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Cycle-cafe article research in Saffron Walden, which sounds like a singer-songwriter rather than a well-to-do Essex town. It has a Wetherspoon, a Waitrose, a castle, and quite a lot of cafes. Something for everyone, then.

Another very good, if puddly, day researching cycle routes round Stevenage in Bucks, Herts and Beds, which sounds like a dating agency.

Excellent first day researching bike routes with Nigel around Stevenage, a traditional New Town with a modern Old Town. And two Wetherspoons.

Excellent first day researching bike routes in the Chilterns. Good job Nigel got his low gears fixed up beforehand. They’re hilly. Fine picnic lunch at Dunstable Downs, but no, we didn’t have those mushrooms. We had sandwiches from Tesco.

Cycle route research in Edinburgh town centre…

Cycle route research round Edinburgh, one of my favourite Scottish capitals.

Finished my route research in Dartmoor, so I had a spare morning to explore Exeter, and one of my favourite ‘maths rivers’, the Exe. Hmm: Dee, Exe, Wye; there could be a promising ‘Differential Trail’ consisting of Dee-Exe over Dee-Wye.

Final day of route research in lovely Dartmoor.

Another lovely day researching cycle routes round southern Dartmoor. I did pop in to Widecombe, notorious for its folksong (‘…Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all’, etc) but didn’t see any examples of eight drunken locals all trying to ride on the same borrowed bike.