A Mountain Bike Film: Lee Quarry
I liked the aesthetics of video with DSLR’s so I recently dug deep into my pockets and purchased a Panasonic Lumix GH1. I now need to practice lots before I head out to India as volunteer videographer for Raleigh International in July. This is my first practice. The video follows Patrick mountain biking at Lee Quarry on his Ragley Mmmbop bike. I also took along my glidetrack. I’m looking forward to lots more DSLR filmming and getting to know the Panasonic GH1 a little better.
Manchester to John O’Groats: Summary of my LEJOG second half.
Friday – A day 0f contrasts, the softness of the sofa against the hardness of the road, the comfort of my bed v’s the ?. I had a touch of GPS failure which was probably more todo with my requirement that everything needed to happen immediately. Anyway the GPS decided to ‘do the right thing’ and I was comforted by all the numbers and times I could see on my screen. Going north through Manchester and out to Bury and up into the Yorkshire Dales was very interesting.
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Twitter Updates for Team Pickle on LEJOG 2010-05-02
- #LEJOG we’re all gods children and he treats us all with equal disdain #
- #LEJOG yes i love scotland and punctures and famine and pestilence all the horse men me the apocalypse #
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Twitter Updates for Team Pickle on LEJOG 2010-04-25
- #LEJOG granite way is excellen cycle route to take. lydford gorge to oakhampton #
- #LEJOG 60 miles done. 36 to minehead. Go go go you legs #
- Still pedaling! #LEJOG #cycling Check out a map of my progress http://teampickle.co.uk/2010/04/18/paddys-lejog-progress/ #
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Lands End to Manchester: Summary of my LEJOG first half.
Day 1- Lands End to Lanlivery Puddle. Saturday 17th April 2010
Very late start about 12:30pm, drove down from campsite in Lanlivery Puddle, paid the parking fee at Lands End then dawdled some more. Got photo taken at sign, brilliant memento and off. Really lucky to have H with me for the first stretch to Penzance which was really nice. At Penzance I had some GPS battery issues, running down very quickly so bought some AA batteries and swapped them out. This is the cause of the dodgy numbers from Saturday. After Penzance I headed off and got trucking along. The route was very pleasant staying mostly on quiet roads.
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The hazards of riding the LEJOG…
I thought I was aware of the many potential hazards involved in doing the LEJOG….blisters, painful achilles, chapped bits, un-friendly car drivers, pangs of hunger but never had I expected Velociraptor Raptors
Paddy’s LEJOG Progress for Raleigh International
You can keep up-to-date on Paddy’s progress up the country via our google map. He’ll be tweeting and plotting so any encouragement as he pedals his way north will be most appreciated. Tweet him on @teampickle.
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Ultimate Fashion…Team Pickle T-Shirt
The latest fashion statement in urban street wear. A Team Pickle T-shirt…every mans must have wordrobe item. Sadly there’s only one and that belongs to Paddy.
LEJOG….the end of the beginning.
Last day at work today, keen to get on with the LEJOG now but still got a bunch of stuff to do. Spent an hour last night making flapjack which was a roaring success.
Chamois butter…check
Patrick poses in the garden with his bike ready packed. Puncture repair kit…check, camera…check. Pedalling comences this Saturday…eeek. Just hope that northly headwind eases.
Ragley Mmmbop just arrived…mmm indeed!
After braking the Trek Remedy I’m looking forward to getting out on my new Mmmbop. My first hard tail for a long, long time.
Cheshire Cat 2010 – 100 miles-5000ft+ of ascent in 6hrs 22mins
A few photos from the 2010 Cheshire Cat. My training ride for the big LEJOG and the first time I’ve ever cycled 100 miles. Got myself a medal for getting up the big hill and everything.
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Lands End to John O’Groats pre-start jitters…
So there’s 10 days to go before the start of my rather epic feeling 1200 miles ride from Lands End to john O’Groats. The bike is ready, my kit is ready I’m kinda ready. I know I’m certainly keen to get on with it. I often get a little impatient in the final weeks before a big trip. All that time spent planning, thinking about the possibilities, dreaming about what you do want to happen and what you really don’t want to happen.
