Context is everything — The phrase “resilience vs. reliance” was discussed in between our Plymouth Soup Run food service last night. We’d just given out around 80 meals to the people that rely on our food service and who come to Shekinah on a Sunday night to collect their hot meal and the various…

51 miles | 5/10 | 5–6 hours — About this route I’ve been training since my failed attempt at the Atlas Mountain Race in February for Badlands in September. But training is a bit dull and repetitive and I wanted to see how my body and mind would respond to a mid-distance ride on a hot day. Spain will be at…

Thanks for your feedback. 1. I'm not aware of a detour so will have a look as this part is not far from my house. 2. I do state on the route guide that section is hike-a-bike for most people. I have ridden it in the last few months even…

Gravel specific or not, these are great shoes — EDIT: Badlands performance review at the end of the post!! For the last year or so I’ve been (mainly) wearing a pair of Five Ten Boa Kestrel shoes, and I was very happy with them. But the velcro eventually stopped working and I ended up with flappy straps. I did…

Owned by Tom, a local mountain biker who knows the local trails better than me! — CCW is a new bike shop (to me) that I found now I’m living at the Southern end of Dartmoor. Tom did some work on my Broken Road recently to a high standard at a very fair price. Although he’s a bit off route, if you are on the bottom half of Dartmoor and need some bike fixing then he’s perfectly placed to help you out.

But people are not always honest — With such easy access to people, sending a quick survey to your target audience has never been easier and faster. But what if the survey says one thing but you know the survey results are wrong? I’ve tended to be a “facts are better than opinion” type of person. Everyone…

The dream vs. reality — The concept of skills-based hiring is older than the horse and cart but with the advent of AI and slick vendor marketing messages, it’s made to sound like it’s the latest greatest silver bullet for hiring. …

380 miles | 7 days | 2/10 difficulty — About this route Although the OCW was only created in October 2021, and not ridden as a full ride until March 2022, it seems to have become very well known quite quickly through lots of social media activity; or at least I’ve seen it in my Instagram feed most days. …

It’s got to be a unicorn. — In the cycling world, gravel bikes divide opinion. As you can see my gravel bike above has drop bars (like a road bike) but grippy tyres (like a mountain bike) and various other bits that cross between bike types. Gravel bikers think gravel bikes are the best bikes. In the…