A group of green laners, rough stuffers and folk of a relaxed persuasion based in Manchester
I sat at the bench this morning enjoying the sunshine, as usual I took a photograph of my bike and posted it to Instagram, a simple expression of gratitude for the day. The egg and mushroom butty was savoured, my flask coffee was endured and I reached for my book, in short time my phone …
Life has taken a few twists and turns of late, losing a parent is a difficult and consuming process and it’s very easy to forget that your own health and well being needs some attention now and again, my usual method is to ride my bike. I’d managed to get out a few times during …
The first real signs of a change in the seasons today! 5 degrees had it 7 degrees cooler than yesterday as I stumbled into the kitchen at 6am this morning. With a fine forecast set for the day, the promise of one of those lovely September breakfast rides was very much on the cards... Crisp …
Despite our collective best efforts the proposed Sunday Service was a washout, in fact it didn’t even start, the predicted biblical floods came, and of course whenever the forecast is for bad weather they are always right! Anyway, a ride was needed, come Monday morning the rain had stopped and the sun was threatening an …
That’s it, its all over and done with for another year, thank goodness ! I personally dislike this ridiculous festival of avarice and gluttony more than any other time of the year, this combined with a death in the family meant that my mood and general demeanour were low, it took a few days before …
T'was the day after Boxing Day, and a long (ahem, very long) overdue trip to visit Will was finally realised. The party for the day was 5 strong. Myself and Steve had promised (threatened) to head out to Wills neck of the woods numerous times, and with Graham and Tom making up the numbers it …
Saturday, the forecast said it was going to be grim......and so it was. I got out to the bench, got a brew on, ate some biscuits and pulled out my book, and then the rain came, and the wind and shortly after a slobbering bulldog whose owner couldn’t care less about the fact that it …
I lost my favourite hat this morning! Somewhere between home, a quick stop in Altrincham for a can of stove juice and the procurement of breakfast materials. I realised it was no longer in my back pocket the second I got inside the door of Monty's sandwich shop, gutted! I loved that hat. Bought from …
Sitting at the new GUTM headquarters just off the trail, the surprising things you overhear from passing cyclists (with a nod to Dave Gorman) All random, separate, sentences overheard and joined together whilst sitting reading my book... This way Willow come on mate there's a river to cross and it leads you back to barnes lane …
I'm on the hunt for more fitness at the moment, and with that in mind I managed to drag myself out of bed at 7am. If I fancy doing a spot of riding before work I'll often head west down the Trans Pennine Trail, to skip the rush hour traffic. The TPT is classic "Grass …
