My second extremity of this journey was Lizard Point, the most southerly tip of the British mainland, and it featured half way through my first day of cycling. If you thought Land’s End was the most southerly point, then think again. I won’t be needing to visit John O’Groats either, for the record. Lizard Point […]
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Day 2 – St Mary’s to Penzance
Unless you are part of the Tresco elite, your entry and exit point to the Isles of Scilly will be the largest island, St Mary’s. It serves as a transport hub, including the main harbour and the location of the only airport. Most of the services you might need are also to be found here. […]
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Day 1: St Agnes
First day and first extremity – the most southerly inhabited place in the United Kingdom The archipelago of the Isles of Scilly is made up five main inhabited islands: St Mary’s, St Martin’s, Tresco, Bryher and St Agnes, as well as many smaller, uninhabited islands and rocks. They lie about three hours by ferry west […]
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Introducing: Going to Extremes!
Welcome to my new cycling adventure for 2026 – “Going to Extremes”: a ride from the Isles of Scilly to the top of Shetland via the most easterly and westerly extremities of the UK – and (additionally) the cardinal extremities of the island of Great Britain. The British mainland is surrounded by a myriad of […]
It was my final day of cycling; the very end of a long and wonderful summer of adventure. It began in early June and I had imagined it would be over before now. But in a way, I was happy that I was able to enjoy cycling in the Hebrides in November. That in itself […]
The trouble with going to a place like Harris – even in the winter – is that you have to leave again. On a Sunday in winter the only ferry leaves at 9am and travels via Lochmaddy in North Uist, turning a two hour trip into a four hour Hebridean cruise. Still, it was a […]
I had hoped to complete all of this adventure by the end of October at the latest. I failed. I could see it coming, what with a family holiday to Montenegro in September, various other commitments, and some unhelpful weather in the north west of Scotland. I did pretty well to ride almost every part […]
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Cardinal Spins 16: SSE – Day 6
Today was the last day of my sixteenth Cardinal Spin from home out of sixteen, and so you might think it would be cause for celebration. That, however, would be premature. I have set off from home sixteen times, but have yet to reach the end of one other ride, heading NE, due to the […]
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Cardinal Spins 16: SSE – Day 5
I had made a tactical decision not to cycle all the way to the coast today. My reasons were good. I was staying overnight this evening with good friends Sandra and Gary, close to Horsham and just east of my straight line. It would have been rude to miss them in an unwarranted dash for […]
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Cardinal Spins 16: SSE – Day 4
It was time to return to Milton Keynes. I’ve never said that before; but there is a first time for everything. After a couple of days at home, a Led Zep concert, a haircut, a band rehearsal and a get together with old friends, I needed to be back on the road. The days were […]