My first dex swap💰
Hi I’m home from the pyrenees #transnomad enduro mtb race; i think it’s worthy of a proper write-up in my own inimitable style later. It was harder than I expected…
Trusting your instincts 🪂
SIV I got back from an SIV paragliding course last month (that’s me in the cover photo 😜). SIV stands for “Simulation d’Incidents en Vol”, which is French for “Simulation…
Creating this year’s future 🤪
Just a quick “witter” to the world to let you all know what’s going on … It’s going to be a busy 2024… New family members Fingers crossed i’m going…
The weaponisation of fear ⚰️
Elon’s Rocket On Tuesday this week we did a night ride in Colden Plantation in the Isle of Man. The recent storms have felled a tree across a particluarly knarly…
Christmas Eve 2023 – mtb ride
I thought I’d post the youtube clips I took of the Christmas Eve ride with the dingbats in one place for convenience, when I look back on happy memories.
Zarza Capilla, July/August 2023 🪂
Better late than never. Because it’s a bit grey, wet and windy at the moment I thought I’d post this from the summer in Zarza Capilla, Spain. Zarza Capilla is…
What do you mean by “lol”? 🤣
Recently, I have found myself responding to people I disagree with on twitter by simply using “lol”. My “lol” means “I disagree
My two best flights 🪂
I’m putting these here so I know where to find them and because I couldn’t remember the Indian flight details recently when a fellow pilot was sceptical about whether it…
The wedge of failure 🧀
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 positive feedback loop of further…
Nude photos 😮
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 me in the back. They…
Back on the🚵🏼♂️
Well I had my first ride out on an acoustic (a normal – as opposed to an electric – bike) with the dingbats on Sunday. We had to catch the…
Buddha says “today you fly, young padawan”..🪂
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 enduro at the weekend, today…
Saturday’s long ride 🚵🏼
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 any good I’d post them.…
A confessional – sort of 🪂
My posts are like buses …. !? This morning I tweeted …. Countries on my blacklist are France, Italy, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. I won’t be spending any money…
Colden Plantation🤪🚵♂️
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 by Manx MTB Enduro and,…
You’re Never too Old to Send 🚵♀️
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. Get out there peeps –…
Old bike, new forks! 🤪🚵♂️
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 they appear in a non-anonymised…