Yesterday it rained rather heavily, in fact it poured for most of the day… I lay awake last night listening to the rain beating down on the roof above… and this morning I sipped my coffee watching it run down the windows…. It’s August, it should be red hot outside, I should be in shorts…
Cricket in Scarborough…?
Wednesday saw me driving down the coast to the beach town of Scarborough. A place known for its ice creams, trashy amusement arcades, beaches and surf… not so well know for County Cricket, but Cricket it indeed has! Every year Scarborough Cricket Club plays host to the Scarborough Cricket Festival, and Yorkshire move from Headingley…
A quick hop to Antwerp
I’ve been on the road now more or less continuously since early June… It slowly takes it’s toll… I get a couple of days at home, which are taken up with admin, sleeping and if I’m lucky a quick spin on my bike… and then I’m back in the van and off to the next…
The Road North…
A few weeks ago now, I turned my van North up the A19 bound for Fort William. For this trip I had managed to borrow a Go Pro HD Camera to play with. I set it up in the van to record some of the road trip, so here’s my first experiment, I’m hoping to…
Bradley Wiggins secures the National Road Race Championship…
If you were lost in Northumberland on Sunday and passed within 20 miles of the village of Stamfordham you might have wondered what the hell was going on. The roads were lined with hundreds of abandoned cars and crowds in the thousands stood screaming on the verges, as the best road racers in Britain tore…
Fort William World Cup 3 year deal!
I’m not long back in the office after a 705 mile round trip, to one of the biggest event’s of the year, the Fort William UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Every year as I turn back south, there is a moment of anticipation, will it be back next year? It’s voted the best event on…
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: Downhill, Fort William…
After much packing, making last minute adjustments to the van, cleaning bikes, and frantically ordering a new camera, yesterday afternoon I eventually turned the van North up the A1 and with a couple of stops to pick up my assistants (bag carriers) for the weekend, headed over the boarder and in to Scotland! A target…
The Exhibitionists: Video Promo
Fridge Productions have just realised the latest promo video for the Exhibitionists, it features me running round the Pro Sprint Eliminator at the Dalby Mountain Bike World Cup last week. I was wired up with a mic for the whole event, and had to give a running commentary. It was a strange experience, something totally…
The Exhibitionists: What’s that all about then?
During the May bank holiday weekend (27th-30th May 2011) I will be taking part in an exhibition throughout Redcar and Cleveland called “The Exhibitionists” along with other Redcar Creatives. The exhibition is spread around a range of venues in the Redcar and Cleveland area, from the historic Georgian mansion that is Ormbsy hall, to the…
UCI Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup: This weekend!
UCI Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup: This weekend! Charging batteries, cleaning the van, cleaning cameras, packing the van, writing up order/shoot sheets, last minute prep, manically running round like a headless chicken… yep its World Cup weekend… For the second year running Dalby Forest and nearby Pickinering play host to the UK leg of…
