Going through a few iterations of work on my bike to fine tune and test the setup ready for the tour. Last year I just sort of rolled with it, but I know what I want more and how I want the bike to feel more now, so seeing what […]
The Holiday This year I am planning on doing a bit more cycling than I did last year, and part of this is going to be another cycling holiday in July (I’ve also got a contingency plan for a weekend in September, if I get enough Brownie points 😉 ). […]
Left Yarde Orchard at about 9:45am, was going to be earlier but one of the mild side effects of eating at a place ran by a nice, slightly absentminded, old hippie is that the service was a little slow. I pootled down the Tarka trail stopping and taking photos of […]
Got up and set out early after a decent cooked breakfast from the YHA canteen. £4.99 well spent. My first goal was Yelverton 14 miles away and at the bottom of the moors, including a fantastic downhill from Princetown. I managed to hit 43 mph here, even loaded up with […]
This happened in July 2013. Im transferring it into WordPress and hopefully using this from now on. Packing done and the bike loaded and ready to go at 10am, but I set off on Friday a little later than planned as we had Ellie’s Teacher of the Deaf around (and […]