Went out with the camera the other day, bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrr.......
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Monday, 29 November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010
Prague
25th October 2010
Myself and Gilly went for 2 nights to Prague, beautiful and charming city, good food and bright sunshine made for a perfect short break.
More pics here....
Myself and Gilly went for 2 nights to Prague, beautiful and charming city, good food and bright sunshine made for a perfect short break.
More pics here....
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Chippenham Wheelers 3up TTT 2010
10th October 2010
Myself, Darryl and Rob had entered this event again to defend our 1st Vets Team from last year. The omens were good as I got the start sheet through, we were off at 10:00 am, on the 10/10/10, Darryl had also planned to pick me up at 10 to 7.
Alas, Rob's wife was ill the night before and myself and darryl drove down in convoy with the 'B' team consisting of Trev, John H & Gary, DCB was in convoy as well to look after Gary's kids and to support the teams.
A fine but windy day saw myself and Darryl post a respectable time of 59:52 (even with a bottle stop!) with the 'B' team clinching 2nd place with a 58:55, the first Vets team only managed a 1:01 and the title would surely have been ours except for a missing man.
Myself, Darryl and Rob had entered this event again to defend our 1st Vets Team from last year. The omens were good as I got the start sheet through, we were off at 10:00 am, on the 10/10/10, Darryl had also planned to pick me up at 10 to 7.
Alas, Rob's wife was ill the night before and myself and darryl drove down in convoy with the 'B' team consisting of Trev, John H & Gary, DCB was in convoy as well to look after Gary's kids and to support the teams.
A fine but windy day saw myself and Darryl post a respectable time of 59:52 (even with a bottle stop!) with the 'B' team clinching 2nd place with a 58:55, the first Vets team only managed a 1:01 and the title would surely have been ours except for a missing man.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Monday, 27 September 2010
Butser Run 2010
September 2010
Myself and Tom ran this today, usual pain and suffering for this bitch of a run. Tom did amazing well and finished 3rd, beating some top local runners. My success? well I beat Simon who pipped me on the line 2 years ago, lost count of how many times "never again" went through my mind.
More pics here......
Official results here...
To round off a sporting day, Phil finished 3rd in a cat.2 race, picking up a hill prime and 50 pounds prize money.
Myself and Tom ran this today, usual pain and suffering for this bitch of a run. Tom did amazing well and finished 3rd, beating some top local runners. My success? well I beat Simon who pipped me on the line 2 years ago, lost count of how many times "never again" went through my mind.
More pics here......
Official results here...
To round off a sporting day, Phil finished 3rd in a cat.2 race, picking up a hill prime and 50 pounds prize money.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Duo Normand 2010
19th September 2010
A3crg arrived in numbers for the weekend to compete in the Duo Normand 2010, this was the 10th year the club had been coming here and we had 11 teams competing in the 2up time trial. Myself and Trevor paired up for the 3rd category and finished in 1:24:14 earning 16th place in this tough group. Darryl and John finished about 3 mins faster than us in the vets competition and Gary & Rob about a minute slower, again in the vets. Graham & Jez won the 3rd Cats, with our other teams having mixed results. 2 of our teams ended up in the ditch and luckily escaped with a few scratches.
Great weekend.
More pics here
A3crg arrived in numbers for the weekend to compete in the Duo Normand 2010, this was the 10th year the club had been coming here and we had 11 teams competing in the 2up time trial. Myself and Trevor paired up for the 3rd category and finished in 1:24:14 earning 16th place in this tough group. Darryl and John finished about 3 mins faster than us in the vets competition and Gary & Rob about a minute slower, again in the vets. Graham & Jez won the 3rd Cats, with our other teams having mixed results. 2 of our teams ended up in the ditch and luckily escaped with a few scratches.
Great weekend.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Tour of Dorset
21st-23rd August 2010
We all trundled down to Wool to support Phil in the Tour of Dorset, which should be renamed the Dorset Paddle. Rain, rain and more rain until the last stage on Monday finished and then out came the sun! An eventful tour saw Phil have an excellent time trial stage where he finished high up the order, even though he was on his roadbike (broken cable on TT bike). The road stage later on that day started well, but soon ruined when a crash held up Phil and his team mate James, they later finished 15 minutes down.
