Festive 500: Ride 7 of 7
Done and Done! Yesterday’s forecast turned out to be accurate and there was a distinctly chilly feeling leaving the house at 10am and -2°C! Once on my way though it was clear that the roads were once again dry and frost free. I headed for Ballybofey, looped around and took the main road to Clady…
Festive 500: Ride 6 of 7
Only one more to go! The overnight frost didn’t happen due to the cloud cover which was a pleasant surprise when I eventually dragged my ass out of bed shortly after 8:30am. I was still tired and my legs felt heavy but at least I was in bed at a decent time and had a…
Festive 500: Ride 5 of 7
With yet another night out last night and a bedtime well after 1am it was hard work dragging myself out of bed this morning. As it was, my estimated start time of 9:30am soon became 10am. I had planned to do my second 100km long ride today but part of me was screaming to do…
Festive 500: Ride 4 of 7
Past the halfway point now and feeling positive. Today saw a slight change in the weather with enough of a warming overnight to melt all the frost away. One of my planned routes goes over higher ground so today was the best day to get it done. It’s not as easy a route as I…
Festive 500: Ride 3 of 7
Boy that was a cold start! A hard frost overnight meant it was still -3°C at 9:30am ❄️🥶 With yesterday’s temperature not getting much above 1/2°C it left everything looking white and crisp this morning… I was a wee bit nervous setting off but despite white roads they were dry and the surface frost wasn’t…
Festive 500: Ride 2 of 7
Despite a hard overnight frost the roads were dry and I was out the door just after 930am as planned. Important today as Boxing Day is still very much part of Xmas here and another important family day. I really needed to be home by lunch. Today’s route was a repeat of the start and…
Festive 500: Ride 1 of 7
That’s the first ride done and off to a great start. It also counts as my Audax RRTY 100 for December so a two for one deal. Weather was just about as perfect as could be hoped for. It was cool but not cold, dry and bright after the first 30km. There was a slight…
Solo Hike: Silver Hill, Bluestack Mountains, Donegal
Silver Hill (600m), Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal. My first solo hillwalk since January and Cooper’s first experience of the hills.
Unfinished Monkey Business
Following a theme from my last post the title of this one can’t help but remind me of this song from my misspent youth… I wrote that post on the 15th of October and alluded to a big event that I was planning for the following weekend. I apologise to all of you that have…
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