Pub staff pedal to a greener future

12:54pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Kim Parry is the manager of the Castle Inn in Caldicot. Here she writes about her experiences in taking part in the Welsh Assembly Government's 'Climate Change Challenge’. The challenge aims to get organisations and the community members that use them, to tackle climate change. The pilot sees three pubs across Wales compete against each other to reduce their carbon footprint...

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Goat stopped by Guardia Civil

9:20am Tuesday 30th June 2009

It had to happen. The only surprise is that it has taken Spain's supercops so long. But the Goat has finally been stopped by the Guardia Civil and ticked off for not wearing his crash hat, which is compulsory in Spain.

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The Science of the Goat

5:10pm Saturday 27th June 2009

Cuellar, Segovia - lunch 3.15pm. For 20kms we have followed the same route as we did last year on the road from Bilbao to Sevilla.

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El Cabron strikes again

5:20pm Friday 26th June 2009

Aranda del Duero - about 100 kms due north of Madrid. I knew it was too good to be true. It's Day 5 and the Goat's bike has started to disintegrate.

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Pilgrim's progress

5:40pm Thursday 25th June 2009

The pilgrim situation is getting worse. They were splashing out serious dough on food and drink in St Jean Pied de Port as they gathered for the 800k trek to Santiago.

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Panesar cracks with third day blues

10:00am Thursday 25th June 2009

Last night's sojourn into the parallel world of Three-Thirty Land resulted in me getting lost on the way back to the hotel and taking the shortest taxi ride in world history (left at the roundabout and stop!).

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The goat comes up with the new paperless expenses system

3:20pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

Pau, Pyrenees, Tuesday 7.30am. The waiting is over.

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Tennis elbows its way to the front

3:08pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

It’s that time of year when for some reason it is assumed that the whole of these islands develops a nasty case of “Murray Mania”, becomes raving tennis fans and leaves our houses in search of the nearest tennis court to practice our serves and volleys and drop shots and other tennis terms that I’m not familiar with.

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Monty Panesar and the Goat ride into Spain

2:00pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009

"Promise little, deliver less." That's the Basque marketing slogan.

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That's two pairs of pants that won't see England again

1:10pm Monday 22nd June 2009

Within three hours of landing in France Martin's poor command of the language has resulted in him placing an order for a microwave oven.

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