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The Reunion Scrabble Night Time Golden milk by my side Loved ones competing to win Reminiscing, laughing Silence outside Just the odd passing car Content, cosy, happy Surrounded by family Soaked in love Follow your heart: A heart route to celebrate my long awaited family reunion! Location: Loughton, a cute ancient village in Milton Keynes England, and the city where I first gave birth to Cycle Your Heart Out over a decade ago! It's also one of my favourite areas in the city to find some peace and walk the dog. Heart Route: It was thanks to my amazing sister's that we managed to come up with this short but beautiful 4.78km ride in Loughton! The route is also part of the 12km Millennium cycle route around Milton Keynes, a quiet picturesque ride that takes you past the river Ouzel, the Grand Union Canal, ancient villages and the famous concrete cows! Cycle Your Heart Out: Meet my mum, she hadn't rode a bike in ages, and had pretty much lost all confidence. She would stop and walk the bike to cross a small road, avoid adjusting the seat to the correct height in case she fell off, and rode the same speed as someone walking. But little by little with the help of me and my sister, her confidence bloomed as we rode along peaceful paths, canals and lakes. No rush, nowhere to be, just us and our bikes. We stopped to pick freshly fallen plums, pick juicy blackberries, and to simply admire the horses. The more we rode, the more her fear faded and her smile grew! We celebrated our ride with some delicious Victoria sponge cake and tea at the Grumpy Cook. If you have someone you love who is a little hesitant to get back on their bike, here are 2 tips from my mum that helped her get over her fear of cycling: 1. Walk and cycle... Like when you start running, you walk/jog/build up a few mins at a time... 2. Avoid cycling on hills or in bad weather until more confident Spread the love: To help spread the love around Milton Keynes I gifted a copy of my new book to the wonderful Alchemise Yoga Studio in Newport Pagnell. Ran by the lovely Wendy, it was thanks to her amazing classes that I first fell in love with yoga over a decade ago. Thanks Nicole for reading my poems in your relaxing cello classes. "Building community, bringing art from the heart, a perfect offering. Thank you so much for bringing your wonderful poetry into the world and sharing your book with us!" - Wendy Loughlan - Founder of Alchemise Yoga Studio
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Follow your heart I was recently contacted by the Milton Keynes Council to help create a fun Valentines heart shaped cycled route. I'd just moved to Barcelona so although I wasn't able to join them, I was more than happy to plan the route! Location Milton Keynes, England Heart route A nice and easy 3.56 mile ride for all the family, riding around Willen Lake and Campbell Park Check out the map here! Cycle Your Heart Out Over 30 cyclists joined in to cycle their hearts out with loved ones, and make use of the fantastic bike paths that Milton Keynes has to offer! The amazing Breeze and Sky ride leaders Ana, Karen Colette and Kevin did a fantastic job in organising and leading the ride, and made sure everyone had a great time!  Spread the love Thanks to the Milton Keynes Council, British Cycling, The Parks Trust and Roy Pinks cycles for making the event possible! Deputy Mayor Brian White was there to help draw the prize winners, and collect the British Cycling jersey on behalf of Mayor Cllr Catriona Morris, who couldn't be there on the day. Congratulations Maurice Barnes for winning the gold bike service from Roy Pinks, and runners up Adam Coleburt and Karen Kodish for winning my handmade Cycle Your Heart Out Pendant. Creative Breeze champion Ana also brought along her handmade Breeze Bear to donate to the Mayor. Would you like to create your own heart route? Click below to find out more! 18/12/2012 0 Comments Cycle Your Heart Out this Christmas!Follow your heart This Christmas me and fellow Breeze leader Ana Jojic decided to celebrate the festive season with a sunny Breeze ride around Milton Keynes, followed by some cake at the Chain Reaction bicycle festival. Location Milton Keynes, England Heart route 4 miles click here for route Cycle your heart out The heart route took us from the Theatre district to sheep filled Campbell Park, past the canal and on to Willen Lake for some fantastic views of the Milton Keynes skyline. The surprisingly warm weather made it feel almost like autumn! Homemade cake and coffee at the Chain Reaction bicycle festival was the perfect place to finish our ride. A cool under cover market of locally hand made goods, sold from bicycles, hosted by MK Festival Fringe! Spread the love Thanks so much to all the ladies that joined the ride, and to Ana for helping to it with me! Congratulations to Maja Dunn for winning the prize draw for my handmade Cycle Your Heart Out 'Freedom' Pendant! Ana also makes these cute personalised bear's on bikes, check them out below!  