Running, Cycle Touring and Roaming with Simple Living and Slow Travel
September 11 - Cowes to Newport We did the rounds of the transport today and we rode the island again on two wheels and more. I started off with a quick run before we left, back along the Esplanade by the water. No fog this morning but a ripper of a wind was blowing, which... Continue Reading →
September 10 - Isle of Wight I started the day with a run along the coastal path through Cowes. What a wonderful place to run. Along the Esplanade, by the water, then up some steep streets and finally along a bridle path. It was made even more fun by the fact the town was blanketed... Continue Reading →
September 9 - Southampton to Cowes Pedal...pedal...pedal... “We’re going the wrong way, we should have gone down that street.” Pedal…pedal…pedal… “Stop. Turn around.” Pedal…pedal…pedal… "Seriously! We need to go back down that road.” Five months in and some things never change! We made at least four wrong turns this morning as we navigated our way... Continue Reading →
September 8 - Salisbury to Southampton Aah, the Sunday drive. That timeless activity of hopping in the family car and taking off for a leisurely drive through the countryside, often with the driver wearing a hat of some variety, generally of questionable style. Well, our ride today could be classed as the cycling form of... Continue Reading →
September 7 - Warminster to Salisbury The magic days just keep coming. Another absolute pearler. We’ve had a few detours to contend with over the last few months and we had another one today. Today’s though, was entirely of our own choosing and it was worth it. We pedalled out of Warminster, along a path... Continue Reading →
September 6 - Bath to Warminster Time to say goodbye to Bath. Lovely Bath. I do love that city and could easily spend a lot of time there. But…time to move on. We pedalled out on a very cool morning, one could even say chilly and had a final tour past the beautiful buildings, through... Continue Reading →
September 5 - Bath Sometimes it’s nice to just “be”. In fact, not sometimes, anytime it’s possible, it’s nice to just “be”. Not rushing to do things, not feeling a need to go places or see things, no hurrying…just time to “be”. That’s what we did today in Bath. It was nice that we’d been... Continue Reading →
September 4 - Bristol to Bath After yesterday’s lovely but hilly ride, today was the opposite on one of those counts. It was still lovely but anything but hilly. It was a very relaxed day and it was brilliant. We left Bristol later than usual after spending a bit of time roaming around in the... Continue Reading →
September 3 - Newport to Bristol Here we are. We’re back in England. To get here, we had to get up to the River Wye, on a road that’s the main thoroughfare for traffic between England and Wales, cross the river on a huge bridge and then get back out of that main thoroughfare on... Continue Reading →
September 2 - Barry to Newport I think we can probably chalk up today’s ride as a commute rather than a tour. It felt a bit like we were just getting from one place to another because we spent most of it beside roads and it was very, very busy. I managed to fit in... Continue Reading →
Run. Ride. Roam. 