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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

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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Goathland: Spouting off about time travel

  • 6 January 2023

There are plenty of reasons to come to Goathland, one of the North York Moors’ most characterful and interesting villages. Its setting for the 1990s ITV series Heartbeat. The station’s appearances in Harry Potter. A road built by a giant, or the Romans, or perhaps someone else. Mallyan Spout’s dramatic waterfall. Sheep. For me, though,...

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Whitby: A Gothic-Horror hill

  • 5 January 2023

Most people come to Whitby for the Goth festivals, the fish and chips, the quaint old fishing-cottage alleys, Captain Cook, the Abbey, or the Dracula shtick. Today, I came for a cobbled lane. Because the rugged harbour gem has a candidate for Britain’s steepest cyclable street. Well, cyclable in theory. Church Road, aka Donkey Track,...

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Paris 3: Royalty-free images from Versailles

  • 7 November 2022

I was researching a circular day-ride today, west from Paris to Versailles and back. I’m a great fan of monarchy as you know, and think we in Britain should preserve it. I hear that formaldehyde is the curator’s choice. Joking aside, I have great respect for Charles et al. It all goes to show how...

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Paris 1: Chasing clouds of the world’s first bike race

  • 5 November 2022

The world’s first ever bike race took place in Paris on 31 May 1868, and was won by English rider James Moore. So the story goes; but as we know, stories are often cobblers. (See also Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Leonardo da Vinci’s designs for a bike, my-helmet-saved-my-life etc.) However, I was in Paris researching routes for...

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Interrail 55: Silly ideas

  • 4 November 2022

I’ve cycled in a lot of places with silly names. Dull, twinned with Boring. Jump. Bedlam. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, etc. But I’d never been to Silly itself, a small Belgian town southwest of Brussels. Today I took the very sensible decision to visit as I passed en route to Paris. Silly has a population of 8,500, and...

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Brussels: Wee trip No 2

  • 3 November 2022

Last time I passed through Brussels, earlier this trip, I saw the Mannekin Pis in cycling gear. This time I saw his dog equivalent, but had to supply the bike interest myself. The sculpture is called Het Zinneke, ‘the mongrel’ – a reference to the nickname Brussels’ melting pot people apparently call themselves. With York’s...

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Liège 3: Stairing into space

  • 3 November 2022

One of the world’s most unnecessary ‘No Cycling’ signs is probably here in Liège. If you’ve been exploring the little Impasses of the Hors-Château quarter, at the foot of the citadel, you might be tempted to take the footpath to the top for a view over the city. Not when you actually get to the...

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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…

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Coast to Coasts

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Filey Brigg: Check your brakes


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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…

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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…

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