Ride all the OS mapsI am a lover of maps, and OS maps in particular; but I’m not so excited by things like sat-navs or Garmins. I know they are extremely useful and very clever devices. I just don’t like to rely on them too heavily. So, when Richard’s Garmin tried taking the three of us towards a high […]
Hathersage to York along Trans-Pennine and Inter-stellar rail trails My magic spinner landed on north east, which meant a two day ride to the Yorkshire coast with an overnight stop in York. And for this, I was happy to be joined by two friends from regular annual cycling trips to Mallorca, Simon and Richard, who […]
I went to bed in Holsworthy knowing that the next day held the prospect of some very unpleasant weather. I was supposed to be cycling south west a further 90 miles to a village called Constantine, to get me within reach of Lizard Point on Friday morning. That would make today a full day’s ride […]
The Bristol Channel is a large – and very tidal – expanse of water that separates South Wales from the South West of England and it needed crossing to continue my (as yet carefully maintained) south westerly straight line. This was always going to be a significant challenge, since there are no ferries and I […]
Today’s ride was on the fringes of what was possible. I rode from Ironbridge in Shropshire to Porthcawl in South Wales – 129 miles and 7,550 feet of ascent. It was dry all day and very sunny for the last four hours! Breeze from the NW, so still cool; but good for cycling. This was […]
Today was a brilliant start to my new adventure. I’m in Ironbridge, the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, by the River Severn, in Shropshire. As per the intended format of these trips, Jenni has joined me for a couple nights and a look around, before I push on. I left home on a cool and […]
2024 has been a strange and at times frustrating year so far. We spent most of the winter and spring at home while my wife, Jenni, recovered from an accident that landed her in a major trauma ward with a broken neck (amongst other things) and required two operations. She is thankfully recovering well – […]
I have been asked many questions, some repeatedly (like “Are you camping?” “No!”). However, I was posed three really fiendish questions recently by Tim. My answers took a bit of thinking about. Here they are. 1. There is a lot of eating in your blog, a lot! So what was your most memorable meal? More […]
In the month of November I rode from Map 193 in Honiton to Map 204 at the very end of my adventure in Fowey, Cornwall. I did it over 3 separate bursts of activity (5 days, 3 days and 1 day) during the best available weather windows. The days were short. It got dark early. […]
It had for so long seemed so far away; but all good things must eventually come to an end. Today was my very last day of cycling through all of the OS Landranger maps in numerical order. I had visited the first 202 already in my epic journey that started at the very top of […]