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02/06/2026

Day 3 of cycling in Moffat, Triskelion completed!

Another day of stunning scenery.

01/06/2026

31/05/2026

An amazing day of cycling in the Scottish Borders

27/04/2026

Liege Bastogne Liège 163km cycling challenge… I’ve got the t-shirt (well sweatshirt).

What an amazing day, the temperature was -1 as we started cycling, when you are on a long descent - that’s cold!

2600 metres of ascent - that’s a lot of climbing. I now believe I can climb!

lmtcol Laura Mansel-Thomas we smashed it … thanks to your encouragement and support. We are officially pro amateur cyclists!

A very special day to remember.

13/04/2026

So that’s it - last big training ride done ✔️
Not a great ride for my confidence as cycling with strong head winds and side winds never feels good.

Am I ready for Leige Bastogne Leige? My body maybe, it my head isn’t there yet!

06/04/2026

Final weeks of training for Bastion Liege. The Easter weekend spent in Devon made for some good hill climbing training.

The weather was wet, windy and cold! Sometimes I question my life choices!!

29/03/2026

Not the training session planned for today …

The Liege-Bastogne-Liege is a few weeks away and I’m in the final weeks of training. Today I was due to do a 4 hour ride. I’d planned a route taking me over some challenging ascent. I was looking forward to using my summer bike for the first time this year … all was going well for the first hour (except the windy conditions). Then I had a mechanical… the gear cable snapped!!!

For an instant I had written off my training session … however, I was rescued roadside, got home jumped on my winter bike (total justification why you need more than one bike) and finished the next 3 hours.

Got home an hour and half later than planned, and soaking wet (I should have been home before the rain started).

Dedication to training!!!

15/02/2026

It’s been a full on couple of weeks, training for Liege-Bastogne-Liege. I’m not a natural cycling climber - so lots of work to be done. Today’s ride was a 3hr gentle ride, trying not to raise my heart rate. The flat terrain of Milton Keynes redways lend themselves perfectly… if it wasn’t for 3hrs of driving icy rain. No pictures to prove how wet it was - mainly because I was so wet and cold there was no way I was going to stop for a photo shoot!!!

28/01/2026

This is a sight a cyclist doesn’t often see … no wind!

18/01/2026

Doesn’t time pass in a flash? Today was the first time this year that I’ve been on an outdoor bike ride! My legs were screaming at me before I left the house. After 35 miles of cycling, you can imagine that they ain’t that happy!!!