This chapter might be rather jumbled. It is neither a cycle tour, nor even a single trip away, but it simply records a few days in September when I decided to increase my Veloviewer Explorer tile cluster and in so doing, several events have conjoined, so I’m unsure how it will read. Tuesday 2nd September […]
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Return to Alnwick
Tuesday 5th August 2025 My plan for the next three days was to gather more Veloviewer explorer tiles in a very quiet and scenic part of the country, and ideally not battling through wind and rain in doing so. I may have let lucky with these aims since Storm Floris had done her worst by […]
Sunday 8th June 2025 This tour was designed to help me continue in my quest to cycle in every English county, but it started with a tile-gathering expedition around Selsey in West Sussex. I’m staying with friends both before and after the tour and since they were out when I arrived, and to loosen up […]
Thursday 1st May 2025 I want to be sufficiently fit to enjoy the mountains in the Northern part of Mallorca when I get there in a few days’ time, so today was planned not just to gather some more tiles, but also to climb some decent hills. What I didn’t expect was that today’s jaunt […]
Tuesday 8th April 2025 I’d arranged to go to the Wooler Hostel in Northumberland in late September last year, but after arranging both the accommodation and a few cycle routes for ten friends, I managed to fall off a mountain bike a couple of weeks before which meant I couldn’t go! Everyone else managed it […]
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Wales & Cheshire
Sunday 9th March 2025 About a year ago I planned a ride across North Wales, starting from YHA Trafford Hall near Chester with one night at YHA Conwy. Sadly, I was quite poorly on that ride, so this time, in much better health, I decided to do something similar but not touring this time, just […]
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Exploring the Kent Valley
Tuesday 15th January 2025 I began to plan this short break before Christmas and sketched out the routes to collect some Veloviewer tiles to the northwest of Kendal. I checked the weather forecast before booking anything and so avoided the desperately cold spell starting on the 6th and by today the weather was warm but […]
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2024 Cycling statistics
I managed to cover quite a bit of ground this year one way and another. Several tours and multi-day rides, although one had to be cancelled after an unfortunate accident on a mountain bike in September, keeping me off two wheels for six weeks. Once more, I’ve included both cycling and walking graphics. This year, […]
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Cycling from Ambleside.
Tuesday 10th December 2024 The long-range weather forecast was spot on last week. I don’t usually pay much attention to such forecasts since they’re rarely accurate enough to plan by, but last week I made an exception. I was hoping to take advantage of a YHA special offer which required making a booking prior to […]
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57. Wigtown trip
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 […]