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 […]
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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 […]
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Cardinal Spins 16: SSE – Day 3
I awoke to a misty start to the day, but after a filling breakfast and a leisurely start to the ride, the skies brightened and the sun made its customary appearance. Rugby was dispensed with in short order. The part of town I saw seemed to consist almost exclusively of large and stylish detached red […]
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Cardinal Spins 16: SSE – Day 2
We don’t have very many family traditions in our small family, but there are a few games that have been passed down through the generations on my mum’s side, some of which are played whenever there is an extended family gathering at Christmas. One such game involves standing in a circle with everyone holding a […]
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Cardinal Spins 14: NW – Day 4
The long distance cardinally challenged adventure cyclist has to be ready to react in the face of the unexpected and the inconvenient. I took a train from Hathersage at 7.32am on Tuesday believing I would be cycling in Scotland before noon, but fate had other ideas. I was well on the way, a few miles […]
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Cardinal Spins 4: ENE – Day 2
I returned to Bolton-upon-Dearne on a beautiful Monday morning in mid-July under a warm sun and the bluest of skies. This – for the moment at least – was much more like summer weather should be. And so – an hour’s train ride and 30 miles from home – my long ride to the Yorkshire […]
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Cardinal Spins 4: ENE – Day 1
The magic spinner chose East North East as the next ride out of Hathersage – and what the spinner dictates I must obey! That meant a ride of significantly more than 100 miles to the chalk cliffs of the Yorkshire coast at (in fact very slightly beyond) the resort town of Bridlington. In the now […]
The magic spinner told me I was going to cycle south east. This meant a trip to London. In fact, my straight line from Hathersage to Hastings passes straight through Greenwich, the home of time, so there was no avoiding a trip through the capital by bicycle. I wanted to put myself within easy striking […]
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Answers to questions
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 […]
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November Stats
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. […]