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One world of cycle touring • Një botë e udhëtimeve me biçikletë • አንድ የሳይክል ጉብኝት ዓለም • عالم واحد من جولات الدراجات الهوائية • Հեծանվային շրջագայությունների մեկ աշխարհ • Velosiped turunun bir dünyası • সাইকেল ভ্রমণের এক জগত • Ziklo-ibilaldien mundu bat • Jedan svijet biciklističkih putovanja • Един свят на велосипедни обиколки • စက်ဘီး ကမ္ဘာလှည့်ခရီးတစ်ခု • Un món de cicloturisme • Usa ka kalibutan sa cycle touring • 一個自行車旅行的世界 • Jedan svijet biciklističkih putovanja • Jeden svět cykloturistiky • Én verden af ​​cykelture • Een wereld van fietstochten • Üks jalgrattamatkade maailm • Isang mundo ng cycle touring • Yksi pyöräilyn maailma • Un monde de cyclotourisme • ველოსიპედის ტურების ერთი სამყარო • Eine Welt der Radtouren • Ένας κόσμος ποδηλατικής περιήγησης • સાયકલ પ્રવાસની એક દુનિયા • Duniya ɗaya na yawon shakatawa • Hoʻokahi honua o ka huakaʻi kaʻapuni • עולם אחד של טיולי אופניי • साइकिल यात्रा की एक दुनिया • Ib lub ntiaj teb ntawm kev ncig mus ncig • A kerékpártúrák világa • Einn heimur hjólaferða • Otu ụwa nke njem okirikiri • Satu dunia tur sepeda • Domhan amháin de chamchuairt rothaíochta • Un mondo di cicloturismo • サイクルツーリングの1つの世界 • Siji jagad wisata siklus • ಸೈಕಲ್ ಪ್ರವಾಸದ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಪಂಚ • Велотурдың бір әлемі • ពិភពលោកមួយនៃដំណើរទេសចរណ៍កង់ • 사이클 투어의 하나의 세계 • Yek cîhanek gera duçerxê • Велосипед саякаттарынын бир дүйнөсү • ໂລກຫນຶ່ງຂອງການທ່ອງທ່ຽວຮອບວຽນ • Viena velotūrisma pasaule • Vienas dviračių kelionių pasaulis • Еден свет на велосипедски турнеи • Tontolo iray amin’ny fitetezam-paritra • Satu dunia jelajah berbasikal • സൈക്കിൾ യാത്രയുടെ ഒരു ലോകം • Kotahi te ao o te haereere pahikara • सायकल टूरिंगचे एक विश्व • साइकल भ्रमणको एक संसार • En verden av sykkelturer • Dziko limodzi loyendera maulendo apaulendo • ଚକ୍ର ଭ୍ରମଣର ଗୋଟିଏ ଜଗତ • د سایکل سفر یوه نړۍ • یک دنیا گشت و گذار با دوچرخه • Jeden świat wycieczek rowerowych • Um mundo de passeios de bicicleta • ਸਾਈਕਲ ਟੂਰਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ • O lume a cicloturismului • Единый мир велотуров • Tasi le lalolagi o taamilosaga taamilosaga • Aon saoghal de chuairtean rothaireachd • Један свет бициклистичких путовања • Imwe nyika yekutenderera kutenderera • පාපැදි සංචාරයේ එක් ලෝකයක් • Jeden svet cykloturistiky • En svet kolesarskih tur • Hal adduun oo wareeg ah oo wareeg ah • Lefatše le leng la ho hahlaula ka libaesekele • Un mundo de cicloturismo • Ulimwengu mmoja wa utalii wa mzunguko • En värld av cykelturer • Як ҷаҳони сайёҳии велосипедронӣ • சைக்கிள் சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் ஒரு உலகம் • సైకిల్ టూరింగ్ యొక్క ఒక ప్రపంచం • โลกแห่งการปั่นจักรยานท่องเที่ยว • Bir dünya bisiklet turu • Tigir gezelençleriniň bir dünýäsi • Один світ велосипедних турів • سائیکل ٹورنگ کی ایک دنیا • Velosiped sayohatlarining bir dunyosi • Un byd o deithio ar feic • Ihlabathi elinye lokhenketho lomjikelo • איין וועלט פון ציקל טורינג • Ọkan aye ti irin kiri yipo • Umhlaba owodwa wokuvakasha komjikelezo

Czechia 9: Frýdek-Místek to Třinec

  • 22 May 2025

As Robert Burns said, the best laid plans of cycle tourers gang aft agley. We finished the Czech End to End today, though things ganged a bit agley. We didn’t have time to explore all that Frýdek-Místek has to offer – we must come back one day when we have a spare ten minutes –...

