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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]