Cycling, hiking & footy have been a theme of the summer... that & plenty of catch up drinks!! Appreciating the surrounding countryside near my home town, Harrogate. It's great to have the freedom of the bike! You can travel quite a way without realising! Soooo much more satisfying than running! You get further & see more for a start! Best investment! Bicycle Diaries... Made it across the waters with my mam & dad to the Emerald Isle.. Co. Mayo &a...

Back home... & the longest Ive spent back in the UK for 3 years! Long overdue some may say! & what an awesome summer I have decided to make it happen! As with all folk from England, we are obsessed with the weather! & being from Yorkshire I am no different! Best English summer Ive experienced! Been great so far... Bicycle Diaries being a highlight! My new Hybrid & I have been getting very close! My bum has now moulded to the seat!!! Padded cycle ...

So... I travelled "Home Home" (everybody know this can only mean I went back to my mam & dads!) last Thursday. making the most of a Bank Holiday, which fell at the perfect time! Lyndsey Gowans 30th Birthday!!! Lynz had no idea I was going to make the journey back as a special visit for her! Priceless! I made arrangements with friends to meet in a pub on Friday early evening... She was being brought along, unsuspectingly, to find me sat there with a pint! How...