2nd Day Riding with Julia in the Peak

We had a lazy start to yet another hot day to go out on another 6.5 hour ride in the peak, this time up and alongside the reseviors continuing north on the bridal ways to complete a hairpin route over the moor. Fantastic day.

Mountain Biking round the Peak

Julia took me and Al for a long ride round Dark Peak starting in Sheffield linking all the classic trails for an awesome day out in clear blue skys. 6.5 hours with 2000m Ascent.

Dow Crags Climb

A days climbing with Campbell at Dow Crags in the Lake District. We climbed Murray's Route and Murray's Direct. Also Abraham's Route. There was patchy sun and the crag was a little damp but a good day had by all.

Walk up and around High Street

This was a pleasent circular walk over High Street with Thomas, Andrew and the dog knobby. We ended the day with a bite to eat at Thomas's.

Mountain Bike with Jake

A long days riding with Jake in the Peak starting from Hope we rode a loop through Edale with a quick stop for a cake and a repair to Jakes bike in Hope. The weather was fab and a great day for a ride.

The day was finished off with a climb on Blizzard Ridge on Rivelin Rocks near to Sheffield

Instructing at Blackwell Adventure

Spent the weekend Instructing at Blackwell Adventure near Bromsgrove. A number of onsite activities involving high ropes.

Team Training in Borrowdale

Today saw us as a Team take on some training for the up coming events. The weather held apart from the wind to give some fantastic contitions to practice our kayaking skills. We hired the boats for 3 hours and went round the lake with a stop on St Herbert's Island. We also practiced our dibbing technique to not waste time during competition. After the Kayaking I went through some rope work with the team. Abseiling, belaying and tying in. Caz went off for a run with Janet up Scarfell Pike in preparation for the 3 peaks Yacht race next month.

Open 5+ Adventure Race in the Lakes

This event saw 10 members of Team Accelerate up in the Lakes for the first in a series of events. The Open 5+ is a 5 hour race involving Mountain Biking and Running with a timed out section down a Gill. The weather was overcast and mild with some rain. There was a mass start over at Whinlatter taking in some of the best single track in the Lakes. I was pairing up with Kev for this one as we were looking to do well in the series which will see an Open 12 and an Open 24 to come. We got off to a fast start on the bikes in a head to head battle at the front. We arrived at the first transition onto foot in 4th Place. We then headed out into the hills to gather as many checkpoints as we could in the time. These inclused one on an island 100m out into Derwent water, one on top of a 9ft wall and another down an 80m mine. My legs were quite pooped during the run and I struggled with an upset stomach after the swim in the cold water which saw me loose some of its contents. Back on the Bikes again it was a loop round drewent water and back into Keswick to finish. My legs were like jelly and it was hard work driving the bikes to the finish. We finished 5th Male Pair in the end, with me kicking myself knowing that i can go faster and felt I held us back. Its not a bad possition to be in with our stronger endurance events to come in the 12 and 24.
Congratulations to Julia and Dave who won the Mixed pairs and piped us to the post with their score. Also to Caz and George who finished in 3rd.

Preparing my van for its sale

Today me and Dad prepared my Adambulance to sell on Ebay. It has come to the time where I cant afford to keep two vehicles. It looks absolutely fantastic and it will be a shame to see it go after it was my home up in the Lake District for 1 year and 2 weeks. Thanks to dad for all his help.

Click here to see it on ebay

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