This is the page for bike rides that don’t fit elsewhere on the site.
Route research
Posts on the bike routes I explore inside and outside Britain. Some are for magazine articles, some just for fun. You can see a complete list (269 of them in all) or browse the latest and random ones below.
Latest posts
- Floats my boat: Amphibious Cycle Touring in the Lakes
I’m exploring the touring possibilities of a folding bike plus inflatable boat. The bike can carry… - Schleswig-Holstein: That is the question
After a few days in Denmark, I cycled a few days in Schleswig-Holstein. Why? Ah, that… - North Ferriby: Back to the Suture
I’m recovering from scheduled hand surgery, which has resulted in forty or so stitches in my…
Random posts
- Cornwall: Problems loomingChallenging three days researching cycle routes in Cornwall. Weather forecast …
- Dales Wild Swims: Shoot to chill‘A wild-swims-cycle-route photoshoot’ sounds more glamorous than it is. No …
- Liège 2: Down-to-Ourthe alternative to BastogneLiège–Bastogne–Liège is a notoriously tough one-day annual cycle race. It’s …
- Oxford 1: CotswoldsDay researching cycle routes west of Oxford. Bright and breezy …
Czech Republic
Through 2026 I travelled through the Czech Republic with my folding bike, researching a guidebook update. Here are a few highlights.
Czech Spas: Forever springtime
Czech Canals 1: Vchynítsko-tetovský
Czech Canals 2: Schwarzenberský
Czech Canals 3: Baťa
Points of view: Lookout towers
Vysoká: Dvořák’s summerhouse
Kladruby: Czech horse ride
River Loire
In September 2024 I cycled along the River Loire in central France, following it upstream from the mouth for about 550km.
Day 1: Saint-Nazaire to Paimbœuf
Day 2: Paimbœuf to Nantes
Day 3: Nantes to Ponts-de-Cé
Day 4: Ponts-de-Cé to Candes
Day 5: Candes to Tours
Day 7: Tours to Blois
Day 8: Blois to Orléans
Day 9: Orléans to Sully
Day 10: Sully to Saint-Brisson
Day 11: Saint-Brisson to Briare
King Alfred Way
In June 2022 I cycled the King Alfred Way, the 350km circular bikepacking route round south-east England.
For a ride report, assessment of the route, and more information, see the King Alfred Way index page.
Camino de Santiago
In April 2011 I cycled the Way of St James across northern Spain, from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela.
For a ride report, my article on the route for Cycling UK, and a podcast of the trip, see the Camino de Santiago index page.
South America
In autumn 2014 I backpacked round South America, and occasionally hired a bike.
Colombia: Ciclovía, Bogotá
Ecuador: Local life, Otavalo
Ecuador: Village life, Baños
Peru: Abra Málaga
Brazil: Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo
Brazil: Paraty
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
Monopoly
Cycling the streets of the London board (compare with the York version)…
Old Kent Rd – Whitechapel Rd – Kings X – Angel – Euston Rd – Pentonville – Pall Mall – Electric Co – Whitehall – Northumberland Ave – Marylebone – Bow St – Marlborough St – Vine St – Strand – Fleet St – Trafalgar Sq – Fenchurch St – Leicester Sq – Coventry St – Water Works – Piccadilly – Regent St – Oxford St – Bond St – Liverpool St – Park Lane – Mayfair
Quirky London
…and some strange sights best seen by bike
Thinnest House – Trompe l’œuil houses – Giant Plug – Oldest house – Oldest shopfront – Roman Bath – London Stone – ‘St Paul’s’ in Vauxhall – London Bridge (rems) – Floating towpath – Flying canal – ‘Lombard St’ for bikes – Crossing the meridian – Ride a free ferry – Cycle inside a canal – Camberwell Submarine – Old Kent Road tank – DIY Skyride – Follow a ley line – The centre is a horse’s bum – A bit of Cambridgeshire – George Inn
Germany
In June 2018 I explored the Black Forest on an e-bike and wrote the trip up for Cycling UK in an article for their magazine and website.
Japan
In April 2000 I travelled across western Japan with a Brompton. The text of my article on the trip for Cycling UK magazine is online at notanothercyclingforum.net.
I’ve no idea how or why it got there, but it’s fine by me.
All the World’s Baths
From April 1999 to May 2000 I travelled with my partner to all the places in the world called ‘Bath’. See my archive copy of that old trip website in a separate window. Below are a few sample posts, reconstituted for e2e.bike.
Baths 1: Bath, Netherlands
Baths 2: Alkmaar, Netherlands
Baths 3: Braunschweig, Germany
Baths 4: Káposvar, Hungary
Baths 5: Aix-en-Provence, France
Baths 6: Bath, Scotland
London to Athens
From August to December 1996 I cycled my first big trip: with my partner from London to Athens. (They’re still my partner.) No blogs, just the old-fashioned handwritten journal and colour prints back from the chemist!
