No you didn’t! – Man down!

We interupt our usual broadcast for a special anouncement: The blogger known has “The HighwayMunky has been run down by a woman driving a peugeot” Yes, folks i’m afraid it’s true after doing over 20miles and 800ft of climbing in the morning I set off home feeling great! legs were strong and I was heading [...]

Such an old man

I’m sat here writing this drivel with a cold pack on my back, one on my knee, a tartan blanket over me and a cat sat next to me. All I need is some slippers and the cough of 50 years passive smoking and I’d be my grandad. I did a really good hard ride [...]

Mayday, Mayday, We’re going down!

[Note from Munky: Nasty pictures of injuries ahead if squimish look away now] I am once again humbled by the trail gods, I have clearly not been paying them enough attention. Maybe because I have been riding on the road so much they thought that I must be punished, Maybe it is because they have [...]

Stretch it out

This mornings ride wasn’t quite 30 miles but it felt like it thanks to a fantastic 17mph headwind! [i checked it was that hard] Ride info: Distance: 21.22 Time: 1:30 Ascent: 505ft Descent: 575ft Average Speed: 14.15 mph Calories burned: 1172 The 1st part of the ride was great and I felt strong and was [...]

Slippy Slidy Ouch!!!

It was gorgeous on the way to work this yesterday morning. Really makes riding worthwhile when you conquer a hill and are rewarded with a sky like this! It is muddy out there! Autumn is well and truly here as i ventured out into some of my rougher trails on the way home from work [...]

mmm Ice is Slippy

Hello friends, Romans, fellow cyclists! I have returned for my period of servitude a bit fatter but wiser and have dived head first (some times literally) back into the commuting biking life. Over the past few weeks I’ve had the occasional ride, once out at Sherwood Pines with the Mrs & little man, We also [...]

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