run bike run bike run

After months of training, last week Dan I did the Rendlesham Forest Challenge 2009. This was a 22k race which you do as a pair. You are allowed one bike between the two of you, but you must stay within 10m of each other. After sizing up our opposition (mostly people from running clubs) we realised that this wasn't a race we were going to win. However our 10 minute swapping strategy worked well, and we completed the course in a respectable 1hr 52min.

Homebrew

For Christmas (after quite a lot of hint dropping) I got a homebrew kit , complete with the malt and yeast for a strong dark Belgian ale. It didn't take me long to get the brew gurgling in the airing cupboard.



After 10 days it was bottled, and a secondary (6 week) fermentation started which gave it the flavour and fizz.



And the product of my toil is an 8% tramp killing special brew, that any Belgian monk would be proud of.



Next it's pilser...

http://www.brew-it-yourself.co.uk/