Through the Borders..
Carlisle Cathedral Lockerbie Lambs The road ahead…. Bleeding brakes….! Top of that hill, lesson learnt…don’t cycle over hills with wind farms on the top ! Glasgow lunch in the rain .. again! Castle on the hill… By the time we arrived in Carlisle it was a lovely sunny day. Cool and breezy but still very nice. The Cathedral had a fabulous star ceiling which was very unusual and we ticked off Cathedral number 30 and, with the weather remaining nice continued on to cross the border into Scotland and Gretna Green for the night! Gretna is famous for weddings and...
Read MoreThrough the Lakes
Having said goodbye to our family after a lovely 5 days which included our first ever game of lazer tag which was awesome, a canal boat trip, a d with Ben off the beer, copious amounts of Gin!.. we headed back to Liverpool and more cycle traps… We had just bypassed one by going through a gap in the fence when we bumped into the cycle path Ranger. Who told us these barriers were to stop motorbikes. We said we’d never seen a motorbike anywhere on a cycle path without barriers and then promptly saw 2 quad bikes.. They were Police Quads on Patrol! Our Hotel for the night was another...
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Happy days…. Summer! Another trap Chester Liverpool… Minton tiles Ripped tyre Leaving the hotel after a night not spent on the loo and having had 18 hours of sleep was very welcome. We even ate out for breakfast as the previous evening I couldn’t really face going to anywhere selling food to get breakfast in for the next morning. I drink decaf tea and I always like two teabags in a pot. This is hardly ever an issue but occasionally some bright accountant decides that that’s actually 2 pots so wants to charge you a extra few quid for a 5p tea bag. I now ask to check...
Read MoreA night to remember… Not!!
Tree art Oops…! ???? Someone watching over the puncture repair though… Aptly named canal barge ???? Happy campers Our saviour… ???? Back on the canals A welcome stop! Our night just outside Lichfield was not the best. I spent half the night on the loo and by morning was exhausted and not keen to spend too long away from one! Unfortunately our accommodation was booked that night, so we had to pack up and cycle on. After 7 or 8km of cycling I actually started to feel much better and so we decided that the closest hotel on our route where we could guarantee getting Tilly...
Read MoreThe Midlands
Lunch with Jane & John The Old Coventry Cathedral…. … and the New Lost count of how many of these we’ve passed…. Fortunately, not too many of these… Peaceful day on the canal.. We left the south behind and headed inland toward Birmingham on and off the Worcester & Birmingham canal trying to avoid the muddy grass sections. We had arranged to meet John and Jane – fellow Tandemers and their new Tandem Carmen, a bright red recumbent, their old one having suffered a cracked frame shortly after Tilly did. Naturally we were late, in our defense, we are...
Read MoreJust blew in from the Windy City…
Crumbling, worn out brake pads Oxford Lunch stop Lunch stop ! Home for the night… Floating home for the night..or 2 ! English summer… Hereford Chained library Mappi Mundi It’s hard to believe that leaving Alysebury the wind got worse and with 55mph winds forecast, that we would naturally enough be cycling directly into, we decided we would have a short hop to Haddenham and hole up for the afternoon. The price of accomodation in Oxford is astronomical – £200 a night was the cheapest we could find and with the campsite full we actually had little choice but to stay at...
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