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The wedge of failure 🧀
Activities Learning Life

The wedge of failure 🧀

October 23, 2022January 14, 2023

Just some general placeholder “wibble” before today’s bike ride. The wedge of failure describes how fear causes poor decision making, putting you into a harmful

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Nude photos 😮
Enduro mountain biking

Nude photos 😮

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

These pictures were extracted from my CT scan two months to the day after my last accident. The haemothorax was caused by this bike hitting

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Back on the🚵🏼‍♂️
Enduro mountain biking

Back on the🚵🏼‍♂️

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Well I had my first ride out on an acoustic (a normal – as opposed to an electric – bike) with the dingbats on Sunday.

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Buddha says “today you fly, young padawan”..🪂
Paragliding

Buddha says “today you fly, young padawan”..🪂

July 13, 2022July 18, 2022

After picking up a summer cold from the #fatboyslim concert the weekend before last, and having to marshal instead of race the 2 day mtb

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Saturday’s long ride 🚵🏼
Enduro mountain biking Friendship

Saturday’s long ride 🚵🏼

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022

I got a couple of pictures from our “longest day longest ride” at the weekend and as I said in this post, if they were

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A confessional – sort of  🪂
Paragliding

A confessional – sort of 🪂

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022

My posts are like buses …. !? This morning I tweeted …. Countries on my blacklist are France, Italy, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. I

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Colden Plantation🤪🚵‍♂️
Enduro mountain biking Friendship Health Isle of Man Learning Life

Colden Plantation🤪🚵‍♂️

May 9, 2022May 10, 2022

Manx MTB Enduro hosted round 2, 2022 in Colden Plantation at the weekend. It is only the second year that these trails have been used

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You’re Never too Old to Send 🚵‍♀️
Enduro mountain biking Family Friendship Health Life

You’re Never too Old to Send 🚵‍♀️

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

A friend shared this video. It made my day! Inspirational. Betty started mountain biking at 45 years of age. She’s still riding in her 70’s.

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Old bike, new forks! 🤪🚵‍♂️
Enduro mountain biking Health Life

Old bike, new forks! 🤪🚵‍♂️

May 2, 2022May 9, 2022

Really this blog is just an excuse for me to write down any old crap for my own entertainment. Possibly some friends may cringe if

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Last night’s photo stop! 🚵‍♂️🌞
Enduro mountain biking Friendship Health Isle of Man Life

Last night’s photo stop! 🚵‍♂️🌞

April 20, 2022April 21, 2022

Not so much of a night ride now the days are getting longer.. Get out there! It’s ace 🌞.

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I can’t believe it’s been 9 months since I last flew🪂!
Health Isle of Man Life Paragliding

I can’t believe it’s been 9 months since I last flew🪂!

April 18, 2022April 21, 2022

Normally I don’t post about my flying unless it’s been exceptional. However today was exceptional for the wrong reason; I’ve had such a long layoff!

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March was a busy month🚵‍♂️
Enduro mountain biking Family Friendship Health Life Travel

March was a busy month🚵‍♂️

April 11, 2022April 17, 2022

……. with a visit to Newcastle for my youngest son’s graduation; well done Will 👏🏻 😁 and a trip to Madeira with the boys (actually

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Feeding the rat!
Death Health Paragliding Travel

Feeding the rat!

September 10, 2021August 18, 2022

On the Isle of Man we cannot say “rat”. This is something to do with the words plague and parochialism. Except, parochial is GOOD. And

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Back in Brazil, December 2019 … one of my most satisfying achievements to date …🪂
Friendship Health Life Paragliding Travel

Back in Brazil, December 2019 … one of my most satisfying achievements to date …🪂

July 23, 2021April 18, 2022

226 km on a paraglider in a day! It took five and a half hours. Forget modesty; I need all the reminders these days as

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Thought for the day ….
Death Health Life Paragliding Wealth

Thought for the day ….

February 13, 2021April 7, 2022

I usually have my most profound thoughts whilst showering or walking the dog. Today’s thought was to reflect on the number of good summers that

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This is from a crash course (literally SIV is french for simulating incidents whilst flying)
Death Life Paragliding

This is from a crash course (literally SIV is french for simulating incidents whilst flying)

January 22, 2021April 7, 2022

The footage below is from a crash course (literally SIV is french for simulating incidents whilst flying) in 2019 on my racy Delta 3 paraglider.

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Calling all geeks – covid-19 is affecting my flying so let’s help nail it…
foldingathome.org Internet Mr Angry Paragliding Sars-Cov-2

Calling all geeks – covid-19 is affecting my flying so let’s help nail it…

March 15, 2020April 6, 2022

foldingathome.org is an initiative to use distributed programming power to nail some of the world’s diseases including covid-19. I have a linux desktop – my supercomputer,

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Brazil – December 2019
Friendship Health Paragliding Pinned Travel

Brazil – December 2019

December 24, 2019May 16, 2022

Well I’m back from my trip to Brazil.. What a mind opener that was. In October, three Brazilians set a new paragliding world record of

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So I missed my 2018 Indian paragliding adventure …..
Paragliding Travel

So I missed my 2018 Indian paragliding adventure …..

March 12, 2019October 20, 2022

Catch up  …. I missed my planned October 2018 vol-biv trip in India due to breaking my collar bone the weekend before I was due

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Enduro mountain biking Travel

Always the harbinger of doom!

October 29, 2018April 4, 2022

Hi I’ve been away for a while. In the interim, I’ve NOT become a paragliding instructor. But, I did get close to investing in a chalet

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