Team Pickle dabble in a little do-gooding
Little bit of background info – Nearly 10 years ago at the age of 18 I volunteered with Raleigh International on a 3 month expedition to Belize. My experience was empowering and life changing so as a happy ‘grown up’ I have chosen to give something back to Raleigh and volunteer my time and skills on the summer 2010 expedition to India. I will be living in the heart of some of the most remote areas, working as part of a team who will facilitate the growth and development of the young people on expedition as they work on sustainable community and environmental projects.
Serious Fun Road Trip Video
I’ve been reminiscing a little recently, looking through old photos, and decided I wanted to make a little reminder of our 2004-05 serious fun road trip adventure. I had so many photos sitting on our hard drive I just decided to stitch them all together in chronological order to create a little video of our 9 month trip in 6.30 minutes.
Algonquin Park Photomotion Video
It has taken a while but here is our photo & video trip log from Algonquin Park Canada. The footage is a combination of photographs and video. All taken using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. Music is Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim.
Paddling in Algonquin Park Canada – 2009
17 days in the Canadian backcountry within Algonquin Park. It was our first ever canoe trip but we’ve already started discussing the possibility of buying our own canoe…but surely then we would also need a van to help us transport it and us around. We better get saving. Here are a selection of our photos illustrating the ups and the downs. A fantastic trip!
Algonquin iphone photos
Well we’re still in Canada but back from our 17 day Algonquin Paddling Adventure. It was most definately more of an endurance test than either of us had expected but very rewarding. In brief we saw 4 moose, got bitten by mosquitos, ate too much sausage, completed 27 portages, saw bear and wolf prints, and toasted 3 bags of marshmellows!
Hannah’s Big Bro Gets Married
My Big Bro & the lovely Julie were married on Friday 7th August 2009. This is a little photomotion video of their perfect day. It contains no actual video footage but is made up entirely of photographs. There’s over 2,000 images but i’ve lost count of exactly how many. Music is ’1234′ by Feist
Lee Quarry, trial by Quarrymen.
Lee Quarry, Bacup….a dissused quarry doing nothing, with lots of steep banks and loose rocks, what could we do with that they thought? As part of the Pennine Lancashire Adrenalin Gateway, they turned part of it into mtb course and a really intersting one too. A visit was well over due after numerous friends have waxed lyrical about the place. Time to pack the motor and get ourselves over there quick smart. Sunday saw the arrival of Team Pickle at Bacup.
Algonquin…the plan.
The back story….An upcoming wedding, a hen party with a difference and a walk across fields towards a good pint led to a conversation about trips we had been on and trips we wanted to do. A canoe trip was mentioned which peaked my attention. A story of flat water canoeing, camping and lots of Canadian wildlife. It sounds perfect I thought, H has always mentioned she wanted to do some sort of canoe trip. Not being that way inclined during my adult life I was a little sceptical if open to suggestion or certainly persuasion.
Ewok Village Vanished!?
On a recent mountain biking trip to Glentress we were a little gutted to find the north shore features within Ewok Village had been completely removed (- it was made a little more frustrating due to the lack of signs indicating the removal). Anyway as I had been psyching myself up I was able to ride the only remaining feature – the sea saw – for the first time so it wasn’t a completely wasted journey.
Since returning back home I’ve found out that the sorely missed Ewok Village had been removed due to rotting wood.
Jiggy with the Skinnies
A short video of Hannah practising her “northshore” skills on the skinny woodwork at Dixon’s Hallow in Dalby Forest. It was our first trip to Dalby Forest and great to find a a reasonable amount of low level woodwork to practice riding on.
A Tryfan Summit
I was shocked to find out recently that Paddy had never scrambled to the top of Tryfan in Snowdonia – not that I am exactly familiar with the route, having scaled it only once before as a teenager during a Duke of Ed trip. Anyway we were in Wales for a friends birthday weekend so six of us thought we would give it a go.
