As the hostel had no breakfast option I packed up early and headed off for a local cafe place. Well headed off after a short 2 mile diversion where I had to return to the hostel to hand over the room key I’d absentmindedly pocketed and not given in when […]
Day 2 started well. The cooked breakfast at my B&B was one of the nicest I’ve had, and the breakfast company was amusing (slightly prickly middle class Cornish lady who ran the place and middle aged blunt talking Yorkshire man) though they obviously knew each other quite well so nothing […]
So this is a little late, but I thought I’d finally get round to writing up my July trip from Penzance back to Taunton. Â So on a lovely overcast and showery Saturday (the 12th) I set off from home and did the short 1 mile ride to the train station […]
Ok. I know this is rather geeky, but I needed to check that the stuff I plan to take with me would actually pack into the luggage I was planning on taking. If it hadn’t I be looking at taking the rack of Amy’s bike and using panniers. Faff basically. […]
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 😉 ). […]