I've always wanted to do a sportive... A cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-par...

Coming home is always hard but this year it's been so much harder. Whilst away, at work they announced that they were placing my...

It's taken a while to post this. Not sure why, I've just been sitting on it a while...  It's been a couple of years s...

23:10 (1508.21) - I had planned for everything to be packed up and ready for tea time today. That went out of the window hours ago. Tha...

Preparing for a holiday can be stressful. Not for me, as long as I know where I'm going and I've got clean pants for every day t...

Yesterday was my cycling club's "100 miler". It was a chance for me to really move my cycling to another level. I achie...

This week we moved workplace as government cuts forced our local building to close. We are all now working from a larger facility and i...

Over a year ago our eldest daughter came back into our lives. Things were good, she moved home and our family was whole again. Then ...

I've been going out almost every Sunday with my new cycling club. I've made new friends and I can feel the benefits over bein...

Shaving. A man's right of passage or a lifelong curse? I've been shaving since I was about 16. As I got older the frequenc...

The earliest mention the Royal George public house was in 1869. Throughout the years I imagine the pub must have served the community...

Captain's Movie Review in Seven Words... Visually impressive. Lacks story. They kill Kylie! 5/7 IMDb: San Andreas Ok it'...

I love TV, I'm no snob about it. There are some great shows out there, too many for anyone to watch them all. Thankfully these d...

It's always been my intention to start cycling with a club. Last year, after the Tour and after I searched out a suitable club, I ha...

If you live in the UK you can't have not noticed that there's an election. For me and millions lie me this election is a potent...