Running, Cycle Touring and Roaming with Simple Living and Slow Travel
September 30 - Cirencester to Windsor Time to move on and get ourselves within shooting distance of the airport, so we can make our way there on Wednesday. It was still another day to fit in a bit of exploring along the way though and we had a glimpse into the lives of the upper... Continue Reading →
September 28-29: The Cotswolds Another day in the Cotswolds and another day of preparations. Saturday was a day to have an outing around the villages and countryside of the Cotswolds. We came here on our last trip and cycled through the Cotswolds, pedalling through the villages and up and down the hills and it was... Continue Reading →
September 26-27: The Cotswolds Time to get some jobs done, but also some time to see the wonders of the Cotswolds. We set off Thursday morning, heading for Cheltenham, a big enough place that we thought we might strike it lucky with another box for Steve’s bike. Our first store did indeed have a box... Continue Reading →
September 25 - Sidmouth to Cirencester We made Sidmouth our pitstop last night. We were there for a reason. We were there for a hill. A hill?? you may ask. Yes, a HILL, I say. We usually spend our time dreading hills and doing our best to avoid them, but this time we came because... Continue Reading →
September 24 - Chichester to Sidmouth A motoring day today as we visited two interesting places, with a lot of driving in between, which wasn’t interesting at all. So today was really just time spent at a couple of sites and then a whole lot of transit time along a motorway. So…not a whole lot... Continue Reading →
September 23 - Prinsted to Chichester A day on the pedals and then a switch to the van, just in time for the rain to come down. Good timing to be in the sheltered transport. We pedalled to Chichester, then motored to Winchester and back to Chichester, with a day between the “Chesters”. It was... Continue Reading →
September 22 - Prinsted There wasn’t any Formula 1 action today but I did spend some time on a motor racing circuit…doing laps…in the pouring rain…without slicks. Fun! It really was a Go Slow Sunday because we didn’t do much at all, so this will be a very brief report on the day’s doings. I... Continue Reading →
September 21 - Portsmouth to Prinsted Back on the pedals and we set off out of Portsmouth into the mighty headwind that had decided to follow us after all. The sun was out though, so that was a welcome bonus and we wheeled out along bike lanes, down towards the water. We rode through Portsmouth... Continue Reading →
September 20 - Portsmouth Guess where we were today? Can you guess? Well, we were back on the Isle of Wight! Why? Because that’s the sort of fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants travellers we are who go here and there on a whim. When we left the Isle of Wight a week or so ago there were still some... Continue Reading →
September 19 - Hythe to Portsmouth It was a ferry day today for sure. We caught not one, not two, but three ferries as we chugged across rivers, in the sunshine, on a leisurely, unhurried day of pedalling. We rode into the quiet morning streets of Hythe, then I performed the morning routine task of... Continue Reading →
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