Thanks to examples set by my parents, a pattern of behaviour became so ingrained that today it’s automatic. Volunteering, it’s just the right thing to do. My father dedicated sixty years of his life volunteering with both the Royal Naval …
Volunteering–and Racing–the Inaugural Spakwus 50 Read more »
For most of us, a day off work means an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends, tend to the mundane chores of life and if you’re a cyclist, go for a good ole ride. A day off …
It happened. It finally happened. Over the past two weeks I lost my Squamish mtb virginity. There was warmth and sun, there was cold and rain. Then there was that carbon-fibre full-suspension bike. Heck, I even entered a local race …
Friday morning, I was losing my shit. The constant cloud-cover and near constant rain was just too much. I sent messages to friends employing many expletives. It was ugly. I’m not proud of those messages or the way I lost …
Learning to Like Squamish or, when the eagle spoke to me Read more »
It’s now been a week since I arrived in beautiful British Columbia. Though, let’s be quite clear. By beautiful I mean cold, grey and raining. (Yes, I know that 6-10deg/c really isn’t cold) The trails are still covered in snow …