Journey of a recreational vet triathlete, GigRower & adventure sport enthusiast and amateur photographer
After a few days off training back to a nice WattBike ride down the Fulgaz promenade des anglais route in Nice France 🇫🇷. A route I know well while living in France as I Did this route running 🏃♂️ a 10 Km more than 10 times at the beginning of each year with my good friend and best man Ivor.
On 26 November traveled by car to London Heathrow parked at Maple Parking and took shuttle bus for a stay at the Hilton Hotel T3 : Had dinner and a cocktail on top floor bar
Next day 27th December walked to terminal 3 to take flight to Prague on BA and met some friends at airport
Arrived at Prague Airport and did the new biometric tests and queued for 1hr 30 minute to get through the new system for non EU citizens entering the EU. Jacqueline with her Irish 🇮🇪 passport sailed through which was annoying as she had to wait for me. We then took a uber with friends to Hilton Prague old town hotel for start of our trip. After freshening up we hit the town to view the wonderful sights of Prague at night before Christmas. Had a meal in a boutique bohemian restaurant before going onto the oldest brewery in Prague
Stopped off for a drink 🍻 at oldest brewery in Prague
Carried on with our sightseeing of beautiful Prague
On Friday 28th after breakfast had a walk to find the pick up place for the night cruise followed by a long walk and tour round the Castle including climbing the tower of over 200 steps for some fantastic views of the City and bridges.
Now many shots of Prague from tower in the Castle after climbing the 200 plus stairs.
After the castle we walked back to the Hotel via Charles bridge taking a picture of Jac’s to remind us of the trip we made to Prague in 2004
Freshened up before going out for our evening boat dinner and music trip along the river on Prague Boats. See tour info and images along the river from boat
Sat at table with the number of our Military Hospital number.
Next day Saturday 29th November after breakfast had a unit AGM went on a veteran tram trip round town jumping on and off after visiting the memorial of 100s of Czech 🇨🇿 pilots that gave their lives in WW2 where the unit left a poppy reef
Our reef on the memorial that was delivered by members at a ceremony on Friday.
Trip itinerary for the tram trip
A few shots during our trip
As we had a dinner and dance 🕺 in the evening went back to the hotel 🏨 for a rest before the evening. Nice meal and dancing until 1.30 in morning. Picture of us all at the reunion evening
Great evening had by all. Sore heads in the morning . On Sunday 30th November after breakfast finished our tour on tram and then linked up with friends for a drink and dinner.
Next day 1 December took an uber to the airport to queue agin to get out of the EU and took BA flight back to LHR and after picking up the car from Maple parking had a 6 hour drive back to Penzance and arrived at 22.3o
Nice steady WattBike training ride on TPv Lagoona Seeker reverse route. Quite a good race against riders at a similar level to me. Very Zwift like but good training app.
A challenging row in very choppy sea 🌊 out and back from PZ harbour. Cox: James, 6: Jem, 5: Trev, 4: Jayne, 3: Susannah, 2: me, 1: Michelle. 3km walk to and from the harbour.
Start of swimming 🏊♂️ in the pool at leisure centre to improve technique and speed. This was a slow 10x 100m swim.
Lovely morning for a long walk towards the Mount and around the farmer’s fields in Gulval. Nice sunrise next to the Mount. Photos of the sun rising and the helicopter just about to take off towards the Scillies
Nice morning walk before lovely lunch and get together with friends.
A 54 minute mixed crew row in slightly choppy seas covering just over 5km. Quite nice morning but as we came out of the harbour a little choppy. Cox: James, 6: Jem, 5: Trev, 4: Felix, 3: Tom, 2: Jayne, 1: Me. See the out and back route below which was easier coming back
A WattBike ride of almost 10km ride on the MyWhoosh Perth City route. Tried this platform for the first time which to me was a bit like Zwift but free which is great for individuals starting out on indoor cycling. Fulgaz is great for actual videos but does not have the competitor aspect to it. Will look at other routes and make a judgement. So tried Zwift, Rouvey. Fulgaz and Rouvey which all have there pros and cons. However the route followed does seem to be an actual route although a bit gamey.
A starter swim at PZ Leisure Centre to improve technique. Very slow and need swim drills and coaching to improve overall body position, balance, roll and control. Also improve breathing, catch and pull
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