I received an invite off the JDRF to go to Newcastle to speak about riding a bike on my crazy rides and handling it being T1D at the Newcastle Type 1 Discovery Day. Being the[…]
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mHealth Grant Tour – Brussels to Paris to Geneva
On Thursday 20th August, I received a telephone call from the JDRF enquiring if I would like to do a ride for them. Answering yes without thinking about it, they went on to explain they[…]
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Off to Sweden I go
Over the years I’ve been through quite a few airport securities, but I really must say that the Heathrow folks were first class. Friendly was a huge thing, not the usual grunt/poke/mutter group. These folks[…]
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Travelling as a Type 1
So I’m off on a little flight off to Sweden for a long weekend with friends. The original plan was to ride back from Stockholm via Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. Sadly though LM’s frame is[…]
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What if?!
Was a conversation today on Twitter which really made me think. It all started off due to the Diabetes Professional Conference down in London, but what got me thinking was about the possibilities of cures.[…]
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PWDC15
Well, I got up at the quiet frankly awful hour of 4am to get a train to Nottingham. The wind had the trees sideways, the hail was pounding down so I must admit that I[…]
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Disappointment
Spent most of this week trying to negotiate with medical companies about aid for the ride. To be honest the aid is very much needed as the NHS can’t fund my pump or insulin supplies[…]
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Nice chat
Had a great chat today with a television producer. Seems interested in using any footage from the ride so fingers crossed this is progressing along nicely as well. Would be great if we can get[…]
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Why the fuss?
It’s a tad windy outside “ohh there’s 70mph winds out there” pfft, on the top of the mountains maybe! Not down here. “Ohh it’s gusty” And?! 8 different people saying I shouldn’t be out on[…]
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First time I’ve had DKA – Don’t want it again!
Well, first time for everything and all that. But DKA finally paid me a visit in all 34 years of dealing with this. And frankly still annoyed over it. The day started pretty well. Early[…]
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