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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

Painters Trail 2: Marginal Gainsborough

  • 21 March 2023

Gainsborough House, Sudbury, is a cracker: the painter’s home, furnished in the style of the time, is a museum and gallery; behind it, a well-architected annexe is a spacious and airy art gallery and events space. I sat out in the garden under the same mulberry tree that Tom knew, and imagined him complaining to...

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Painters Trail 1: Arresting Constable

  • 20 March 2023

The Painters Trail is a seventy-mile roam of Suffolk back lanes that follows the Stour Valley in the oily footsteps of some famous daubers, chiefly Constable and Gainsborough. From the saddle you can enjoy the same views they did over two hundred years ago – all virtually unchanged, except for electricity pylons, telegraph poles, housing...

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Thornborough: Henge fund

  • 17 March 2023

In early 2023, the ‘Stonehenge of the North’ was being hyped in the media: a trio of neolithic earthworks by the village of Thornborough, east of Masham, on the flatlands between Yorkshire’s Dales and Moors. I couldn’t resist a folding-bike visit, enabled by the ongoing £2 flat bus fare scheme. The hyping came about because...

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Masham: The genuine fake Druid’s Temple

  • 17 March 2023

Every list of ‘quirky sights of Yorkshire’ includes the Druid’s Temple, a few miles west of Masham on the edge of the Dales. And every list then quickly stresses that IT’S NOT A REAL DRUIDS’ TEMPLE, but is a folly. It was built not by wise ancients in pointy hats and white robes, but by...

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Swanland: Thinking outside the phone box

  • 8 March 2023

You know you’re getting old when the Grade II listed buildings are younger than you. And if, like me, you grew up in the East Riding – that flat, quiet, forgotten third of Yorkshire – then you might now be feeling geriatric. Because this very month, nine K8 phone boxes in and around Hull were...

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Goodmanham: Fired up

  • 14 February 2023

I retraced a historic ride today. It involved arson, miracle wells, religious wars, Britain’s tallest man, a nineteenth-century LGBT film-star, another £2 flat bus fare, and a pint of bitter with 0.012 food miles. The historic ride in question was that of Coifi, a torch-happy pagan high priest whose sudden conversion in 627 to the...

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Highest pub to lowest: Tan Hill to Marsden Grotto

  • 10 February 2023

I’ve had various highs and lows in pubs when cycling, but never as literally as this. A magazine suggested that they might be interested in beer-related route suggestions, so I diligently decided to ride from Britain’s highest pub (the Tan Hill Inn, 1732 feet / 528m above sea level up in the Yorkshire Dales east...

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Helmsley: Star line-ups

  • 2 February 2023

And another two-quid trundle, thanks to the 31X York to Helmsley bus and folding bike. This one featured a mighty ruined abbey, a Michelin-star restaurant, and a local brewery-bar gem. Star quality for all budgets, from £175 tasting menus down to £1.55 pork pies. You can probably guess which end I’m at. The run up...

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Ripon: Up secret valleys, down Cathedral rabbit holes

  • 23 January 2023

Another two-quid trundle – that is, a £2-flat-fare bus trip with a folding bike – took me to Ripon. It’s famous for its 800-year-old nightly horn signal, which I’ve experienced before with no clothes on. But my bargain trip today was to visit Yorkshire’s oldest continuously used building, and wander round the nearby Studley Royal...

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Castle Howard: Bridleway Revisited

  • 20 January 2023

The road to Castle Howard is one of the oddest in Yorkshire. It bounds straight over slopes of the Hambleton Hills AONB, as straight as a reformed ex-con arrow following a Roman Road with a ruler-defined GPX. And it has some cool gates that are only just big enough to admit a bus, or those...

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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.
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International End to Ends

Rides right across Britain, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland, Isle of Man, Faroes, France, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, 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

Austria End to End
Index page for my latest cross-country ride from Oct 2022

King Alfred Way
Index page for the over… I mean, highly-rated route, Jun 2022

Belgium End to End
Index page for my cross-country ride from May 2022







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