Ackers on a bike/hike

@malcolmackland.bsky.social

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Cyclist/hiker - I'm here to inspire and to be inspired, just keep riding/hiking

A strava screenshot of a 22.5km bike ride with 175m of ascent in 1 hour 5 minutes around the country lanes of mid Hertfordshire
A blue plaque commemorating that John Kemp Starley lived in Walthamstow, stuck on the wall of a girls school
A selfie in the sunshine with Alexandra Palace building and TV mast in the background
A strava screenshot of a 23km bike ride around mid hertfordshire - what you can't see is I had to do a repeat of the first section (out and back) to make the ride up to over 1 hour moving, cos I went a bit faster than I expected
21 June load graph - regular spikes 2-3 times an hour up to 2 kw apart from during the afternoon
A strava screenshot of a 25km walk around North London, plus a train journey home that wasn't counted in the distance
A brompton bicycle leaning against a finger post on a gravel cycling track with a shallow valley snaking off into the distance with arable farmland either side. Skies are clear blue, no clouds in sight, bright sunshine.
a strava screenshot listing a variety of bikes like road, boardman, gravel, trail, etc, with assorted amounts of kilometers against each one - most is boardman at 34,355. Brompton listed as 0
A shiny new Brompton G-Line in black on a driveway in the sunshine
A surprisingly large box marled with a very stark "Brompton" logo, in a garage with assorted bikes in the background - I can count 5 of them, excluding the Brompton box, and there are more out of sight...
a weird turnstile gate with capitalised messages - "DOG'S ON LEADS" and "DON'T FEED THE DEER"
20 minutes after sunset in the North West of the New Forest, the light is scarce so the common and houses and trees look evenly black, but the sky is alive - clear blue with a swirl of ice crystals creating a weird gnarled gargoyle face effect with yellows and oranges closer to the horizon - looks wonderful
a pile of assorted outdoors shoes piled up in a tight pyramid in the corner of a room, with a doormat and tiled floor in view
A cropped strava screenshot to skip any personal info of an evening walk where most of the route is hidden due to security settings - but the screenshot was from my view so I can see them. It is across a small village in the new forest and is almost entirely traffic free, but not stile free
10 years ago - three hardtail mountain bikes on a four bike towbar carrier and space for one more - snug, but fitted
A coffee on a picnic table in the sun in Redbourne
A sign in the entrance to a hall declaring Blood donor session this way, and my arm with a standard post donation plaster in the crease of my elbow
A domestic solar system app screenshot showing the panels had generated 46.6 kilowatt hours of electricity today, and since they were installed they have generated 16.8 megawatt hours
A picnic bench with a cup of coffee on it, and a mountain bike leaning against the far side. The bench is in the shade of a parasol, and there is clear blue skies all around
A mountain bike on a bridleway next to a field full of crops. Clear blue skies, sun is shining, trail is dry and dusty
screenshot of the UK metoffice website for Hertfordshire showing the next week is just sunny and hot with light winds
A merlin app screenshot showing 8 different birds on screen where merlin had heard their song. Most prolific was the song thrush, and my first little ringed plover on the app. There was a wood pigeon - but we can ignore that...
A bar chart showing gas usage for May- starting pretty low for a few days then jumping to four or five times the usage for the next 10 days
A gravel bike with a flat pedal adaptor with a cleats bolted on and clipped into time ATAC pedals
4 packs of cleats in the original packaging
Screenshot of bbc website on election night with no parties having any votes
A mountain bike leaning on a tree that has fallen across the trail. on One side the handlebars are touching the trunk, on the other side there is just enough room to wheel the bike under. In there a distance there is a traffic cone warning of the blockage ahead
A full suspension trail bike leaning against a railing on the side of a driveway. It is dusty with a few mud splashes that have dried on.
A screenshot of a weather app showing rain from 5pm. Initially light rain, then heavy persistent rain