Follow your heart Sisters Davina (10yrs) and Damaris (7yrs) decided they wanted to cycle their hearts out and help raise money for their favourite children's charity, World Vision. Location Great Linford, Milton Keynes in England Cycle your heart out After sticking their heart map to their bike, they were off! Highlights of the route: "When we met mum, dad, our aunt and uncle at the rocks, smelling BBQS, overtaking our friend Nell, and being showered in the rain." Spread the love To Donate £10 text CYHO50 to 70070 or visit their Just Giving page "If you want to make your own heart route it's easy, fun and you'll enjoy yourselves! "- Davina Click here for my tips of creating your own heart route! Follow your heart Happy good Friday everyone! Following the same heart route as the snowy Breeze ride in February, we celebrated this Easter with a fun heart route around the lakes of Milton Keynes! Location Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes in England Heart route 5.5 mile Cycle your heart out Starting at Furzton Lake this gentle route took us through the parks of Shenley Brook End into Loughton and passed the fields of beautiful horses. We then cruised past Teardrop lake and followed parts of the great Millennium cycle route alongside the National Bowl. Spread the love At the end we had a little Easter egg hunt at Furzton Lake around the Triple Starhead Sculpture! Congratulations to Lauren for finding all the eggs in the fastest time and winning the tasty Golden Chocolate bunny! Click below to watch the video! Create your own heart route by clicking here for my top tips! If you live in England you can find a ride in your area organised by British Cycling's great Breeze initiative! Click here to find a ride in your area. Follow Your Heart On the 18th February Sean Conway will set off from London to attempt to break the world record for cycling solo and unsupported around the world in less than 100 days! He is also aiming to raise £100,000 for Solar Aid - a charity investing in solar power for schools in Africa. I was delighted to welcome Sean to Milton Keynes for a heart shaped Breeze bike ride to raise awareness for his adventure! Cycle your heart out... around the world! Location Milton Keynes, England Heart Route A flat 8km route, all off-road Cycle Your Heart Out Despite the cold weather there was a good show of support for Sean, who answered questions about his ambitious feat ahead! "Cycling with Sean made for a memorable weekend, it's great to get out and meet people who make the most of this world, such an inspiration. It's made me want to get on my bike more and make the most of every opportunity." - Rachel Baranska from Milton Keynes Spread the love Thank you so much to Sean for cycling all the way from London to cycle his heart out with us! To support his world record attempt, visit Cycling the Earth to donate to Solar Aid. You can also text ‘BIKE91 £10’ to 70070 for a quick and easy donation. Watch the video below and view the gallery to find out how the ride went! You can also click below for my tips on how to create your own heart shaped route! 11/2/2012 0 Comments Cycle Your Heart Out in the snow!Follow your heart Me and fellow Breeze ride leader Karen decided to cycle our hearts out with our friend Rachel, and celebrate such a lovely snowy day! Location Furzton, Milton Keynes in England Heart route 5.5 mile Cycle your heart out This heart route is perfect for a relaxed cycle ride and follows parts of the great route 51. We cycled around the lakes of Furzton and Teardrop passed the open air concert venue 'The National Bowl' and on through the parks of Shenley Brook End. After a straight cruise along the redways, we entered peaceful Loughton and the fields of beautiful horses. Spread the love If you would like to have fun creating your own heart route click here for my top tips! If you live in England you can find a ride in your area organised by British Cycling's great Breeze initiative! Click here to find a ride in your area.   Follow your heart Thanks to all the ladies that took part in the 'New Year New You' Breeze ride, the perfect way to cycle into 2012! Location Milton Keynes, England Heart route A flat 8km route, all off-road Cycle your heart out We ended our ride with some tea and fortune cookies at Willen lake cafe, my favorite cookie said ''Hope is like food, you will starve without it" Spread the love Everyone who came got a free Cycle your heart out goodie bag! Thank you to everyone that contributed, Lush for their beautiful massage bars, Chainey Cycles for their handy puncture repair kits, Wendy at the Yoga Boutique for leaflets on her fantastic yoga classes and Carlo at Nuda Hair design for 20% off at his fab salon! Thank you also to 'Without Rain' for providing their great new single 'Make the Most' for the New Years video, scroll down to watch. Click here for my top tips on creating your own heart shaped route! 