A couple of months ago, I joined Max Darkins from Mountain Bike UK magazine along with Sally and Bruce from Mikes Bikes in Aviemore for a ride through Rothiemurchus in the Cairngorms of Scotland. It was that time of year when the leaves were turning and mud could be found in epic proportions, but the…
60th Yorkshire Three Peaks Race – Outdoor Fitness
Last year, I spent a day running around the Yorkshire Three Peaks course, it happened to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the legendary Three Peaks Race, however, I wasn’t clad in my ultra lightweight running shorts, but was lugging 15kg’s of camera kit around. Back in November some of the images from the day…
UTMB – PTL Leaves Chamonix
I’m in Chamonix to take part in the 70 mile Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc TDS Race which gets underway on Wednesday morning. We set of in Courmayeur in Italy and run the 120km’s back to Chamonix, tackling some 7250 meters of climbing along the way. In the mean time, I’m trying to relax in Chamonix, not…
Kendal Mountain Festival – Idents
Last week I was recruited (bribed and threatened) to act as an Action Sports Model for Fridge Productions, who were working on a series of Idents (film shorts) for the Kendal Mountain Festival this coming weekend. I regularly work with Fridge, and they are good guys to work with, so I happily agreed. We were…
Friday Stoke: I Believe I can Fly…
I’m heading to Kendal Mountain Festival in a few weeks, so working out what I want to go and see… I’ve just found this amongst the listings… Possibly one I would have passed over, but not now I have watched it! and I can honestly say my heart was in my mouth! It is stunningly…
GoPro Launches HD HERO2
You know that little turn to camera that you can stick anywhere, shoots amazing HD video and not bad stills, is water, shock and idiot proof… well it’s just got a whole lot better! GoPro have just announced an update to the HD HERO line in the form of the HD HERO 2. And it’s…
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…
Danny Macaskill – Industrial Revolutions
If you watch one thing today, make it this… its stunning! Amazing cinematography, beautiful soundtrack and the best riding you daren’t even dream about…
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…
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…
