Today’s ride on Komoot Today started beautifully, not a cloud in the sky and breakfast was Muesli, yoghurt and banana. It doesn’t get better than this. It’s funny, those are two of the main things that make me happy on tour – good weather and a full stomach. I’m easy to please. We stopped in …
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I left the strange hotel after a nice breakfast and a chat to Minou, descended the goods lift to my bike and headed out. It rained immediately, and that’s the worst way to start any day – cold and wet. After some suburbs, the recommended trail went through a forest and a number of rural …
Today’s ride on Komoot It was a really cold start today and I still wasn’t feeling well due to the headcold I’ve had recently. It was hard to get out of bed but the included breakfast at this really nice hotel was worthwhile. You know when the day’s minimum and maximum are both single digits …
Today’s ride on Komoot I spent yesterday afternoon in Amiens which is a very nice city with a huge cathedral, nice places by the river and a thriving pedestrian mall in the centre. I woke feeling very tired and still full of my headcold. The sun was out when I left the hotel and that …
Today’s ride on Komoot The morning went like clockwork. The night before, the TV wasn’t working and I’d spoken to a lady in the lift who had managed a room upgrade as a result. I negotiated breakfast in the nice looking restaurant. Unfortunately, it was everything that english food used to be twenty or more …
I had a fantastic weekend in Margate lowith Timo and Kath. I’m so proud of what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We wandered around Margate, walked to Broadstairs, sampled various English beers and had a quintessential English experience by the sea. Of course it was cold and wet for most of the time, but …
I spent a few days in London catching up with Timo and Kath and getting over some mild jet lag. The next week was spent catching up with friends near London and I combined that with a few rides. It was 50kms to Jen and Lewis’ house in Digswell. It should have been less but …
Today’s ride on Komoot Time to leave the YHA in Nelson and it seemed like everyone in the dorm room was doing the same. I’d finished my breakfast and made the mistake of asking a guy where he was riding too today. He’d brought his helmet to breakfast, so I should have realised that he …
Again, the day looked downhill on paper, but while there were some exhilarating downhills, there were plenty of hills to climb. After the second, they were of decreasing severity, which was nice. After the Rainbow Trail, it was hard to get enthused about the rural scenery. The highlight was the pathetic local driving on a …
