A solid forecast, an Autumn that keeps on giving, and the return of our good pal Will (We don't see Will too often, so to receive a message confirming his presence for this mornings outing was a lovely surprise). Throw in our favourite lanes, some trail side brews, a couple of sausage butties and the …
I’ve just spent the last month (more or less) riding bikes along the coastal roads of North West England. There’s a number of reasons for doing this, the main one being that this is an area that I’ve come to love over the last twenty five years of staying here ( in fact it seriously …
Through all of our lives, there are certain milestones that are aimed for and hopefully reached... learning to walk, learning to talk and of course, learning to ride a bike. The latter happened for me simply and painlessly over 50 years ago; with the help and determination of my father who fell in love with …
I lost my favourite hat this morning! Somewhere between home, a quick stop in Altrincham for a can of stove juice and the procurement of breakfast materials. I realised it was no longer in my back pocket the second I got inside the door of Monty's sandwich shop, gutted! I loved that hat. Bought from …
Notes from the ride journal. FRIDAY 0737 TEBAY SERVICES After a torrid evening prepping the bike in the dark, with no less than four self-induced new punctures changing the tyres, the second annual Scotland in September trip is underway. It was a fitful sleep, as is customary with my early starts, was …
Sitting at the new GUTM headquarters just off the trail, the surprising things you overhear from passing cyclists (with a nod to Dave Gorman) All random, separate, sentences overheard and joined together whilst sitting reading my book... This way Willow come on mate there's a river to cross and it leads you back to barnes lane …
Tom and I drove over to Lancaster yesterday! Steve is out that way for a week or so, and as it's only an hour up the motorway from home, it would've been rude not too... The aim was to meet Steve at Glasson Dock (a gentle 30 min ride from base camp for him) in …