Day 2 was the hilly stage, in appalling conditions. Phil finished 11th, with his team mate Sam taking 1st place and the yellow jersey.
Day 3 started off in the rain, with showers throughout the race. Team Cannondales mission was to protect their team leader in the yellow jersey, they all worked really hard and it paid off with Sam securing the overall victory. And in true Armstrong style shared his winnings with his team-mates. Phil worked really hard today and with some luck on his side who knows what might have happened. Full results here...
We all trundled down to Wool to support Phil in the Tour of Dorset, which should be renamed the Dorset Paddle. Rain, rain and more rain until the last stage on Monday finished and then out came the sun! An eventful tour saw Phil have an excellent time trial stage where he finished high up the order, even though he was on his roadbike (broken cable on TT bike). The road stage later on that day started well, but soon ruined when a crash held up Phil and his team mate James, they later finished 15 minutes down.
Day 2 was the hilly stage, in appalling conditions. Phil finished 11th, with his team mate Sam taking 1st place and the yellow jersey.
Day 3 started off in the rain, with showers throughout the race. Team Cannondales mission was to protect their team leader in the yellow jersey, they all worked really hard and it paid off with Sam securing the overall victory. And in true Armstrong style shared his winnings with his team-mates. Phil worked really hard today and with some luck on his side who knows what might have happened. Full results here...
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Sunday, 8 August 2010
4up Bentley
8th August 2010
Myself, Trevor, Gary Gunner & Graham Fielden all lined up for the 4-up Team Trial at Bentley, it started badly with firstly a gap forming at the start with Graham lagging, he then caught up and pulled a massive turn. Gary was not feeling good to start with, wouldn't go or couldn't go through and was ready to pack it in. Trevor had a word and we all got back together, this went well for a couple of miles, but I could already see that Graham was struggling.
After 5 or 6 miles we encountered a group of Gypsies who were racing their horse and carts, unbelievably the horse fell over in the middle of a dual carriageway and we had to slow right down, luckily they got the horse back up and were on their way pretty quickly. In the meantime we were able to weave slowly through the carnage and regroup albeit minus Graham. The three of us got into a very good rythym and were really motoring, Trev started to struggle a wee bit towards the end but we managed to finish in a 56:30, which considering all the interuptions wasn't too bad. Only finished 30 secs behind the "B" team with our "A" team taking the win. More pics here...
Myself, Trevor, Gary Gunner & Graham Fielden all lined up for the 4-up Team Trial at Bentley, it started badly with firstly a gap forming at the start with Graham lagging, he then caught up and pulled a massive turn. Gary was not feeling good to start with, wouldn't go or couldn't go through and was ready to pack it in. Trevor had a word and we all got back together, this went well for a couple of miles, but I could already see that Graham was struggling.
After 5 or 6 miles we encountered a group of Gypsies who were racing their horse and carts, unbelievably the horse fell over in the middle of a dual carriageway and we had to slow right down, luckily they got the horse back up and were on their way pretty quickly. In the meantime we were able to weave slowly through the carnage and regroup albeit minus Graham. The three of us got into a very good rythym and were really motoring, Trev started to struggle a wee bit towards the end but we managed to finish in a 56:30, which considering all the interuptions wasn't too bad. Only finished 30 secs behind the "B" team with our "A" team taking the win. More pics here...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Tom - National Junior Athletics
25th July 2010
Tom was asked to run for Chichester Athletics at this regional part of a National Event, running in the 3000 metres, he finished a very respectable 3rd place in 10:37, faded a bit towards the end but it was a very hot day. His name had also been put down for the 1500m which he entered but the toll of the 3k had taken its toll and he trailed in at the back of the field in a 4:38 .
