Posts by David Greenaway
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 6 Thetford to Dereham
August 25, 2016
If you search Google maps for directions from Thetford to Dereham, you get 24 miles. It took us 104 miles, four times as long. Why? Because we had to cycle to Lowestoft Ness, and then back to Dereham. Today we had two milestones: 500 miles completed; and the second of our compass points visited, Lowestoft …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 5 Milton Keynes to Thetford
August 24, 2016
We are at the point on this challenge where pain kicks in big time, without exception. The effects of being in the saddle for over 400 miles, with four successive days averaging 90 miles, in tough terrain and exacting conditions is taking its toll. Some of that is obvious: pressure points on the saddle and …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 4 Chippenham to Milton Keynes
August 23, 2016
When we arrived in Milton Keynes this evening, Sara, Kate and John had all completed four successive days in the saddle for the first time ever. Well done to them, and 5 bonus points each. I have already introduced Sara. Kate is another newbie. She completed her PhD at Nottingham in 1996, held a series …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 3 Exeter to Chippenham
August 22, 2016
The Rio Olympics are over, and what a stunning performance from Team GB, one we should all be proud of. The conclusion of the Games will leave a hole for many sports enthusiasts, but fear not, the LC6 Decomnium still has up to thirteen days to run. Today was again tough: long, with 5,000+ feet …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 2 Victoria to Exeter
August 21, 2016
What a start to the day. After the Stewards Enquiry we almost had the first disqualification from the Decomnium. It turns out that Sara has electronic gears. So, quite aside from the physical effort avoided from not manually making 30-60 gear changes an hour in this terrain, she avoids the mental stress of having to …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 1 Lizard Point to Victoria
August 20, 2016
In the beginning, the Nottingham Life Cycle was about eleven riders cycling from John O’Groats to Lands’ End. Life Cycle 6 is about so much more now. Over 600 cyclists of all ages on the Community Day; 100 walkers on the Robin Hood Way, organised by Professor Denise Kendrick; bake offs in numerous Schools and …
Life Cycle 5 – From Lochs and Glens to Cathedrals and Minsters
October 6, 2015
Our final challenge of Life Cycle 5 was meant to be ‘Lochs and Glens’, a 205 mile route from Inverness to Glasgow, through challenging, but scenic terrain. But it was not for me. The night before heading to Inverness, my wife Susan was admitted to QMC with acute appendicitis, which turned out to be rather …
Nottingham Life Cycle 5: The Vice Chancellor’s Blog
August 25, 2015
The LC5 Community Day The timing of this year’s Nottingham Life Cycle Community Day was different, coming between challenges, rather than at the end of one, but the core ingredients were not. That started with a huge number of riders. More than 500 embarked on one of four challenges: 10, 25, 50 or 75 miles; …
Nottingham Life Cycle 5: The Vice Chancellor’s Blog
June 17, 2015
Way of the Roses: Bridlington to Morecambe This will be a different kind of Life Cycle blog, because this is a different kind of Life Cycle. Despite the plan for only one Nottingham Life Cycle, we have now completed four, and for four different causes. Together they have raised £1.5 million. All of us associated …
The VC’s Life Cycle 4 Blog: Day 17 – The LC4 Community Day
September 1, 2014
An unusual start to the day: a blog to finish as always, but no breakfast cramming, no mad dash to get kitted up and get off, no route planning; some riders were even reading newspapers after breakfast. A minibus collected us at 0830 to go from Perth to Edinburgh Airport, and after check in, first …
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