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.
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Edinburgh 2: ‘Town centre’
Cycle route research in Edinburgh town centre…
Edinburgh 1: View from the Seat
Cycle route research round Edinburgh, one of my favourite Scottish capitals.
Exeter: Maths rivers
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.
Dartmoor 3: Thatcher era, satnav age
Final day of route research in lovely Dartmoor.
Dartmoor 2: Fair weather cycling
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.
Dartmoor 1: Don’t believe lying sheep
Greenwich 2: East meets West
More very hot route research round Greenwich in the midst of a record-breaking heatwave. Almost a cyclist-breaking one, too.
Greenwich 1: About time
More route research, this time in Greenwich. Well, it was about time. Fabulous day, riding south to the Kent AONB round Sevenoaks and back. An accommodation disaster meant I was stranded at 10pm with nowhere to stay. Fortunately I was rescued by St Gary of Deptford and St Evija of Gulbene.
Windermere 3: Solitude and crowds
Final day of route research in the lovely Lakes, on a baking hot day.