Results here at -
www.nationaljuniorathleticleague.co.uk
Tom was asked to run for Chichester Athletics at this regional part of a National Event, running in the 3000 metres, he finished a very respectable 3rd place in 10:37, faded a bit towards the end but it was a very hot day. His name had also been put down for the 1500m which he entered but the toll of the 3k had taken its toll and he trailed in at the back of the field in a 4:38 .
Results here at -
www.nationaljuniorathleticleague.co.uk
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Race for Life
18th July 2010
Gilly, Ali, Clare & friend Chris all ran the Race For Life today in aid of Cancer Research,
Gilly and Ali were about a minute quicker than last year in 25 minutes. Had a picnic afterwards by the bandstand, followed by the usual bout of sunburn.
More pics here..
Gilly, Ali, Clare & friend Chris all ran the Race For Life today in aid of Cancer Research,
Gilly and Ali were about a minute quicker than last year in 25 minutes. Had a picnic afterwards by the bandstand, followed by the usual bout of sunburn.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Phil - End of June/July 2010
With a crash ending in Phil's chances for this years Welsh Ras, the injured knee is healing nicely and he is now getting back to form. With DHC Racing no longer existing he has joined up with Cannondale Racing who have given him a top of the range Super Six plus new kit, top bunch of guys including some of his DHC team mates plus James & Mike Cotty.
Monday, 5 July 2010
Q.E Park X country run
30th June 2010
Myself and Tom ran in the X-country race at Q.E. Park, Tom finished a very respectable 8th out of 163 and was the 1st junior. Myself I finished in 41st place out of 163 runners. Usual tough hilly race.
Myself and Tom ran in the X-country race at Q.E. Park, Tom finished a very respectable 8th out of 163 and was the 1st junior. Myself I finished in 41st place out of 163 runners. Usual tough hilly race.
Thursday, 24 June 2010
National 50
20th June 2010
A fathers day treat today! Up at 4:45am and racing in a 50 mile TT at 6:40am. Really tough windy day and managed to finish in 2 hours and 3 minutes, lots of non-finishers due to the conditions and poor Darryl had to abandon with cramp and was rescued by St.John's Ambulance! Michael Hutchinson won in an incredible 1 hour 36 minutes!!
A fathers day treat today! Up at 4:45am and racing in a 50 mile TT at 6:40am. Really tough windy day and managed to finish in 2 hours and 3 minutes, lots of non-finishers due to the conditions and poor Darryl had to abandon with cramp and was rescued by St.John's Ambulance! Michael Hutchinson won in an incredible 1 hour 36 minutes!!
Monday, 7 June 2010
Race updates
End of May - early June 2010
Sunday 23rd May....South Region RR Championships - 90 mile road race for Phil today on a very hot day.
Finished a very respectable 17th out of a top class field.
Race report and pictures
Tuesday 1st June.....Sotonia Heath Race 2/3/4 - Phil finished 11th?
Race report and pics
Sunday 7th June..... Phil finished 3rd, winning the bunch sprint, very hilly course in this 2/3 cat race.
Sunday 23rd May....South Region RR Championships - 90 mile road race for Phil today on a very hot day.
Finished a very respectable 17th out of a top class field.
Race report and pictures
Tuesday 1st June.....Sotonia Heath Race 2/3/4 - Phil finished 11th?
Race report and pics
Sunday 7th June..... Phil finished 3rd, winning the bunch sprint, very hilly course in this 2/3 cat race.
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Wessex Fun? Run
19th May 2010
Myself and Tom ran in the Wessex Fun Run organised by Chichester Athletics, 6.3miles in total and upto the top of the Trundle and back, very hilly course. Tom finished in a very respectable 28th out of 364 in 43:15, I finished 97th in 48:54. This run really did hurt!
Full results here....
Myself and Tom ran in the Wessex Fun Run organised by Chichester Athletics, 6.3miles in total and upto the top of the Trundle and back, very hilly course. Tom finished in a very respectable 28th out of 364 in 43:15, I finished 97th in 48:54. This run really did hurt!
Full results here....
