by nickpannaman | Jun 3, 2019 | blog, Scotland | The Highland 500
69 miles ridden – 6500 feet climbed – temperature 9C. I will post pictures separately tomorrow as the internet where we are staying is not fast enough. I’ve done a fair bit of cycling in my time but today was the hardest I have ever done. The first...
by nickpannaman | Jun 2, 2019 | blog, Scotland | The Highland 500
63 miles ridden – 1900 feet climbed – temperature 13C The TV news this morning was full of today being the hottest day of the year in the South East which was a bit cruel really – that is not what we have seen today up here. At best it was cloudy and...
by nickpannaman | May 27, 2019 | blog, Scotland | The Highland 500
In fact it starts next Sunday 2nd June when we depart Inverness to cycle 470 miles around the North West corner of Scotland. I booked my flight from Luton to Inverness before the Extinction Rebellion protests so I have some concerns about my carbon footprint, I am on...
by nickpannaman | May 20, 2019 | blog, default
Not only was this my first 100 mile ride of 2019 but it was the first day ride on my new Cervelo S5. Whereas my Enigma Etape is like a high performance M-series BMW the Cervelo S5 is an out and out Italian Supercar, only better made. It was an early start – 7am....
by nickpannaman | May 14, 2019 | blog, default
I’m not sure what the weather is like in the U.K. at the moment but it’s nice and warm here in Lanzarote. Sue and I are enjoying our first of 2019’s visits to our favourite playground and with sunny skies and high 20s Celsius it’s easy to have fun. Of course...