams.
My village has a new shop!
So happy my village has a new shop called “The No.10 Store”. It had it’s opening party on Saturday. But today been the first time, I have been inside. It’s very nice indeed. Also great that I no longer need to cycle to the next village of Castle Bytham to get milk and other stuff.
Sorry it’s been a slow news day!
Updated cycling maps
I have just updated my cycling maps section by updating the Killearn and Little Bytham maps, which show the places I have cycled to from each village.
Killearn cycling map
Little Bytham cycling map
More maps can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/cycling/.
Tunnel cycling vlog
During on my last webcam chat people said they like it when I do outdoor vlogs. They also said I would try to do them in lots of different locations. So I filmed this one under a old railway bridge, near to my home in Little Bytham.
Here are some photos taken in the same location.
That’s my villages new look website now LIVE!!
That’s my villages new look website now LIVE!! Which I did a bit about on my blog a number of days ago. Still got lots of pages to add from the old website. But it’s fast getting there. So please check it out www.thebythams.org.uk and let me know what you think of it here! 🙂
The only another two other things I did today, was to do my weekly food shopping at Morrisons and give my car a much needed car. Think all I ended up doing was moving the mud off him and onto myself.
Monday – 3rd January 2011
I did the long boring drive back Killearn to back to my village of Little Bytham a journey of around 320 miles. Think I did it in record time! Will not say how I did that! 🙂 I also went a new way, for a section of the journey. I used what years ago was the A74, which is now called the B7076, mainly used it, since I am so bored on the A74(M), also did it, since I used that road while doing the End to End cycle back in August 2009. So it was nice to get to see it again!
Once back in I had all the fun of unpacking everything. Then I had fun setting up my Sony BDP S370 Blu-ray Player which I got from my Mum and Dad has a Christmas present. The video quality is so good, reminds me of when I first went from VHS to DVD. Also great to get to watch HD stuff on my HD ready TV in my bed room at long last. So looking forward to watching one of my Blu-ray films in the next day or so. I already have a good list to pick from The Dark Knight, Sherlock, Top Gear: Polar Special, Newcastle – Australia and Torchwood – Children of Earth.
Thursday – 14th October 2004
Today I had the fun job of driving my car all 321 miles back down to Little Bytham. The journey started at 9:15am when I set off, from my parents house in Killearn. I left at that time to make sure that I missed the rush hour in Glasgow City centre and also on the M8. Which is busy at the best of times and would be hell on earth at rush hour.
Lucky by the time I joined the M8 in Glasgow most of the fog that had been with me since leaving Killearn had gone. I did not really like the idea of having to drive in fog on the motorway.
I was glad when I had got the motorway section around Glasgow out of the way. I joined the M8 motorway at junction 16. I stayed on the M8 for about 8 miles. Before joining the M73, then I stayed on M73 for about 2 miles before joining the A74(M).
I stayed on the A74(M) all the way to Gretna Green service station. Where I stopped at 11:00am (100 miles into the journey) to get a drink, something to eat and text my Mum and Dad to keep them updated, on how my journey was going to far. I was only at the service station for about 10 minutes, before getting on my way again.
Just after leaving Gretna Green you go over the bother and into England. Then the A74(M) goes down to the A74 which is not a nice section of road at all, because it’s only dual carriageway. But lucky it’s only like that was about 6 miles. Before it becomes motorway again and your on the M6.
I then stayed on the M6 till junction 40, which is just passed Penrith. Then I joined the A66 which is a great road that goes over the top of the Pennines. I really like the A66 before you get very really great views from it, on a clear day, which lucky it was. Most of the A66 was clear from any holdups. There was one section that had some roadwork’s, but lucky it only added about 15 minutes to the journey.
I was happy when I had cleared the A66 section of the journey and was safely at the service station at Scotch Corner. I got there at 12:45pm (181 miles into the journey). While I was there, I texted my parents again, while to the loo, had more to drink. And also filled my car up with fuel to make sure that I did could do the rest of the journey, without running out.
Once I left the service station. I joined the A1 which I would stay on for 135 miles. Before coming off at Morkery Lane then onto Little Bytham and home.
So over all it was a very good journey. In total it was 322 miles and I got to Little Bytham at 3:25pm.