Thursday, 29 April 2010
The Wedding - Scottsdale
26th April 2010
Luckily we were able to stay for this very special day, unfortunately there were a few people who hadn't been able to make it. A celebrity style wedding with an outdoor ceremony, superb dinner, indoor disco with fun casinos, magicians, balloon makers, chocolate fountain and so much more. Ben sang the opening song which was brilliant. Jodie looked amazing and the whole day was very special.
Pictures here.....
<>official video clip by serendipity videography
Luckily we were able to stay for this very special day, unfortunately there were a few people who hadn't been able to make it. A celebrity style wedding with an outdoor ceremony, superb dinner, indoor disco with fun casinos, magicians, balloon makers, chocolate fountain and so much more. Ben sang the opening song which was brilliant. Jodie looked amazing and the whole day was very special.
Pictures here.....
<>official video clip by serendipity videography
Scottsdale - Pheonix
19th - 27th April 2010
Due to the Volcano and the re-arrangement of the wedding meant we stayed on till the Tuesday. Scottsdale was mostly very warm, with a couple of mild days. Lots of chilling out by the pool and shopping in Fashion Square and Old Town Scottsdale. Loads of excellent restaurants, highlight for food was the Cheesecake Factory, gorgeous. Went with Jodie and Chris to watch the Phoenix Suns play Basket Ball which was very good fun.
Met Brock at Bike Haus who organised a bike for Phil to ride and I hired a Trek from Bike Barn, we joined them early morning on a group ride to the mountains which was brilliant, probably 25 riders in total.
Pictures here.....
Due to the Volcano and the re-arrangement of the wedding meant we stayed on till the Tuesday. Scottsdale was mostly very warm, with a couple of mild days. Lots of chilling out by the pool and shopping in Fashion Square and Old Town Scottsdale. Loads of excellent restaurants, highlight for food was the Cheesecake Factory, gorgeous. Went with Jodie and Chris to watch the Phoenix Suns play Basket Ball which was very good fun.
Met Brock at Bike Haus who organised a bike for Phil to ride and I hired a Trek from Bike Barn, we joined them early morning on a group ride to the mountains which was brilliant, probably 25 riders in total.
Pictures here.....
Flagstaff & Grand Canyon
16th - 19th April 2010
Drove to Flagstaff from Vegas, stopped at the Hoover Dam which was very impressive. As we got closer to Flagstaff, which was very high up, couldn't help noticing the piles of snow at the side of the road! Luckily it was warm and sunny. Stayed at the Aspen Hotel, myself and Phil hired mountain bikes and went riding through Buffalo Park to the top of a mountain, this took 1.5 hours to reach the top, trails were extremely good, dry and technical at times.
Drove to the Grand Canyon and spent the most of the day there, simply breathtaking, a very hot day meant the views were staggering!!
Checked out on the 19th and set-off for Phoenix, drove the scenic route through Sedona which was also very beautiful.
Pictures here......
Drove to Flagstaff from Vegas, stopped at the Hoover Dam which was very impressive. As we got closer to Flagstaff, which was very high up, couldn't help noticing the piles of snow at the side of the road! Luckily it was warm and sunny. Stayed at the Aspen Hotel, myself and Phil hired mountain bikes and went riding through Buffalo Park to the top of a mountain, this took 1.5 hours to reach the top, trails were extremely good, dry and technical at times.
Drove to the Grand Canyon and spent the most of the day there, simply breathtaking, a very hot day meant the views were staggering!!
Checked out on the 19th and set-off for Phoenix, drove the scenic route through Sedona which was also very beautiful.
Pictures here......
Las Vegas
16th - 19th April 2010
Stayed at the Excalibur Hotel on the Southern part of The Strip, wonderful place which really came alive at night. Caesars Palace, The Venetian, MGM Grand (lions), The Bellagio (fountains to music) and the Paris all stood out as very glamorous hotels/shopping malls.
Pictures here........
Stayed at the Excalibur Hotel on the Southern part of The Strip, wonderful place which really came alive at night. Caesars Palace, The Venetian, MGM Grand (lions), The Bellagio (fountains to music) and the Paris all stood out as very glamorous hotels/shopping malls.
Pictures here........
