Beaten by a 10 year old.
The culmination of several months race training was last Sunday at The Hill, Rossendale. A few warm ups, three timed runs in […]
The Problem With Giants – ‘Slalom Problem’ Part 7
Years ago in Kaprun, Austria I had some ski training. A guy who owned a clothes shop, ex racer, I forget his […]
Cancel Everything!
It’s not a blizzard outside but if you use your imagination, it could be. The house smells of woodsmoke – the fire […]
Finger of Doom! ‘The Slalom Problem’ – Part 6.
Captains log star date 040320231646. Location unknown, in the vicinity of Pendle Hill, Deepest Darkest Lancashire, still smelling of the burning of […]
Racer-ish. ‘The Slalom Problem’ – Part 5
The Slalom Problem Cont. March 2nd 2023 ‘You are leaning away from the gate, trying to duck under it.. you look like […]
Just Hit It! – ‘The Slalom Problem’- Part 4
I missed a training session last week as I was not feeling right. The water sprayers were on sending a fine mist […]
The Slalom Problem Part 3 – Even Hotter Stuff!
This weeks skiing was cancelled because of some strange virus that attacked my stomach. Nice. However my cheap ten quid iron from […]
The Slalom Problem Part 2 – Hot Stuff!
The Slalom Problem! Three days before the next training session and I still don’t have an iron to wax my own skis. […]
The Slalom Problem!
In a splash of mid-life wisdom, I decided to take up Ski Racing. I had a cancer scare back in November 2022 […]
‘Even my jaw aches’
First published in Motor Cycle Monthly: My hands are weak and I can’t open a tin. I have cramp in both my […]