Some of the things we faced today left us thinking someone must be playing a trick on us. This can not be for real! You've got to be joking! We packed up early from our campsite in Nottingham, after a little bit of drama! A police car drove in and parked near a small tent... Continue Reading →

Tuesday, June 16 Today we attended a meeting of the Melbourne branch of a cycle tourists support group, but I’ll get to that later! After beginning to feel the symptoms of “city fatigue” from a day spent in Birmingham and staying in Nuneaton, which was really just a big town, but still lots of traffic... Continue Reading →

I don’t know how many Mission Impossible movies have been made so far, but we had our own version today, so let’s just call ours Mission Impossible 4¾: The Day of Steve. Today we had a few tasks to accomplish for Steve, so the mission was accepted and we began preparations! Steve put on a... Continue Reading →

For the first time on this trip I managed to run two days in a row! Stoked! I headed down to the hotel gym and was able to fit in another 10K before we left. We loaded up the bikes outside the hotel under grey skies and then set off pedalling. We’d only planned a... Continue Reading →

Well, Steve had wanted a day to sit around and do as little as possible and that lofty goal was successfully achieved today! We did not very much at all! I was up early and made use of the hotel gym and did a 10K run before breakfast. Once again it felt so good to... Continue Reading →

Buckle up folks, I'm afraid this is another epic blog post. After days of no wifi, there's a bit of catching up to do, so this one's a long one! Tuesday, June 9 Time to move on from our friendly guest house in Bourton-on-the-Water and continue our travels through the Cotswolds. Our last conversation with... Continue Reading →

Monday, June 8 The sun was shining in Bourton-on-the-Water this morning! Today we had planned an outing on the bus and we set off for a morning stroll through the village to investigate the bus timetable. Well, the first thing I noticed was that Bourton-in-the-Water is a lovely little village when it has the opportunity... Continue Reading →

Saturday, June 6 We were up and moving pretty early this morning, just so we could escape the “holiday park”! We once again packed up under grey skies (the sunny streak had ended!) and the wind was blowing at 32km/ph too, so it was very blustery for riding. Off we went and the first village... Continue Reading →

This morning we left our lovely, magic campsite in the field behind the pub in Wilcot and set off to ride further into the Cotswolds. It was such a nice place to stay and while we left under grey skies and a bit of drizzle, by mid morning the sun was out and our magic... Continue Reading →

Wednesday June 3 Time to move on from the charm and gorgeousness of Bath, which I did reluctantly because I really liked it and would loved to have stayed on a bit longer. Oh well, on we go and at least we actually left in sunshine! We rode through the city streets again, downhill this... Continue Reading →