Posts by David Greenaway
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 11 – Cardiff to Wantage
August 30, 2013
Another 100 mile day (well, 101 to be precise) though Chris exceeded even that with 110. Getting out of Cardiff is even harder than getting out of York. Chris went solo today and was away quickly, his navigation challenges came later than ours. The rest of us, 11 riders, plus Roger, plus our new leg …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 10 – Swansea to Cardiff
August 29, 2013
Today was another day. What a contrast to yesterday. We ate very late last night, joined by Susan and Jenny. Despite that, all riders were at breakfast before 0700 and ready to go shortly after 0800. Roger, who knows this part of Wales like the back of his hand, suggested some adjustments to the route, …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 9 – Aberystwyth to Swansea
August 28, 2013
Hmm, I’m not sure where to begin today. So maybe I should just start from the beginning. We had a kind of home-made / dig in breakfast in one of the Halls of Aberystwyth University, lots of bags and cartons of stuff that got us there. There was way too much chatter about routes and …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 8 – Bangor to Aberystwyth
August 27, 2013
We began the day by singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Simon in the car park of Bangor University Halls of Residence, where we had stayed overnight. We presented him with a new watch and a card and called for a speech. He said ‘thank you’ and we left. Andy was off like a shot, saying he …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 7 – Balbriggan to Bangor
August 26, 2013
Today was a bit messy. Just 55 miles to be covered, but broken up, with quite a bit of sitting around. We set out from Balbriggan after a comfortable night at the Bracken Court Hotel, excellent accommodation and good food. Susan Anderson, our leg rider who joined us yesterday, rode with us to Dun Laoghaire, …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 6 – Belfast to Balbriggan
August 25, 2013
Our leg rider today was Susan Anderson. Susan is a Lecturer in Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She was born and bred in Balbriggan and was a student at Queen’s University Belfast, where we stayed overnight. In fact, she lived in the Hall next to the one we where we stayed. …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 5 – Cumnock to Belfast
August 24, 2013
Our accommodation at the Dumfries Arms Hotel in Cumnock was very comfortable and the dinner last night outstanding. Top marks. I actually set off with the entire team this morning. We quickly broke into a 9-2 formation (Man City in Europe?) with Chris and Stefano out front. Chris set out with a spare tyre wrapped …
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 …
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