Los Angeles
10th - 13th April 2010
Stayed at the Venice Beach Hotel which was right on the beach, the landlord Greg made us very welcome. Excellent location with the street markets of Venice Beach and the swish Santa Monica. Visited Hollywood and strolled the "walk of fame".
Don't ask Phil about the fainting episode after going out for a run....
Pictures here.....
Stayed at the Venice Beach Hotel which was right on the beach, the landlord Greg made us very welcome. Excellent location with the street markets of Venice Beach and the swish Santa Monica. Visited Hollywood and strolled the "walk of fame".
Don't ask Phil about the fainting episode after going out for a run....
Pictures here.....
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Milland Hill Road Race - promoted by a3crg
3rd April 2010
Both of todays races were promoted by our team ...a3crg. Phil raced in the afternoon in the 1st/2nd & 3rd Cat. race over 70 miles and up Milland Hill ten times! The bunch split early on which left 12 riders in front with Phil in this group, a hard pace was set and Phil managed an excellent 7th behind the winner Richard Symmonds. I had the job of driving the commissaire at the back of the peloton, which was a touch dull.
Report from British Cycling
British Cycling Pictures
Both of todays races were promoted by our team ...a3crg. Phil raced in the afternoon in the 1st/2nd & 3rd Cat. race over 70 miles and up Milland Hill ten times! The bunch split early on which left 12 riders in front with Phil in this group, a hard pace was set and Phil managed an excellent 7th behind the winner Richard Symmonds. I had the job of driving the commissaire at the back of the peloton, which was a touch dull.
Report from British Cycling
British Cycling Pictures
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Verwood WXCRL Road Race
Sunday 28th March 2010
After a few early season road races which didn't go according to plan, todays race saw Phil get away in an early break of 6 riders including his team mate Andy. They held off the bunch with Philip grabbing 5th place while his team mate Andy won. Great result for DHC who had 3 other riders in the main bunch, the team looked very professional in full matching kit and glasses.
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Photos from British Cycling
Report from British Cycling
Video clip of finish
After a few early season road races which didn't go according to plan, todays race saw Phil get away in an early break of 6 riders including his team mate Andy. They held off the bunch with Philip grabbing 5th place while his team mate Andy won. Great result for DHC who had 3 other riders in the main bunch, the team looked very professional in full matching kit and glasses.
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Photos from British Cycling
Report from British Cycling
Video clip of finish
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
a3crg 2up TTT
21st March 2010
Myself and Trevor teamed up for this hilly team time trial and finished a respectable 4th.
Legs felt good today with Trev hanging in towards the end, tough course but we were both happy with our first race of the season.
Results here.....
Myself and Trevor teamed up for this hilly team time trial and finished a respectable 4th.
Legs felt good today with Trev hanging in towards the end, tough course but we were both happy with our first race of the season.
Results here.....
Monday, 15 March 2010
Saved !!
Barney decided to go for a swim today in his favourite stretch of the Rother, unfortunately he got caught up in some and brambles and started to get into real difficulties, quickly losing strength and starting to go under.
Phil, very bravely, stripped down to his jeans and waded into the freezing cold water and rescued Barney.
Hats off to Phil, well done!!
Phil, very bravely, stripped down to his jeans and waded into the freezing cold water and rescued Barney.
Hats off to Phil, well done!!
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Phils cycle training camp in Lanzarote
While we were deep in snow and ice, Phil was sunning himself in Lanzarote for 3 weeks on a cycle training camp with 4 cycle buddies.
Pictures here.......
Pictures here.......
Monday, 4 January 2010
December & Christmas 2009
Birthday parties and Christmas..
Pictures here;
http://picasaweb.google.com/warrenwoz777/Christmas2009#
Rockband performance;
the beatles.....
Nanny Shepherd in fine form on New Years Eve..
nanny1 video clip
nanny2 video clip
Pictures here;
http://picasaweb.google.com/warrenwoz777/Christmas2009#
Rockband performance;
the beatles.....
Nanny Shepherd in fine form on New Years Eve..
nanny1 video clip
nanny2 video clip
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