A frosty and icy golf fairway in the su shine and blue skies. The warning sign says "warning slippery slope"
Strava screenshot showing I've ridden 107km a week for the last 4 weeks at an average for 3 rides a week
A 1960s Beeching railway converted to a cycle path, flat, gravel, enough room for 2 bikes side by side, in a shallow cutting with trees, ground elder and ivy on the sides. The sun is starting to set from behind, in the foreground there are bicycle handlebars with aero bars and a GPS computer. In the mid shot amongst the lengthening shadows there is a patch of sunlight with the shadow of the bike rider in the middle
around 10 tulip buds starting to open, with 2 lipstick read ones already open. These are notable as the petals have frayed edges so they look furry.
A screenshot of the merlin birdsong app, showing the birds making a racket in earshot right now. Some bog standard British garden birds, but also a parakeet, a wren and a jackdaw joining the crescendo
A strava screenshot of a 53km bike ride in mid Hertfordshire with 645 metres of ascent in 3 hours 18 minutes
A black roadside leaning against a white garage door, there are a few droplets of water in places where the owner couldn't be bothered to dry it properly
The outside of Brompton Junction shop in Covent Garden, thr door is open and there are a variety of Brompton folding bikes in view
A strava screenshot showing a 40km mountain bike ride through mid Hertfordshire - elevation 411 metres, time 2 hours 30 minutes
A strava screenshot of a 22km bike ride
A dry and slightly dusty pathway leading into some trees, clear blue skies above
A mountain bike leaning against a memorial bench inscribed with "look for me in the rainbow", on the side of a bridleway in the middle of farmland. The bench looks across a shallow valley maybe 3 miles wide with a small village in the bottom. The farmers crops are starting to grow, the sky is clear and blue
A sandstone paved patio with a few slabs detached. Some of the slabs are red, but you can't tell until they are half cleaned
A peacock with his tail feathers down in a field staring at the bushes next to the field
A narrow footpath running dead straight into the distance across a field of crops that are just sprouting, under blue skies with a few whispy clouds.
A mountain bike lying in on the hedgerow on the side of a bridleway, farmers fields as far as the eye can see, maybe 5 miles, all under clear blue skies
A strava screenshot of a 10.5 km walk over Great Shunner Fell, 330m of ascent, completed in 3 hours
A bike leaning up against a fence on the side of a steep road leading down into a valley (dale). Green grassy sides to the dale, bright sunshine, blue skies and a few whispy clouds - you can see around 10 miles down the dale
The visitor centre at the Wensleydale Creamery
A living room scene, in the corner is a small dining table with a laptop and charging setup for bike lights, GPS and phone. A border collie is asleep underneath the table. In the centre of the room is a fireplace with a mountain bike front wheel, a pump and a cycle helmet, plus a bike back pack
A Strava screenshot showing a 37km ride with 780 metres of ascent in 2 hours 38 minutes, ride was between Wensleydale and Swaledale and back via the Bellerby firing range
A mountain bike leaning on a wire fence next ro a mountain pass road withe the tops of the Yorkshire Dales rolling into the far distance under a high veil of light cloud
A screenshot of the gov.uk firing times for the local moorland military firing range where we are staying - the only day where there is no firing for us is tomorrow
A strava screenshot showing a 5.4km walk from Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales
View along the edge of the Penhill plateau, showing Penhill Scar looking east towards Leyburn under thin veil of cloud
a strava screenshot showing a 18km walk, 430m of ascent, in 4 hours 24 minutes moving around Wensleydale
a bridge across a peat stained river that's about 30 metres wide, with the water tumbling over a small drop of about 50cm causing some frothing
Assorted broken bits of vehicle - plastic, wheel trim, lights smashed and other bits and pieces left in the gutter in a parking bay
A picnic bench with a mug of coffee on it with sunshine and clear blue skies beyond
A Swiss ball on a carpet in front of a TV showing a recording of masterchef from last week
A tupperware gently defrosting on a kitchen surface. The label says rhubarb 17 August 2024