The Life of Sloth

End of Spring MTB Ride - Chiltern Hills

le_sloth — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:51:00 GMT

It's been a long time coming, but Dan Black and myself got out for an excellent ride today in the Chiltern Hills. Makes a nice change riding bridleways again rather than trail centres (good though they are, reckon you get to see more by doing this type of ride).

Definitely recommend this route if you're after a good 1/2 day ride - plenty to play around with and lots of options to extend it here and there.

Here's the photos.

And the GPS goodies:

Pangbourne, Chiltern Hills

Richard has created a track with MotionX-GPS on the iPhone

Date:30 May 2010 11:49 am

Distance:19.9 miles

Elapsed Time:3:11:19

Avg. Speed:6.2 mph

Max. Speed:19.7 mph

Avg. Pace:09' 37" per mile

Map link expires:Jun 29, 2010 10:57 AM PDT

hmm, that average speed isn't too high - probably didn't help that we had to stop and read the directions every few minutes!

All good, bring on the next one - who's keen?

How to make a snowboarding film

le_sloth — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:39:00 GMT

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There were two bits he missed out there:

I wanna see Windmills
Where the hell was the Fancy That?!

Kent Snowboarding Day 4

le_sloth — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:31:00 GMT

At this rate, I'm gonna end up doing more days in Kent than I did in the whole of my last season in NZ!! So there we were again, more fresh and time to get back out there. Chris had managed to find two of those 80s classic sledges - now they don't make them like that any more - unbreakable and turbo-fast! Lots more people turned up this time but still plenty of untracked for us.

As usual, here's some pics.

Was about to leave when we noticed the farmer driving up in a big digger. Now I was expecting him to tell us to get out of the field, but no - he started shovelling loads of snow, taking it up one of the slopes and piling it up for us to build a nice kicker!! Get in. He left without so much of a word. Now we're farming!! Bloody nicely shaped wedge it was too if I say so myself.

A couple of vids right here.

Kent Snowboarding Day 3

le_sloth — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:23:00 GMT

Never would've thought I'd be doing this much riding in Kent, but here it is. Another fantastic morning with nobody about. Just wouldn't mind a lift or two cos walking up gets Alain right out.

Great conditions in Kent again this morning. Another 5cm overnight and a huge bowl of my own to play in :thumbsup:

Some pics

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How times have changed

le_sloth — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:46:00 GMT

10 years old we may be, but numbers are certainly dwindling. As I write this, I know only 3 of us committed to getting out in the mountains so far this year. Yes, only 3. Even those without kids aren't into it any more.

A few years ago we almost had to restrict the number of people coming out to play. How many of us were there in The Hof?! Great times.

Come on, let's get some of the love back, who's keen for the next one, in March? (book late, wait and see where's got best conditions. deals are amazing this season!)

remember farming?

le_sloth

Heavy Snow for the South (again)!!

le_sloth — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:38:00 GMT

Well my board is ready and waiting by the door - who's with me on this one?

Weather Warning

Tuesday 5 January

WEATHER WARNING

There is a high risk an extreme weather event affecting parts of southern England this evening and overnight. A period of exceptionally heavy snowfall is expected with accumulations pf 15-30cm and perhaps in excess of 40cm. This is expected to cause widespread disruption to the transport network and could lead to problems with power supplies.

Valid until 2010-01-06 1800GMT.

The End of the Decade

le_sloth — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:47:00 GMT

The end of one and the start of another.

And the start of a new era for GnarlyBoarders?

I've moved the site to a new host, which is of no interest to anyone apart from me, as it stops me having to pay £70 a year to host.

Fancy That Productions take Movember by storm!

le_sloth — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:50:00 GMT

News just in...

Look who got on the front page of the official Movember London party photos!!! Fancy That Productions - I salute you!

http://uk.movember.com/news/view/id/649/category/national/

Stuart and Anton are taking the John Deere out

le_sloth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:00 GMT

The tractors have all be in for quite a long service this summer/autumn/winter (I've no idea what season it's supposed to be - November in shorts anyone?). Now they're all nicely tuned and ready to push a bit further east this time.

So St(uart) Anton on 31st January 2010 it is, for Mr Fancy and Mr That. Bit of a disappointingly small crew to be honest, but that means more pow-pow for us! Dan Black meanwhile is off to see how Valerie's Big Hair the week before.

Once we've got this trip all sorted, will be looking to get the farm machinery out again for some time in March - a bit of sun, neige and fancy with all the old crew - who's down for this one?

back to you with a ginger mo...

Huffer House of Horrors

le_sloth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:02:00 GMT

Some pretty sick vids here from NZ. Love the refined angriness of the Audi in the third one!

Episode One

Episode Two

Episode Three

Mildred up for sale!

le_sloth — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:12:36 GMT

Yes, I’ve given in to pressure and decided it’s finally time to let Mildred go her own way. I think she’ll be happy to stay in NZ. We’ve had an awesome innings together, but now it’s time for me to get something newererer.

Let’s just hope I get a decent price for her – watch the auction here.

What happens when you combine le Mono and a Tandem?

le_sloth — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:46:34 GMT

Answer: The gayest thing ever!

Check out this video of the Colonel and his “friend”.

Surely the video of the 2010 season already?! Brings a tear to the Japanese eye.

Le Sloth et Le Sapin (a bedtime story)

le_sloth — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:18:00 GMT

So there I was, Googling myself as you do, and what comes up as the 2nd hit?

This little beauty.

Goodnight my dears, sleep tight.

This is what a closed day at Mt Hutt can look like ....

le_sloth — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:50:23 GMT

Watch the video

It’s been like that for a few days now – glad I’m not stuck up there!

Armbands, Stabilisers and New Legs (Lieutenant Dan)

le_sloth — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:06:00 GMT

I still find it hard to believe, but the word on the street is that those 3 pests from Affleck are fully trained and entering (from behind) this weekend's London Triathlon. In the words of the Good One himself "Sangers has got his armbands, G-man’s stabilisers are fitted and I’ve got new legs Lieutenant Dan!"

Best of luck my dear boys. No word on any charities benefiting from this? Did you want sponsoring?

Stabilisers defo a good thing - that G-Man could barely ride in a straight line last I saw (admittedly that was on the back of a tandem after wine tasting all day)