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by andy_scot_uk
22 Dec 2017, 3:25pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Charity Cycle Book - Live Cycle
Replies: 1
Views: 457

Re: Charity Cycle Book - Live Cycle

Now with free postage - I raised the price by 1p to qualify for free Amazon postage saving you £2.48. Still time to get this for Christmas and a couple of cyclist reviews saying it is very funny.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1981281983/ ... oAb7SH1XXS

All monies raised go to RNIB.
by andy_scot_uk
15 Dec 2017, 7:28am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Charity Cycle Book - Live Cycle
Replies: 1
Views: 457

Charity Cycle Book - Live Cycle

Hi

I cycled France for a friend who went blind and the RNIB charity. I kept a blog which is now a book that is also 100% in aid of charity. It's not literature but it is funny. Free preview on Amazon. I'm happy to answer any questions.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1981281983/ ... mAb5Z7MJ2V





I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my SM-A520F using hovercraft full of eels.
by andy_scot_uk
3 Sep 2017, 6:11am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen
Replies: 9
Views: 1432

Re: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen

Hey

I finished my ride and went north to south. A lot of riding is done through forest so there wasn't a view of the sea to miss. :) I did agree that heading south was better as the heat built up.

I had quite a few adventures, kept a daily log and ended up doing the ride for charity. My blog is here if you are interested in the route and adventure. https://thecannytraveller.wordpress.com/

Cheers

Andy
by andy_scot_uk
3 Sep 2017, 6:06am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: cinque terre - is the road busy?
Replies: 2
Views: 790

cinque terre - is the road busy?

Hi

Visiting Italy in two weeks and looking at cycling cinque terre on the sp13 road. Does anyone know if this is this a really busy road with buses and cars? Opencycle map shows two routes - the road or a mountain bike track. Anyone done either? My friends prefer quiet country roads and don't mix well with buses and lorries. The walk way is our other option (walking).

Cheers

Andy
by andy_scot_uk
3 Sep 2017, 5:59am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Scotland - ideas for the 1st tour from Edinburgh ???
Replies: 14
Views: 1753

Re: Scotland - ideas for the 1st tour from Edinburgh ???

take a train to Berwick-upon-tweed ( you can book a bike on) and then do route 1 back to Edinburgh?

see https://www.opencyclemap.org/ for routes
by andy_scot_uk
1 Apr 2017, 3:02pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen
Replies: 9
Views: 1432

Re: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen

I've decided to go north to south and get the train back from Biarritz. I had considered a flight to Bilbao.

I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my SM-A520F using hovercraft full of eels.
by andy_scot_uk
10 Mar 2017, 3:07pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen
Replies: 9
Views: 1432

Re: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen

Thanks. I never considered the view of the sea thing.

I read that the wind was southerly and it's easier for me to get a flight out and ferry back (bike box).
by andy_scot_uk
9 Mar 2017, 2:26pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen
Replies: 9
Views: 1432

Caen to Biarritz or Biarritz to Caen

Contemplating doing the west coast of France (EV1 then V43) first three weeks in June but undecided on weather to do North to south or south to north. Whats the opinion on prevailing winds?
by andy_scot_uk
26 Oct 2015, 11:54am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: bike hire Charleroi Belgium?
Replies: 3
Views: 1081

Re: bike hire Charleroi Belgium?

thanks

just back. Only bike hire is the brillo point in the station, Charleroi du Sud, that's Monday to Friday and limited availability. Quite a few cycleways but the area is very industrial. If I was going again would probably go to Namur where bike hire can be had.
by andy_scot_uk
19 Oct 2015, 9:01pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Asus T100: Good value tablet for touring
Replies: 10
Views: 1619

Re: Asus T100: Good value tablet for touring

does it qualify for the windows 10.1 free upgrade?
by andy_scot_uk
17 Oct 2015, 12:43pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: bike hire Charleroi Belgium?
Replies: 3
Views: 1081

bike hire Charleroi Belgium?

Hi

Does anyone know of bike hire in or near Charleroi Belgium. Got a cheap Ryanair flight for a weekend and want to spend a day cycling around this industrial town. Not a "sexy" or long tour but every little counts :-)

Andy
by andy_scot_uk
21 Oct 2014, 12:11pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: mobile phones
Replies: 86
Views: 7703

Re: mobile phones

Samsung s3 on contract should be £20 a month. Virginmedia give £5 a month off. I like Android as all my photos are backed up and the Chrome browser syncs across phone, tablet and PC so something searched for on the phone appears in the browser history of the other two devices. Android is cheaper than iPhone, iPads.

I use viewranger software which has cycleways around the world. Open street map for android that does supermarkets and other points of interest and use Google maps which in the UK will do a bike route for you automatically.

Hope that helps
by andy_scot_uk
9 Sep 2014, 2:46pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: knee pain and touring
Replies: 54
Views: 13211

Re: knee pain and touring

Since I raised my saddle my knee has been fine. I know have tried that. It seems to me that maybe something simple will cure your problem. I hope so as I was worried about my coast to coast when I had my knee issue. Good luck.
by andy_scot_uk
10 Jul 2014, 12:38pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: knee pain and touring
Replies: 54
Views: 13211

Re: knee pain and touring

On Hadrians wall cycleway now. Lower gears and higher saddle appear to be working. 35 miles before lunch with panniers.
by andy_scot_uk
6 Jul 2014, 4:37pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: knee pain and touring
Replies: 54
Views: 13211

Re: knee pain and touring

Cheers. Another 30 miles today and no problem. Really think the saddle height was the issue. We are all 50 plus to 70 years old.. Doing Hadrian's wall cycleway next week with 50 miles day 1 hence my more regular training. Now looking forward to it as opposed to thinking I might be cancelling.