Ride all the OS mapsThe amazing weather of the last two days was not done yet. Today – my final cycling day before I headed off to Montenegro on holiday – was another day of perfect weather, and I once again enjoyed some exceptional riding to go with it. I had Lockerbie in southern Scotland as my destination today, […]
The Yorkshire Dales is one of my favourite parts of England, and today I would have the chance to cycle through it in perfect weather, and along the tiniest of traffic-free roads. And then, to add to the fun, I would ride all the way along the flanks of the beautiful Howgills range of hills […]
My straight line NW is a long one and it crosses two stretches of water in the Hebrides to end at Huisnis on Harris, a long way from home in every sense. There is a real chance it will be difficult to get there in half decent weather this late in the summer, so the […]
After three months I was finally a day away from reaching the end of the Lizard Peninsula, Britain’s most south westerly point, and – coincidentally – lying at the end of a straight line south west from my home. What are the chances? To get there, I planned to follow my line along the indented […]
And so began the second part of a an action-packed day. It seems a long time – and a lot of cycling – ago that I set off on my first Cardinal Spin, heading south west from Hathersage towards the South Wales coast at Porthcawl to take the world’s last remaining paddle steamer across the […]
I had a busy day ahead of me. Not only was I intent on finishing off this SSW line (a hangover from yesterday’s spontaneous replanning exercise); but I then wanted to visit the location of some childhood memories, before cycling a fair distance to find the nearest train station to relocate to Cornwall. Why? To […]
Sometimes you have to be prepared to change your plans on the fly. I don’t mind doing this where it make sense. I’m usually very relaxed about doing things in the moment and I tend not to be too planned ahead. In the game of long distance adventure cycling, a detailed plan generally acts only […]
I arose to sunshine in the Malvern Hills and everything looked a picture. There was also a distinct chill in the air, however, and the persistent breeze from yesterday was still there. It was a gilet and sleeves morning. After a very enjoyable breakfast I was ready to leave. While I ate, I overheard a […]
I was predictably slow to depart from my spaceship hotel this morning, but to be fair I was still an hour ahead of the last checkout time, which for me is good going. I was also two hours ahead of yesterday’s departure time, so I was confident I would get there in daylight. There, since […]
The weather for the past few days has been weird. For much of the time it has been low, thick, damp cloud, with frequent rain. But warm, with the odd period of sunshine with strong, warm winds. None of it has made it easy to segue from one Cardinal spin to another. For a couple […]