Cycling
It's quite possible that I have too many bikes. But how many is too many?
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Cycle touring
I love touring. I haven't done enough, but in a fit of optimism decided to make a page dedicated to write ups of future tours.
Articles on Cycling
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Mersey meadow madness
I woke up early with the intention of doing a quick 1 hour training ride before work. Instead, I wound up on a hidden beach a few miles from my house. How did that happen?
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Exploring Fisherfield on the Highland Trail
A long drive followed by a short adventure in Fisherfield, while on the hunt for the HT550 mountain biking race.
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A late 1940's fixie
Back in 2007, while trawling the CTC forum's classified section for second hand touring bikes, my Dad stumbled across something a bit special. In British racing green.
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Riding with grass up the middle
Yesterday, I went on my first ride with Grass Up the Middle CC. All you really need to know about this club is that it's about riding at speeds that encourage good chat, on quiet country roads. On lanes where there's hardly any traffic. Lanes where the grass gets a chance to grow "up the middle".
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August microadventure: Glossop
This month I met up again with Allan and Davey (we first met back in February when we slept up on Tegg’s Nose). We headed out to Glossop and fought with a tarp in the wind...
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A night on Winter Hill
Last Friday afternoon I was sat at my desk, wondering what to work on next. It was nearly 3pm, so late enough that I was unlikely to finish any of the tasks I could have started. I decided to go on a microadventure instead.
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Mountain biking on Knoydart
Last year I spent a week on Knoydart, a peninsula on the west coast of Scotland that's inaccessible by road. It's one of the most remote inhabited parts of the Scottish mainland, and the scenery is right up my street. This week I went back with the bike.
