Greenbelt festival

Hello lovely internet people,

For the last 6 years every August bank holiday I have gone to a festival called Greenbelt, it's a music and arts festival with a Christian ethos.. Now I was brought up in a fairly religious family but over recent years I've turned my back on the church because well it started to annoy me. However Greenbelt restores my faith in humanity. Instead writing a huge blog post I'm just going to put in all the pictures from the weekend. I hope you enjoy:

 

I drank some tasty cider, enjoyed some fantastic music; listened to inspirational talks and spent with some like minded people. I came home with a new perspective.

I hope you enjoyed this blog, thanks for reading 

Sam x 

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A change I've made

Hello lovely internet folk, 

I had a brain wave this week and decided to do something new, so I brought a pen and a leather journal. It's not to write a diary or anything like that, it's going to simply be to write down funny things that happen during the day and maybe start writing a book. But I don't know about that yet. 

I just think it's a really good idea to carry some paper around with you and write down the good thoughts you have and sometimes the bad things. I know when I feel like there's a dark cloud over my head just writing the crappy things down just helps. 

Thanks for reading this weeks post, sorry it's a bit random and short I'm really busy with work at the moment. 

Have an amazing week :D 

Sam x

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A few words

Hello lovely internet people, 

I didn't actually want to blog this week, I just didn't feel like I had any decent content to put out there. But then I heard the sad news about Robin Williams who if you don't know was a comic genius and a fantastically talented actors. 

It's said he committed suicide after struggling with depression. This got me thinking, I've not spoken about mental illness on this blog but it's surrounded my upbringing and have suffered with depression over the years. 

I felt that I needed to let out the feelings this has created. Now I'm no expert on the subject but if you've stumbled across my blog at a time where you feel your low and no matter what anyone says or does you can't shift that feeling please talk to someone, your GP, parent, best friend or partner. One thing I have learnt over the years is not for one second are we alone in this world. If you don't feel you can talk to anyone there are charities like Samaritans which I have reached out to a couple of times. 

Thanks for reading, have an amazing week

Sam x

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Thinking forward

Hello lovely internet people,

After a week that can only be described as shit. I decided to start thinking forward to what is going to come. Believe me I know how hard it is to be positive, but sometimes you've just got to do it. 

My dad has an old car that sits on the drive and is waiting to be restored and put back on the road. Now in my family this is a running joke, about how things take years to get done. But I think that you have to wait for the right moment to do them, people don't just climb Everest they train for months. 

What I'm saying is try and look towards the future a bit more, set yourself an achievable goal and achieve it. Don't wait around for someone else to tell you it can't be done. My goal is to travel to at least 1 country in the next 12 months.

Thanks for reading have a great week 

Sam x

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Thinking forward

Hello lovely internet people,

After a week that can only be described as shit. I decided to start thinking forward to what is going to come. Believe me I know how hard it is to be positive, but sometimes you've just got to do it. 

My dad has an old car that sits on the drive and is waiting to be restored and put back on the road. Now in my family this is a running joke, about how things take years to get done. But I think that you have to wait for the right moment to do them, people don't just climb Everest they train for months. 

What I'm saying is try and look towards the future a bit more, set yourself an achievable goal and achieve it. Don't wait around for someone else to tell you it can't be done. My goal is to travel to at least 1 country in the next 12 months.

Thanks for reading have a great week 

Sam x

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Top 5 for Summer Exercise

Hello lovely internet folk, 

As we are all well aware its the summer and that means 1000s of people start to enjoy the outdoors! whether your doing your first charity ride of running with your friends I believe its important to be prepared. So here's my top tips on summer exercise: 

1. Hydrate

Doesn't matter if it's a 15 minute ride to meet your friends or a 100 mile sportive you need to keep hydrated as possible, it only costs £5 to fit a bottle cage and bottle for your bike. and only a couple of pounds to buy a bottle to run with. 

2. Protect yourself

I was out running a couple days ago and forgot sun cream, this was a big mistake!! My neck got burnt and I had the worst night sleep because of it. So always remember to put sun cream on, I've started to use Aptonia sport sun factor 50 because its sweat resistant and its fairly good price, you can only get it from Decathlon I think but there is one of them in most cities. 


3. Go out late

Nobody enjoys sweating out half their body weight, so why not make yourself a goal of going out at least once a week in the evening, for one reason you don't get any traffic and you can see the amazing sunsets were having at the moment. And you can always finish with a massive pub dinner because hey you've earn't it. 

4. Get people involved

I've written about Strava before but I really do think its a great app for getting a bit competitive with your friends. I'm hopefully doing to Wolf Run in November with a group of friends which means I've got to start running a lot more by having the group of friends on Strava it gives me the boost of confidence I need to go out and beat their PB up a climb or go run with them so we can compare data and learn from each other. So why not invite some friends to go for a run or bike ride? 

5. Have some fun and take pictures

This is probably the best advice, just have fun! if you fall over whilst running make sure you laugh about it! Stop and admire the view and take some pictures of that sun set, taking pictures will be a diary to how far you've come in terms of distances you ride and time you've spent with friends that may be moving away to uni soon so take advantage and take lot of pictures of your adventures this summer! 

Have fun with whatever adventures you getting upto this summer. I hope you enjoyed this blog. 

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Sam x 

The best summer

Hello lovely internet people,

It's that time of year where students and teachers alike break up for the summer. But like some of you I have to work which means my days are filled up with building,fixing and selling bikes, which I love doing!! On my days off I'm making an effort to do the things I love. I was inspired by ShayCarl and the Shaytards to have the best summer ever. 

So for example I had to work all weekend but I've got Monday off so I'm going out on the longest bike ride I can find.. Mainly because Katie is away so I can't go and see her. 

I know Katie has a surprise for me lined up and I'm in the process of planning on for her, but shhh. 

What I'm really trying to say is go out there and just enjoy yourself, jump in a river with your friends (if it's safe to do so). Sit in the garden and enjoy any sun we get. One of my all time favourite things to do is get my friends over and light a fire in the patio heater and just have a laugh.

Thanks for reading, have an amazing week

Sam :)