More cycle-route research, this time in Staffordshire Moorlands, aka the bits of the Peak District that aren’t in Derbyshire. Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good lakes.
Author: Rob Ainsley
Surrey Hills 3: Box Hill
Surrey Hills Cycle Route Research finished today with Box Hill, a secret known only to me and 15,000 other cyclists on this baking hot sunny day.
Surrey Hills 2: In the slow lane
More lovely cycle route research in the Surrey Hills that involved lots of traditional English things, such as quaint villages, more sunken country tracks, and anti-fracking protest camps.
Surrey Hills 1: Sunken lanes and horse touring
More cycle route research, this time in the lovely Surrey Hills. They’re hilly.
Faroes 1: Kirkjubøur to Eiði
Is the Faroe Islands – in the North Atlantic, halfway between Scotland and Iceland – a country? Actually no, because it’s a dependency of Denmark, which looks after its defence, currency, policing and foreign affairs. And only has about five trees. But actually yes, because it otherwise self-governs, has its own football team, and has…
Falkirk: Wheels, tunnels and Irn-Bru
Lovely sunny weather for a route research jaunt along the canal from Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk.
Rutland 2: Border ride
More route research in Rutland, this time a complete 65-mile circuit of the traditional county’s border.
Rutland 1: Water, water everywhere
More cycle-route research, this time in Rutland and with Tim. Yes, it will be more than a day trip, actually.
Skipton: Lift on a canal boat
I was doing a bit of route research round Skipton, and managed to dodge some of the bumpy unsurfaced towpath on the canal between here and Gargrave by cadging a lift… Canal boater’s breakfast: Peanuts and Chenin Blanc
Malham: Welcome to Norway
English scenery doesn’t really do spectacular, but some bits of Yorkshire come close. In a country of modest geography, the theatrical surprises of Malham Cove and Gordale Scar feel as vast as anything in Norway or Chile. Relatively, anyway; and the beer’s much better. No wonder author Bill Bryson chose to live here, in the…