At least the angry “chirp” from the Garmin saved me from descending too far down the wrong track. This was not really essential, but did prove quite handy a couple of times for alerting me when I had my head down and overshot a junction. Not being terribly familiar with the route, I had downloaded a GPX file from which I stuck on my Garmin 800 to keep me on route. Originally intending to ride West to East (as is probably more common), a relentless north easterly wind in early April 2013 saw me changing my plans and hopping on a (very) early morning train to London, and onwards to Eastbourne. I rolled up to the start line and up the aptly named first climb at “Warren Hill” in temperatures of about 2 degrees and glorious sunshine which lasted for all of 20 minutes before it became cloudy but reasonably bright for the rest of the day. For that reason, plenty has been written about the route in the past, and so only a few short words are probably justified here. That’s all! The winner will be picked at random and announced at the end of this post on Friday morning at 9:00am EST.The South Downs Way has become something of a classic in British mountain biking, particularly for the “double” efforts of a number of ultra fit endurance riders in the South.
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Ok, now its time to hold the first official contest in Saturday Morning Central’s history! What’s the prize? Marvel Super Hero Squad toys of course! One of the new 4 character Wolverine sets PLUS a bonus set! Here’s what you have to do to enter: And not because he’s fat, he just looks weird, like one of those really fat babies you’d see on Maury back in the day. The Blob is quite possibly the least cute of all the cutesy dudes. The set I picked up includes Wolverine in his normal yellow duds, Clear Iceman with ice cubes coming out of his fingers, Collusus, and The Blob. The newest waves of the Marvel Super Hero Squad to come out is all based on Wolverine. It took a while but there are even a couple different versions of everyone’s favorite murderers, Deadpool and The Punisher.
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They’ve been around for a while, but they’re about to burst into every nook and cranny of kids culture this year with the release of a series on Cartoon Network and even an upcoming MMO. They may have started with Star Wars, but one of my favorite lines is the Marvel Super Hero Squad. There’s just something about the little buggers. You love seeing Optimus Prime battling that big, bald, Nazi Mechanic guy from Indiana Jones while Cobra Commander and Chewbacca wait for round two. You know you love them, you know you want them all over your desk, mingling across franchises like the characters have known each other since they were cute little babies with giant hands.