If I said it was another sunny day today, I would be lying. But it was dry, breezy and unseasonably mild, and really more than acceptable for cycling in November. And so my quest moved another two maps closer to being complete, and I clocked up another couple of ferries that delivered me first onto […]
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Dorset on a fine day is a lovely place to be. Such was my good fortune today. The rolling hills shone bright green in the low sunshine and the views were seemingly endless. Everyone I met talked about how awful the weather has been in November, and there were big puddles everywhere. But this morning […]
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September Stats
Catching up on some of the numbers. In September I was inactive for the first 2 weeks, due to a family holiday in Slovenia. I returned to action by train and ferry on 14th Sept and by bike on 15th Sept, in the Isle of Man (OS map 95). That marked the start of a […]
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November Plans – On the Road Again!
The threatened train strikes have been cancelled and the weather, for several days at least, looks favourable. My bike has been in to see the lovely people at Alpkit in Hathersage and had a thorough overhaul. My brakes are working again! I have another new chain and more new cables. Everything is pointing towards restarting […]
My original idea, when I conceived this mad enterprise, was that I would ride until the clocks went back near the end of October. That was two days ago and in fact I have cycled on until the very end of the month, because the weather has obliged. So why not? Even with blue skies […]
For the fourth consecutive day I was treated to glorious weather and amazing cycling. What a coast to coast journey this has been. It went beyond all expectations on both fronts. Today was like a summer day, warm enough for shorts and, if anything, too warm for much else! You would never believe this was […]
Across the road from the Stonehenge Inn is a miniature replica of the real thing. I have visited the famous big version before, once back in the days when you were allowed to get right up to the stones (you can’t any more); but if you want a really personal experience of an ancient stone […]
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Maps 182 to 184 – Avalon
It is very handy for the long distance adventure cyclist when all of the rain falls overnight. Thus it was that I set out from the charming small Somerset town of Wiveliscombe in a newly washed world, with the promise of another fine day of cycling. And so it proved. It would be hard to […]
If you are making trips from west to east, it seems only right that you should start one of these coast to coast journeys at Westward Ho! It’s all in the name. For starters, what other place can boast an exclamation mark in its correct spelling? So, having transported myself in the morning from Exeter, […]
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Maps 178 and 179 – Down to Margate
There are days on this adventure when I truly venture into unchartered territory, and today was one of those days. With the exception of one trip to Rochester as a child, everywhere was brand new to me. In truth, this was a day of 2 halves. I was not terribly enamoured with north Kent until […]