Svarta & Blue

Getting there munch on, how teeny is little Blue!

Reiver & Rhubarb

Sharing some celery :-)

Inspirational Bike Quotes

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
- H.G. Wells

A Beautiful Walk

After getting back on the bike lately and noticing my drop in fitness I decided to get my sorry backside off of the sofa and take the dog on a nice walk. As I am over west I decided to have a go round the famous Ingleton Falls Trail to check out the waterfalls and as I knew it wouldn't be too easy with lots of stairs and up n' downs.

http://www.ingletonwaterfallstrail.co.uk/trails.php

It was such a lovely surprise, I actually don't mind paying the £5 entrance fee as the path is remarkably well maintained and marked and the views along the way are just gorgeous. As I set off quite late in the day I was lucky enough to barely see another soul too so was a perfect way to get my mind sorted and think nice thoughts after a pretty stressful past few weeks.

One of the best sections for me was about half way round at Thornton Force (see picture), really majestic and beautiful, one of the most perfect waterfalls I have seen in this country and for me it rivals high force in Teesdale pretty closely
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Its days like this when you realise what matters in life, what's real and what's not real and exactly what we are all capable of. I have the choice to be a good person and to minimise my negative impact on others and the environment and today has just steered me back on track and reminded me of my values and who I am. Thanks to the simplicity of nature and the wondrous beauty forged by the force of the water of years for making my day so pleasant. Found a great quote from the Dalai Lama that kinda sums up how I feel today....

Endomondo Hiking Workout: was out hiking 4.22 miles in 1h:17m:03s using Endomondo.

Back Weight Training For the Bike This Morning

A nice early morning weights session built in to my day at Oxygym this morning, did a nice mixture of free weights and body weight exercises just to get back into it ready for picking up the bike again and getting out there.  Few race entries for 2013 are now starting to appear so its time to get serious and get my legs strong enough to keep up. Felt good to be back doing something after being ill for so long but my thighs hurt already and I am a long way off all my old PB lifting weights... onwards and upwards, soon be back to it again and better than before, with the extra encouragement of Loeka and my other sponsors and girlie biker pals I am sure its gonna be a great season :-)

Endomondo Doing weight training Workout: was out doing weight training - 219 cals burned and strencht gained in 30m:00s using Endomondo.

Great Post From Katie C - Top Guinea Pig Tips

.:Cadbury and Carlton:.: What We Eat: We require quite a particular diet.  We are one of the few mammals, like humans, who can become vitamin-c deficiant, also known as scurvy,...

Rescued Animals

Svarta the Guinea Pig

Lacie and Marley the Bunnies

Well guys, been a while since I posted due to ill health but here is some news for you!  A couple of weeks ago now I rescued two lovely female bunnies and a cute little boy guinea pig from Stockton Council where they had had to seize all the living animals from a local pet shop which had left the animals in a sorry state.

After nursing the guinea pig back to health from conjunctivitis and flea infestations and the bunnies are being well fed and cuddled after much neglect they are turning into amazing little pets. Marley is the grey/black rabbit (so called as she has a dreadlock in her mane and Bob was more of a boy's name...) and Lacie is inspired by Lewis Carrol and his famous book Alice in Wonderland (tenuous link to white rabbits), however I must admit she has the look of the demon rabbit off Monty Pythons' Holy Grail- but I thought that didn't really match her sweet, cuddly, temperament ;-)

Am going to visit a local guinea pig breeder next week to find a buddy for Svarta (Norweigan for black thing) the guinea pig as he seems a bit lonely and timid so am really looking forward to that and will post some piccies up for you guys to see how cute they all are.

Visit Susan the breeder's page for more information, its great!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ken-wise/Aboutus.htm