10/12/2011 0 Comments Cycle your heart out this ChristmasFollow your heart A huge thank you to all the lovely ladies that braved the cold in yesterday's Christmas Breeze ride! Despite the cold weather the sun shone brightly, and the tasty hot chocolate and mince pies were well and truly deserved! Everyone that came along received their FREE Cycle Your Heart Out goodie bag to help them spread that festive love! Click below to view the route, and find out what goodies were in the bags! Cycle your heart out… this Christmas! Location Milton Keynes, England Heart Route A flat 8km route, all off-road Cycle your heart out The Christmas heart route took us a lovely relaxed ride around Willen Lake and onto Ouzel river. We then cycled back in time passed the famous golden dinosaur, and onto a nice gentle incline for great views of the city at Campbell Park. It was then downhill all the way back to Willen where we all celebrated with some well deserved hot chocolate and mince pies! Spread the love A massive thank you to everyone who came on the ride, and all those that contributed to all the goodies in the bag! Lush, Peace One Day, Arena, Chaineys Cycles, Crafts to Inspire, Daniel De Waal and Cotton Craft! Scroll down to find out what went in the goodie bags! If you would like to have fun creating your own heart route click here for my top tips! If you also live in the UK you can find a local ride in your area organised by British Cycling's great Breeze initiative! Click here to find a ride in your area. Lush kindly donated the divine smelling 'Friends with benefits' massage bars! Not only do they smell like chocolate orange, but they are also made with fairtrade cocoa butter! Cotton Craft in Milton Keynes did an such an amazing job with the bag printing! The bags they provided are all fairtrade & made by the fantastic organisation 'Whatever it Takes' who have had celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Lilly Allen & the late Amy Winehouse design for them. In August I organised a heart route called 'Midnight Peace ride' to help raise awareness for Peace One Day's annual day of peace. They have kindly donated some funky wristbands and badges! Belly dancer Arena kindly made beautiful charm bracelets for each bag! I absolutely love the little bike and heart charms! Arena is currently Biker Girl of the week! My local friendly Bicycle shop in Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes kindly donated some puncture repair kits! Brazilian designer Dene Edwards created these beautiful Christmas decorations to hang on the tree! South African soap King Daniel De Waal made these beautiful organic lavender heart soaps and lip balms. Follow Your Heart What inspired me to create this heart route was the beautiful initiative ‘Peace One Day.’ Jeremy Gilley founded the film project in 1999 to document his efforts to create an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. In 2001 this dream finally came true when the United Nations adopted the first ever day of global peace on 21st September. Cycle your heart out … for peace Location Milton Keynes, England Heart Route A flat 8km route, all off-road Cycle Your Heart Out Every year Peace One Day celebrates this day by holding a special concert. It was a pleasure to be able to go this year to their concert at the o2 arena in London. So many great performances, music from Kat Stevens, plus the multi talented Newton Faulkner & Razorlight! Spread the Love You can show your support for Peace One Day by clicking here to add your name to their petition, and help make peace a reality! Thank you to all my amazing friends that took part in the Midnight Peace Ride. Click here if you want my top tips in creating your own heart shaped route for peace! Follow Your Heart After stumbling across some beautiful graffiti reminding us to 'Love Life', me and my sister Helen decided to cycle our hearts out and do exactly that! Cycle your heart out ... and love life! Location Wolverton & Haversham, England Heart Route Without looking at a map or even planning the route, we managed to accidentally create a small heart route, I guess we really were loving life! Cycle Your Heart Out Scroll down to view my gallery of all the highlights along the route! Spread the love Click here for my tips on making your own heart route!
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