Mrs Fat Lad and I had managed to escape the clutches of West Yorkshire, it’s saddening claws of failed house moves and insurance industry fun and games left far behind. 496 miles up the lanes and hills of the NorthTM were swapped for glens, Munroes and snowcapped beauty of the north west Highlands. Thinking I […]
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Fat Lad’s March
April 5, 2010 – 8:22 pm
Welcome back dear pedalling fanatics and appreciators of the word ‘Feck’ to another exciting thrilling and rip-roaring monthly round up of this Chunky Cyclists world. This particular episode is brought to you from the gorgeous Scourie Bay and was powered by far too much gorgeous fresh sea food and a fat man’s bodyweight in chocolate. […]
Fat Lad’s Tweet Rides – February: @Cheesekate’s cheesygrinthing
March 15, 2010 – 2:34 pm
The February tweet up ride was organised with a, quite frankly, scary for me early and efficient manner. Kate offered her local trails as a venue for the second tweet ride. So Wednesday 24th of February saw me tootling down the motorway in Pugsley to the sunny climes of Nottingham. My only experience of riding […]
Fat Lad’s February
March 1, 2010 – 2:58 pm
Ooops so… not much posting going on round these here parts… Winter Fatigue has oddly pulled my writing mojo from under me rather than pedalling mojo. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing. Anyways onto the round up: Running Goal – To run at least once a week: Still at it. Although […]
Fat Lad’s January
February 12, 2010 – 3:07 pm
Running Goal – To run at least once a week: So far so good. I’ve run at least once a week so far, having real success with the Couch to 5K plan (C25K) from Cool Running. I’ve repeated week 4 twice due to a pulled quad muscle but I’m starting to feel each run getting […]
Fat Lad’s Tweet Rides – January: @richpips Hayfield Hoot
February 5, 2010 – 10:26 pm
In my last post I said something like this: Little bit kookier this one. I want to ride with one or more of my Twitter followers each month of the year. I know you’re all spread across the UK (and much further afield) and it will be cool to spread my MTB wings as it […]
Fat Lad: bliadhna mhath ur*
December 31, 2009 – 8:14 pm
So another year done, another wrinkle around my eyes. *shrug* meh. I did all my panicking about age when I turned 30 in October. Now, I’ve never been one for resolutions. Why start something in the New Year when you could just get off your arse and get it started now. But, this new year […]
Fat Lad For a Change…
December 29, 2009 – 2:51 pm
is being sensible. You see, I’ve got man-flu/chest lurgy. Not enough to be off work or really to moan about but enough to make me thnk twice about venturing out to pedal. I did this last year and dragged out a weeks worth of illness into months for a really stupid almost autistic need to […]
Fat Lad Wishes…
December 24, 2009 – 10:36 pm
Later after the soul-stealer snapped the above, the UK would be in full on white-out. Three flakes of snow and the capital ground to a halt. Soft arse southerners… 😉 Anyway to all the people I’ve ridden with, commented on, tweeted at, drunk with, bikes I’ve fixed, bikes I’ve broke, or fellow bike geek I’ve […]
Fat Lad’s Chain Reaction
December 18, 2009 – 11:46 pm
Right now I’m sat on the sofa bed in our spare room. I’m supposed to be tidying away the mountain of riding clothing so our box room/office can be made habitable for good friends to sleep. Atop our stairs is a mobile of photographs from last years trip of a lifetime to America. I can […]