Right… tomorrow morning I’ll be setting off for London on my Bike. One of the other riders will be updating twitter as we go so you can follow our progress here: http://www.twitter.com/bristolwaveride Must go to bed now, as I have to be up at 6 tomorrow to get ready for the ride…
Espe and I finally got around to watching the Age of Stupid on Saturday which is a pretty hard hitting film about climate change (not an uplifting weekend film wise, we’d been shocked and saddened the previous night by a Swedish film Lilja 4 Ever which deals with the horrific subject of the sex trafficking trade). Seeing Age of Stupid renewed my interest in alternative energies (something that dates back to Geography and Science lessons as school), and served to remind Espe and I that we need to do more to combat climate change. The little things we can around…
I logged into my Google Adsense account last week for the first time in ages to check on my earnings. Unsurprisingly, with the lack of regular updates, my income from the adverts has dropped off completely. The adverts will never bring in big money, but one month during my round the world trip they peaked at $92. Recent chats with Pete, who is becoming a bit of a ‘digital media‘ expert, have reminded me of the potential earnings from websites. Most of this is through adverts or affiliate programs. I won’t go into detail, but the better the content and…
My visa extension in Mongolia occupied the last free page in my passport, so its time to get a new one. Flicking through the current one, even if I do say so myself, it’s pretty damn impressive full of weird and wonderful stamps and visas. I did wonder when finishing my round the world trip whether it would fill up before it expired. Working for Tom, I should have guessed that would have been pretty much a dead cert. Rather well timed, was an email from Philippe mentioning www.PassportStamp.com. A new website designed for sados like me to show off…
What can I say? I love mountains, I love mountain biking, and I’m starting to get into this personal fitness thing. So, based on that, this holiday could only be a great thing. Despite all the training I threw myself at, the trip was physically very very tough. Quite possibly toughest physical exercise I’ve ever done. Rubbed in by the fact that everyone around me was much fitter. Still, I feel pretty proud of what I achieved. We covered over 534km in total, with a cumulative elevation gain of 11,096 metres. This was the third trip for Christian and some…
95km to Auer in 7 hour 55 mins. Killer 1730m altitude gain, 2454m loss ruined by an up valley wind. Number of falls, 1 (yup, me this time).