Hurrah! There are two things to celebrate, firstly I now have an Internet connection and secondly we’ve completed the Roman Rumble with bikes, muscles and sanity relatively intact. The last day saw us attack the infamous Wrynose and Hardknott passes with their one in three gradients and horrific hairpin bends. We got off to a… Read More »
Hideous internet connection in Cumbria too. Will write up day for when I can. Needless to say Wyrenose and Hardnott conquered non stop in costume! Pictures to follow… Posted via my generic mobile device
Terrible Internet connection. Will have to write it up tomorrow. Fifty miles in hot sun in Roman costume. Sweaty. Very sweaty…! Posted via my generic mobile device
I write this from my palatial suite while Stephan lurks grumpily in his cramped garret, I think I got the better room today (I got the better room yesterday too, hurrah!) After our promised breakfast we set off, covered a feeble eight miles and then stopped at our first Roman fort. It was the turn… Read More »
I’m currently sitting here in a rather nice bed and breakfast in Corbridge having completed the first day of the Roman Rumble for the wonderful Pendsey Trust. Today we have been blessed with absolutely wonderful weather, which is a bit of the disadvantage in that wearing a Roman costume in hot weather is not very… Read More »
Fame, as they say, at last. Your soaraway Shoot Up and the Roman Rumble has been featured my local newspaper. Fans of Edinburgh suburbia will already be familiar with the Currie and Balerno news, with it’s litany of planning application coverage and angry letters about dog poo, so you can only imagine my delight in… Read More »
Avid readers of your soaraway Shoot Up will be aware that I will be cycling across Britain dressed as a Roman in aid of the Pendsey Trust next week. My cycling partner Stephan has decided that we should include the Hardknott and Wrynose Passes in Cumbrian as part of the route. These are both listed… Read More »
In amongst the tremendous announcement of your soaraway Shoot Up’s first baby, life has been moving along in an orderly fashion. I’ve been busy training for the Roman Rumble – the long-distance bike ride I’m doing in June. So how’s it been going? My first two training runs didn’t go too well I’m afraid to… Read More »