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It's doubtless true that not looking is the biggest cause of incidents. So anything that helps must be good. I often (not always) ride with a flashing (not too bright) front light when on roads in daytime. I've read studies that lights can help drivers be aware of speed of travel. Also flashing ligh...

Noticed that policy last year when looking at trains. It's a shame as whenever I've used their services (not for a couple of years to be fair and never with a bike) they've always been excellent and the staff always really helpful (i reckon they would try to see you right). Never seen the trains ful...

Hi all, Well I've got around to writing up the final part of my Summer tour in Scotland. Day Five took in a simple dash across Orkney from the ferry at Burwick to Kirkwall. Not much of a day of itself but a good end to a great tour. I'm also going to be cheeky and point you to my new website. I've b...

Happy New Year all, I've not been out on the bike today (though getting it ready for first commute of the year tomorrow) so have taken the opportunuty to get around to writing up Day Four of my summer 2017 ride across the North of Scotland. Hope you like it - you can find it at.... Day Four - Across...

For anyone interested I've just added Day Three - Durness to Bettyhill (The Long Way) to my blog

Cheers

C.O.

This route that I knocked up for someone else on here a few weeks back shows the way to stay closest to the sea between Whitstable ( and Brighton - might give you a start

http://cycle.travel/map/journey/51286

Cheers

C.O.

Hi all, For anyone interested, and possibly as a thank you to those of you who gave some advice, I've written up the first two days of my little five day trip around the North of Scotland. These two posts take from Inverness to Durness via Lairg, and a few other points in between. Day One - Invernes...

Thanks, but £85 for the day. A different target market possibly, for folks who go on cycle tours of 20 miles a day between restaurants lunch and dinner? Was given it as a christmas present a couple of years back so didn't pay it was worth it. A whole day out exploring and learning stuff and then a ...

For anyone in the South East I can highly reccomend Nick's mushroom hunts!
http://www.theoldgreenhouse.co.uk/mushroom-hunts/

Si wrote:....my old commute was about 10 miles by a reasonably straight route, but i have managed to stretch it out to 90 miles due to wanting to go look at stuff on the way.

That's not a commute, that's Skiving

Thank you all for the very welcome advice. I will be cogitating this over winter and then hopefully doing this in the spring or summer Feel free to give me a shout back on here closer the time if you have any questions - and if I've been out and about that way in the meantime (I'll likely have ridd...

Ps. I use those trains (well Hastings to Lewes) regularly. The seats by the bike racks are next to the toilets. Not nice but I always stay close by!

Might be worth speaking to plumpton agricultural college. Sounds to me like it might have been a "prank" from one of their students getting the train in. Someone who might normally walk the two miles so would mess about on your bike in the time that would normally allow. The half moon is p...

I've had some lovely days in the saddle this summer, but I'm going for one of the most recent, on my regular boring commute rides. The day was fairly non descript. Almost nothing of note occurred... Until i got to the final hill up to my house. Suddenly all those amazing but tough long days out paid...

Hi Richard. One little thing id love to see on the pdfs if possible would be the five mile markers you get on the website. They are useful to find out how far along one is. I normally end up adding them onto the print outs. Cheers