Author: Rob Ainsley

More cycle route research round Brighton way. The Long Man of Wilmington and the Seven Sisters. There’s clearly a 7:1 gender imbalance here. So what sort of equality do you want? Equality of opportunity, or of outcome?

I’m in Brighton for a few days researching cycle routes here and round the Downs.

Another lovely day cycling the North York Moors on route research. Arguably the best place to cycle tour in Yorkshire, therefore arguably the best place to cycle tour in the world. But let’s not argue.

Fabulous day of route research cycling up over the North York Moors to Whitby, via Wheeldale Moor. This is high up on my list of most enjoyable places in the world to cycle-tour. It has all the essentials: quiet roads, climbs and descents, sweeping views, glorious solitude, friendly locals, and a Wetherspoon in Whitby by…

More exploration of routes in and around Milton Keynes.

More route research in and around Milton Keynes. A lovely day cycling quiet country lanes.

Takeaway-delivery robots, concrete cows (replicas), and Stone Age Circles (est. 2000): yes, I’m researching bike routes in Milton Keynes.

More route research, cycling High Cup Nick up in the Pennines. Coming from the east is astounding and dramatic: after three hours of tarmac, farm track and bog in empty grey-brown moorland, the vast bowl of High Cup suddenly appears and fills the view, with the lush green Eden farmland beyond, and Lakes fells in…