Travel – Page 4 – Ian Ganderton

2011 Wadi Bih Adventure Race Flyer — CLICK image to download pdf

SOLO 35 km Mountain Bike Hill Climb – 1000 m
TEAM of 2 35 km Mountain Bike Hill Climb – 1000 m & 10km Mountain Run

“Starting at the Golden Tulip Hotel Dibba , Oman, the route follows the Wadi Bih run course through the dramatic wadi Khabb Shamsi into the stunning Musandam mountains to the high point of the road.”

For details and registration please check out:
www.wadiadventure.com
e-mail info@wadiadventure.com
Tel. 04 3429259
Entry fee 150 AED per person
(including post event buffet)

Here’s the article from the Kalba Kayak Photoshoot Phil and myself did. Thats me on the front cover that is!! Click on the photo to access the rest of the article.

My road bike arrived in a container a couple of weeks ago and it coincided with a strong desire in me to get fit. I quickly put the bike together and took it for a local lap. Its feels great to be back on the bike 😀

The roads here in the UAE tend to be flat and well surfaced but they are busy and the traffic fast, cycle unaware and uncompromising. Cycling as part of a group is the solution and there are a series of places to start.

Most well known is the Dubai Roadsters Friday morning ride outs – www.dubairoadsters.com
Leaving early from the Lime Tree Cafe (GREAT Carrot Cake!!) they take in 40km before splitting into groups to total 80km and 120km rides. These are not the best rides for folks not used to road riding in a group as groups are big (150 is typical) and the pace sprightly.

For those that havent been on the bike for a while or new to group riding the Saturday Bab Al Shams Coffee Run is a great way to get miles in the legs. Just over 30km each way and coffee, croissants and a chance to meet lots of other cyclists this is the perfect way to start getting up to speed. http://www.cyclechallenge.ae/weekly-rides/saturday.html

Lastly, as part of the Cycle Safe project, Dubai Autodrome and Yas Island Circuit now have evening sessions for cyclists, runners and rollerbladers. Spinney’s are picking up the tab so the track use is free. Laps of the tracks are great safe miles and also a great place to meet the cycling crowd. http://www.cyclechallenge.ae/cycle-safe-dubai/training-schedule-dubai-autodrome.html

Still lots of miles to do to get back to where I was a year ago but I can feel the benifits already.

Happy miles 🙂

Just seen this nice simple video on the BBC news site explaining how the GPS system works and I thought some might find it useful

Vodpod videos no longer available.

How the Global Positioning System (GPS) works, posted with vodpod

Damian has just spent a few days up north here in RAK. After a couple of days on the water I took the opportunity to show him what the mountain biking up here has to offer. I thinks its safe to say he was impressed and had a hoot

Guida has just uploaded the photos from her camera and found this photograph of Damian. Check out whats in the background!

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The photo was taken early yesterday morning as we kayaked south west on the outside of the Um Al Quwain area

Funnily enough I was talking to a friend yesterday evening in Cafe Nero about rays jumping, he’s seen it for the first time that day off Mina Al Arab. As this photo shows its a spectatular sight.

The photo was taken during a Noukhada 2 day Intro to Sea Kayaking Course details of which can be found HERE

At the weekend I hitched a ride into Ol Gaboli with the team flying in from the uk. They’d travelled for 24hrs at this point but there was too much to see for them to sleep. After just a couple of nights out at the lodge it was time for me to head back out and wind my way back to the coast to meet another team heading in. On the way I stopped off in Nairobi for the afternoon and visited the Giraffe Centre.

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