Rising Dawn

News, opinion and reflection on events by Barrie Stephenson

Riding Bike – The Route

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Barrie

Planning moves into a new gear to prepare for my sponsored cycle ride to raise money to bring Palestinian Students to the Riding Lights Summer School.

This is route I plan to take

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I start the circular route in Grassington and travel through Leyburn, Hawes, Settle, and Malham before returning to the start after 105 miles. You will notice that it will take me up some challenging inclines. I plan to ride the route in two days with an extra day at the end just in case of any delays, bouts of exhaustion, heavy storms or other hazards.
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Whose side is the ref on?

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Barrie

I support Man U. We have just been knocked out of the FA Cup by the REF! Portsmouth played really well, so well that the ref failed to see the most obvious penalty against Ronaldo and then later awarded a penalty against our goalie and sent him off when he’d done nothing more than go for the ball and get kicked in the head.
I know we missed a few shots we should have sent home, but without those two clear mistakes from the ref Portsmouth would not have been the winners this afternoon.
So I hope Harry Rednap’s going to sign him up for the next match – and then we’ll all know who’s side he’s on.