Ride all the OS mapsChester was a great diversion for a day’s entertainment and history lesson. It is Britain’s only completely walled city where you can walk around the whole 2.2 miles uninterrupted. Even York, which has slightly longer city walls, has a section missing. This perambulation gives you a great view of the Roman street layout from above, […]
The magic spinner landed on west, so west I must go. Which was a stroke of luck, because Sunday was not only a beautiful, sunny day; but also provided a rare easterly wind that I could use to propel me towards Chester from Hathersage. An opportunity not to miss! It is a journey of about […]
Helmsley has to be one of my favourite little towns anywhere. It’s just delightful. I can’t really find anything not to like. It has a fine market place, with a splendid market cross surrounded by handsome inns, cafes and shops all built from the local honey-coloured stone. Everything is just a short walk away: the […]
The train whisked me back from home to Barnsley on a somewhat greyer, cloudier day than yesterday’s bright sunshine; but still warm and breezy in a way that would help me ride NNE. So far in this cycling adventure, you just can’t fault the magic spinner for its choice of direction. Incredible luck, really! I […]
I went to Barnsley today and I liked it. Not just Barnsley, but the whole ride there from home. It took under three hours, and only an hour and a quarter to get home again by train. So why, I have to ask myself, have I never been there before? I have spent a large […]
It was a little cooler and cloudier today than yesterday’s bright sunshine; but still a great day for riding a bicycle to the coast. Especially since the warm breeze, which was not inconsiderable, had chosen to go the same way as me today. That always helps. I made my way up from the lower part […]
Having sent me on the longest unbroken straight line I can draw from my centrally located home, it was perhaps fitting that the magic spinner should next send me out along the very shortest of my cardinal spokes. Since I go where the spinner sends me, it was now my duty and pleasure to ride […]