The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 4 – Innerleithin-Edinburgh – Cumnock
August 23, 2013
When I started cycling, less than three years ago, I never imagined a day would come when the prospect of setting out on an 86 mile leg would be met with a sense of relief (albeit a small one). Following the last two days, that day was today. Blog writing time was restricted last night, …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 3 – Slaley to Innerleithin
August 22, 2013
Nick and I cycled 102 miles today. We hadn’t planned to do that. More later. Overnight accommodation at Slaley Hall was very comfortable and we were joined by Susan and Jenny Wright and her boys. There had evidently been a bit of argy-bargy on room sharing arrangements. Now that Nick has an OBE, Lord Neville …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 2 – York to Slaley
August 21, 2013
Why is York so difficult to find a way out of? We stayed there on our ‘Way of the Roses’ training run and got lost. Today, within minutes of leaving our accommodation in one of the Halls at York University, there was a Garmin disagreement between Steve and Stefano. In the meantime a group led …
Life Cycle 3
August 14, 2013
During a visit to our School of Economics, I was asked ‘does this get easier each year?’ Psychologically it does help to have cycled over 1,000 miles, in that you have some sense of what is coming. But physically it most certainly does not get any easier: partly because 14 consecutive days in the saddle …
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