Archive for May, 2007

May Riding

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Best month since October, and with three proper rides too! Only 16 miles off-road though; I think I might be a roadie.

Proper rides: 92 miles (Three rides: HamsterVI (48 miles (16 of them off-road)) and Eggleston and back (44 miles))
Business miles: 9 miles (one 9 mile trip, road)
Commuting: 90 miles (18 […]

New Media in Darlington politics

Monday, May 28th, 2007

In the last year or so, and particularly in the run up to the local elections in May, I’ve been reading/using a variety of local websites, both political and non-political. One of these sites, Councillor Nick Wallis’s blog, has been nominated for a New Statesman Award. In the comments of his blog, a […]

Darlington to Eggleston and back (over two days)

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

We were all at a 30th birthday party for Andrew last night, out at Ann’s parents’ caravan at Eggleston. So, I rode up there yesterday and back today.

Distance: 44 miles
Surface: Road
Time: About 2.25 hours out, and about 1.75 hours back, total of 4 hours
Weather: Warm on the way there, overcast and drizzly on the […]

Darlington to Hamsterley, HamsterVI Enduro

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Yesterday I rode to Hamsterley to take part in the HamsterVI six hour enduro. My original intention was to ride to the forest, do the enduro and then ride home again. I was going to take the ‘race’ itself fairly easy, maybe even stopping for a couple of hours for a long lunch, […]

April Riding

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Proper rides: 0 miles (That’s three months running now.)
Business miles: 18 miles (two 9 mile trips, road)
Commuting: 55 miles (11 days riding to work and back)
Misc: 12 miles (a couple of trips to town, parents’ house pulling the trailer, B&Q, etc. This is a guess, so I picked 12 to make the month a […]