This year it’s been 40 years since Band-Aid released “Do they know it’s Christmas” but do you realise that 40 years had also passed between the Band-Aid song and the D-day landings? I don’t know about you, but that makes me feel really old. This year, in an attempt to feel a bit less old, […]
Monday September 2nd 2024 This trip for just four people was arranged back in March, although now I cannot remember why it took us until September before we found a suitable date that we could all sign up to. It seemed ages off when we booked the cottage, but now here we are. I’m in Wigtown […]
Wednesday August 14th 2024 There are a whole bunch of Veloviewer tiles in the area to the West of Manchester which I hadn’t cycled in so today I set out to rectify this. The area is not one I particularly look forward to visiting since on the map it looks to be congested, with lots […]
My never-ending search for Veloviewer tiles has seen me on four rides in North Yorkshire in the last few days. The first on Thursday 18th July was on a mountain bike accompanying Michael who has recently been afflicted with the tiling bug. I’m not sure whether it was my fault for introducing him to it, […]
Tuesday 9th July 2024 I’ve been watching the weather forecast for the last few days and it’s been awful, even though yesterday, the weather was glorious, and we could sit outside having tea in the sunshine. The sunset was a spectacular red/orange colour, but the old wives’ tale clearly failed since I awoke to the rain […]
Friday 24th May 2024 I had a plan to colour in some tiles around the upper Ribble Valley, specifically the bit between Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Ribblehead today. The road between these points is fast, a bit twisty and full of lorries carrying limestone who drive like they’re in a Formula 1 race so I’ve never cycled […]
3rd – 7th June 2024 Sunday 2nd June 2024 The last (and first) time I cycled in the Cairngorms was in 2011 on a Prestwick Cycle Challenge ride. This was in the dark ages before Strava, and so even though I know I’ve ridden there, Strava doesn’t, which annoys me. So last year I planned […]
Friday 17th May 2024 There have been a series of events this week which caused me to doubt whether this short break would ever take place, but yet, here I am, settled in York YHA for the next three nights. This morning, I loaded the road bike in the car and drove in drizzly/misty weather […]
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 I had planned a South West cycle tour late last year so that I could claim a few more English Counties that I’d cycled through. There are 48 (excluding unitary authorities) and I’ve presently only cycled in 32 of them, with many of the missing ones being located South of Bristol. […]
Wednesday 20th March 2024 It rained all through January and February (well, it seemed like it) so I had no desire to go very far on the bike during those months. Anticipating the start of drier weather, I had toyed with the idea of cycling to Conwy and back over four days but decided against […]