- Cycling, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, Travel
Completion of the Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge
May 25, 2021On 24th May 2021, I completed the Lands End to John O’Groats Virtual Challenge. While virtual kickbiking through the realm of the Scots, I received the following postcards and reached other points of interest. 23rd April 2021: Edinburgh Castle “Edinburgh Castle [is] standing on top of a volcano. It’s an extinct volcano – Castle Rock … was a prime area for a tribal hill fort from as early as the 2nd century AD. An archaeological dig in the 1990s showed even earlier occupation, to at least the Iron and possibly even the Bronze age. Even the more recent settlement would…
Reached Scotland on the Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge
On the 14th April 2021, I reached the England / Scotland border on the Land’s End to John O’Groats virtual Kickbike challenge. This also marked the 67% (2/3rds) completed point in 50% of the time I allocated to complete the…
Out the Back of NSW
Between 19th and 28th March, I had annual leave and so I decided I would do some exploring. Due to the possibility of cross-border restrictions, travel permits for interstate travellers, and the possibility of COVID19 outbreaks in general, I decided…
Cycling, Exercise, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, RUN DOWN UNDER VIRTUAL WALK / RUN CHALLENGE, WalkingNext Batch of Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge Postcards and Run Down Under progress
LAND’S END to JOHN O’GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE Since the last blog post, the Kickbike rides I have been doing have been steadily adding up in the Lands End to John O’Groats (LEJOG). 2nd March 2021: Coventry “You could be…
Cycling, Events, Footbiking, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, RUN DOWN UNDER VIRTUAL WALK / RUN CHALLENGE, WalkingMore Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge Postcards and Run Down Under progress
LAND’S END to JOHN O’GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE I have never visited the British Isles, so when I started this challenge I didn’t really have much of an idea what Land’s End actually looked like. But recently I found a…
Cycling, Events, Exercise, Exploring, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, TravelLands End to John O’Groats Challenge Postcards
Since the previous post about the Lands End to John O’Groats Virtual Conqueror Challenge, I have past the following waypoints and received postcards. 10th January 2021: The Eden Project “Although the idea for the Eden Project only dates back 20…
Cycling, Events, Exercise, Exploring, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, RUN DOWN UNDER VIRTUAL WALK / RUN CHALLENGE, Travel, WalkingNew 2021 Fitness Challenges
Two new fitness challenges will make 2021 an interesting year for maintaining my fitness level. One of the challenges is for cycling, and the other for walking / running. For around 10 years now, I have been cycling regularly. It…
Hebrew Place Names
In a previous Hebrew related post, I wrote about a number of Hebrew names and their meanings and how they are related to other Biblical Hebrew (BH) words. In this post, we will look at place names, and their meanings.…
Keeping Away from The Virus
Since my last travel related post, there has been a wave or two of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in Australia. And it still isn’t under control in some parts of Australia. So when I booked three weeks of annual leave for…
Hebrew Personal Names
In a previous blog post about Biblical Hebrew (BH), I wrote about some of the BH words denoting family relationships and some related words and their meanings. In that post I also introduced a few personal names and gave the…
Hebrew Family Relationships
In Biblical Hebrew (BH), like any other language, there are a number of words used to describe relationships between people. In this post we will explore the significance of these in BH. The consonants in BH carry their own meaning,…
