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Trans-Con Race 2023

Cycling 12 Aug 2023

This year's edition runs from Belgium to Greece, with controls in the Italian Alps, southern Slovenia, southern Albania and northern Greece ...

Hornet in the sunshine

Animals 07 Aug 2023

Ladybirds having a bit of fun

Animals 22 Jul 2023

This pair of ladybirds was at it for several minutes! Seemed to be enjoying themselves.

An accessible kitchen shelf for the corner cupboard

Do It Yourself! 07 Jul 2023

Do you have one of those corner cupboards in the kitchen which is rather difficult to get to the back of? And you've looked at how expensive ...

Wroxham 5k race

Recreation

Over 700 runners took part in the Wroxham 5k on a warm Wednesday evening. The top 3 all ran under 15 minutes, and the first three females ...

La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes 2023

Cycling

Thousands of riders had a crack at the multiple mountain ascents on the Marmotte Alpes, and many succombed to the heat. I was in the early ...

Alex Moore Relay 2023

Recreation 11 Jun 2023

A hot morning of racing! One of the Bure Valley Harriers teams finished 2nd, plus another two in the top 10! Full results on TotalRaceTiming ...

Godric CC 10-mile time trial

Time Trialling

Super hot day (almost 30 degrees) so it was important to be well hydrated. I drank half a 750mL bottle just before the start, and drank another ...

Last ever Tour of Cambridgeshire

Cycling 04 Jun 2023

Here are my photos from the 2023 edition of ToC! Great to catch up with Anna and Wayne (founders of Rehook) before the start.

600k Ben Allen's Summer Outing

Audax: long-distance cycling

The weather couldn't have turned out better! Not only was it nice and sunny most of the time for the audax, back home it was quite chilly ...

Aylsham 10k race

Recreation 07 May 2023

Here are some photos and a short video from the 2023 edition of Aylsham 10k.







Michael managed 41:09 ...

Fakenham 5k race

Recreation 09 Apr 2023

Here are photos and video from the 5k race, focusing on the Bure Valley Harriers.

300k 3Down London - New Forest

Audax: long-distance cycling

I had planned this as a relaxed three days of riding down to the south coast and back, with stunning scenery of the New Forest as the highlight ...

Blickling Parkrun - 400th edition!

Recreation 25 Mar 2023

There was a better-than-ever atmosphere at the anniversary edition of Blickling Parkrun, and long-time volunteer extraordinaire Sarah Morter ...

Calculate your New-distance Eddington Number!

Cycling 16 Mar 2023

When you've connected your Strava account to swinny.net, we analyse each activity to figure out how many "new miles" or "new kilometres" you ...