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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ride in the Park
I bought myself a new glidetrack and wanted to experiment with it. The sun was shining so I convinced Patrick to make a trip to the park and let me film him on his bike. His bike was broken (still is) so he borrowed a friends but forgot to add extra pressure to the forks hence all the falling.
Sounds of Revolution
It’s a short film about the sounds of mountain biking. We made it in 2007 and it was shot and edited within 48 hours and screened at Kendal Mountain Film Festival.
