Monthly Archives: February 2010

Taking up the challenge

Posted on February 28, 2010 by holmesinho

I enjoyed another poker night with the lads last night but found out that I had been targetted by one of my mates.  Andy and I are doing the Great North Swim in September and he’s working really hard towards it   … Continue reading →

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Building a castle

Posted on February 13, 2010 by holmesinho

I’ve built a castle this evening.  It only took 4 hours.  I benefited from a painful lesson my father learnt nearly 30 Christmases ago when he tried to construct a 4 foot tall Sindy house on Christmas Eve.  It didn’t … Continue reading →

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The state of NCN Route 6

Posted on February 7, 2010 by holmesinho

I’ve been trading mails with a local blogging cyclist who has recorded some excellent video footage of his rides through a helmet camera.  I spotted some scenes from NCN 6 with Darrell pointing out how variable the state of Sustran’s network is.  We … Continue reading →

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Triathlon targets

Posted on February 3, 2010 by holmesinho

Well I hit my target of 4 swims and 8 runs in January so I’m quite pleased with myself.  One of the ‘runs’ was actually 9k of a commuting walk in the snow and another run involved dragging my son … Continue reading →

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