Cycling
Nakasendo Trail Virtual Challenge
On 1st January 2023, I started the Conquerors Nakasendo Trail virtual challenge. I did it as a Kickbiking challenge, and have set myself 10 weeks to complete it, which means a finishing date of 12th March. I need to average…
The Road Back To Health
As mentioned in a previous post, on 1st May 2022 I injured my knee and the subsequent healing of that injury brought virtually all my physical activity to a screeching halt. From the activity when the injury occurred through to…
North Coast 500 Virtual Challenge
The North Coast 500 is a touring route 516 miles (approximately 825km) long around the northern coasts of Scotland. The official length is the 516 miles. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges also has a challenge called the North Coast 500, which…
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A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
St. Francis Way Virtual Challenge
The start of 2022 meant the start of another Conqueror’s Virtual Challenge. On 1st January 2022, I started the challenge, and allowed myself 10 weeks to complete it. The challenge is 503km / 312 miles long which means I have…
Rundown Under Virtual Challenge Update
As I haven’t posted an update on my progress on the Run Down Under Virtual Challenge since April, and as 2021 has now now finished, it seemed like a good idea to do an end of year update for that…
- CAMINO DE SANTIAGO VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, Cycling, Cycling Touring, Exercise, Footbiking, Interesting Places
The Camino De Santiago Completed
Following on from the previous post about Camino De Santiago virtual fitness challenge, on 8th October 2021 I reached the 60% completed point of the challenge. The next postcard was only a couple of days away at that point. 10th…
- CAMINO DE SANTIAGO VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, Christianity, Cycling, Exercise, Footbiking, Interesting Places
The Camino De Santiago
On 1st September I signed up for another virtual fitness challenge, the Conqueror Challenges Camino de Santiago Challenge. This challenge, like the Lands End to John O’Groats one I did earlier in the year, is being done by Kickbike. It…
- Cycling, Footbiking, Interesting Places, LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS VIRTUAL CONQUEROR CHALLENGE, Travel
Completion of the Lands End to John O’Groats Challenge
On 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…
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…