Since my OS Maps cycling adventure in 2022, I have become happily reconnected to a number of long lost relatives and friends. It has been a most rewarding development and a source of genuine pleasure that I would otherwise never have experienced. It also means I now have people I can stay with in a […]
Month: July 2026
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Maldon to Harwich
It was another oppressively hot day and I was being careful to manage how far I was attempting to cycle in these conditions, with regular rests. It certainly helped being nearer the coast, although nowhere here really felt quite like the seaside. The land was low and gently bumpy and nothing to write home about, […]
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Hackney to Maldon
Aside from iconic sights and family visits, I had made my way through the middle of London on a bicycle because, realistically, there is very little alternative if you are joining together Britain’s most southerly and easterly points. You have to cross the River Thames somehow, and the further west you do that, the less […]
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Day 9 – Reigate Hill to Hackney
Having struggled up Reigate Hill last night, it was a matter of seconds to relocate myself this morning to the country park at its summit to enjoy breakfast al fresco from the small cafe there. It was a hot, hot day already, and there were plenty of people out to occupy the deck chairs arranged […]
Hovercraft and ferries wait for no man; but sometimes the adventure cyclist has to wait for them. Today was always going to be a long day; but when I saw a hovercraft leaving Ryde beach for Portsmouth a few minutes before I arrived at the check-in building, I knew there would be consequences. But, like […]