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Getting on my bike

I used to love bike rides when I was a kid. I was lucky enough to live in a rural area, where it was ridiculously easy to enjoy lovely bike rides around lovely countryside. As a kid, I vaguely remember watching Olympic action from the velodrome, marveling at the speed and excitement of the cyclists […]

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When intros go as planned

Let’s start at the very beginning… Flynn is a 2-year-old black badger. He was previously living with his British blue agouti brother, Butler. Prior to that, we’d introduced both of them to Beck and Hendrix but, after being together for nearly 5 months, Flynn tried to bite Hendrix’s tail off and Butler was becoming an […]

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Ah, the British weather…

So, it’s a bank holiday weekend and, guess what? It’s raining. It’s been raining all day and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop any time soon. Add to that the fact it’s the Queen’s Jubilee, and you have the perfect setting for a day of absolute tedium. Even ginger biscuits are not helping. […]

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Wales day four – just ambling about

After our intended task for the week – going up Snowdon – today was always going to be something of a ‘make it up as you go along’ day. And so it turned out to be. We didn’t set alarms for the morning, agreeing that we would probably need a bit of a lie in. […]

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Wales day three – Snowdon day

Sorry to bang on about the weather again but, when you’re going up a mountain, it’s important to be prepared. So after seeing the latest forecast we decided to head out early to try and avoid the worst of the weather (rain in the afternoon). We were going up Snowdon via the Ranger’s path – […]

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