About this site
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.
♬ Hear my music for classical guitar inspired by bike rides
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• Watch Cycling Europe’s videos of France (Dec 2022) featuring my guitar music
• And hear more of my guitar pieces on the Classical Guitar Composers Podcast May 2022
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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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