The MBH, MBH’s mom, Adair,and I made a short excursion out to Leeds Castle last weekend. It was a fairly easy 75-80 minute drive east of London, and only about 30 minutes west of Canterbury. Leeds Castle was built in the 1200s, and spent generations being owned by various queens of England. Most famously, King [...]
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
Easter Classic: Finished!
Posted in Cycling on Apr 5th, 2010
Well, I did the London Phoenix Easter Classic today. My goal was to do the 112km (about 70 miles) in under 5 hours. As it turned out, I did 112km in under 4:40 – good enough for ‘bronze medal’ standard. However, my total ride turned out to be around 140km. Our group missed one of [...]
I’m doing a 112km ride tomorrow – the third annual London Phoenix Easter Classic. It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden more than 50 miles. I did about 40 miles last summer with one of the near by clubs, but it was a fairly easy 40 miles (and included a 20-minute break when one [...]
The weather hasn’t been that great the last few days. We had made plans to visit Leeds Castle and Canterbury over the Easter break, but the weather wasn’t cooperating. So instead we made a shorter trip to St. Albans, about 30 minutes or so north of where we live in London: we all piled into [...]