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Czechia 8: Olomouc to Frýdek-Místek

  • 21 May 2025

Another terrible night. I wouldn’t wish long-term seafood poisoning on too many people (although I can think of a few populist politicians). Breakfast was only apple juice and water. I clearly wasn’t going to be cycling all the way to our target of Frýdek-Místek today, our penultimate day. But I managed half or so in...

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Czechia 7: Brno to Olomouc

  • 20 May 2025

Things were looking up this morning: my breakfast stayed in, and I quickly got out, reversing the situation of the last few days post-food-poisoning. We followed the path north from Brno along the Svitava River, a lovely little trail on an untrafficked lane that hugged the woodsy waterside. Eventually we rejoined the road, and Nigel...

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Czechia 6: Kuklík to Brno

  • 19 May 2025

It was a dishcloth morning: damp, grey, cold, with recent ones unsettlingly indistinguishable from much older ones. Anyway, untrafficked and unfenced lanes trickled their way through farmland and woods, up and then down, flat and then down and then up. At times I felt stranded in some sort of eternally repeating GIF. Not unpleasantly, though....

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Czechia 5: Kolín to Kuklík

  • 18 May 2025

A full day’s cycling today, involving a lot of hills, and Czechia’s most bizarre garden. I managed to ride the whole rather challenging route thanks to (1) a long sleep last night and (2) bland supermarket food, curated to not further upset a stomach chaotically overturned by those radioactive mussels in Prague. Heading out of...

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Czechia 4: Prague to Kolín

  • 17 May 2025

You never know what a bike tour is going to throw up. This morning, unfortunately, it was the contents of my stomach. At 7am, after a sleepless, writhing and uncomfortable night, I frantically shooed Nigel out of the bathroom, where he was doing what you’d expect – working on his bike – and acknowledge the...

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Czechia 3: Křivoklát to Prague

  • 16 May 2025

The super-simplified gloss on why Czecho- split from -Slovakia in 1992 is down to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Czechs were essentially Austro, and the Slovaks Hungarian. Clearly there’s far more to it than that; argue with me in the comments below. (NB Comments not available on this page.) But, in terms of guesthouse breakfast, today...

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Czechia 2: Karlovy Vary to Křivoklát

  • 15 May 2025

The serious stuff started today. Our destination promised the great hat-trick of Czech features: cheap beer in local bars; a fine historic castle; and the ř, one of the world’s rarest and hardest sounds. (Imagine saying a trilled ‘rrr’, and ‘sh’, while stifling a sneeze. But whatever you do, don’t try to actually say it.)...

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Czechia 1: Cheb to Karlovy Vary

  • 14 May 2025

The Czechs have wandered about the continent during my lifetime. When I grew up they were in Eastern Europe. After the fall of Communism they were transported to Western Europe. Now, as Czechia, they have resettled in the heart of the EU. All without actually moving a centimetre. The country’s vibrant intellectual and artistic tradition...

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North Ferriby: Back to the Suture

  • 25 April 2025

I’m recovering from scheduled hand surgery, which has resulted in forty or so stitches in my left palm and little finger. It looks like Boris Karloff’s attempts to sew a mailbag on deck in a storm. So for a couple of weeks I’m having to take things easy. Which means essential journeys only. Such as...

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This is the website of cycling writer Rob Ainsley. Read about End-to-End touring (and other rides) in York, Yorkshire, Britain, and round the world. Enjoy lively travel writing, lots of photos and plenty of humour. No ads, no AI, just I!
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International End to Ends

Rides right across Britain, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland, Isle of Man, Faroes, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Taiwan…

Sri Lanka: No, that’s not me


Coast to Coasts

Britain side to side: C2C, Way of the Roses, Hadrian’s Wall, W2W, Trans Pennine Trail, Reivers… Plus rhyming rides: Barmouth to Yarmouth, Poole to Goole, Barrow to Jarrow, Mull to Hull…

Crosby Beach: Another Place, another ride


Yorkshire Ridings

Exploring Britain’s greatest county end to end, top to bottom, and side to side: from grand rivers, moors and dales to quirky curiosities in villages and towns, plus York route guides…

Filey Brigg: Check your brakes


Other Rides

Route research all round Britain, plus the King Alfred way; Spain’s Camino de Santiago; South America; every place called Bath in the world; riding the Monopoly board; Quirky London, and more…

Ipanema Beach, Rio: Cue for a thong


Writings

Some of my published pieces (books, columns, talks, podcasts, fun stuff mostly about everyday cycling and cycle-touring) and recent works for classical guitar…

Dumfries & Galloway: Name of the place, not the cyclists

Recent pages

Switzerland End to End
Index page for my cross-country ride from Jun 2024

Denmark End to End
Index page for my cross-country ride from May 2024

Netherlands End to End
Index page for my cross-country ride from Mar 2024

Latvia End to End
Index page for my cross-country ride from Jul 2023

Recent Posts

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  • Czechia 8: Olomouc to Frýdek-Místek 21 May 2025
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