The Home Straight
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 16 – Harlow to Chesham 63 Km (Sat 23 July 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 24⁰C max, fine but overcast “This isn’t a post to be “that guy” bragging...
Category: 2022 Bicycle Tours
A Parched Land
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 15 – Maldon to Harlow 58 Km (Fri 22 July 2022) Weather: 12⁰C min – 21⁰C max, afternoon showers “Cyclists are good people, even though we like to dress...
On English Soil
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 14 – Harwich to Maldon 65 Km (Thu 21 July 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 18⁰C max, fine but overcast “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the...
Netherlands and Belgium – Done and Dusted
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 13 – Rotterdam to Hook 29 Km (Wed 20 July 2022) Weather: 13⁰C min – 25⁰C max, fine but overcast “You have no such accurate remembrance of a country...
Short and Sweet
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 12 – Leuven to Brussels 32 Km (Sun 17 July 2022) Weather: 16⁰C min – 29⁰C max, partly cloudy “To me, it doesn’t matter whether it’s raining or the...
Under the Belgian Sun
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 11 – Hasselt to Leuven 56 Km (Sat 16 July 2022) Weather: 10⁰C min – 25⁰C max, sunny “I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather,...
Through the Water
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 10 – Maastricht to Hasselt 47 Km (Fri 15 July 2022) Weather: 12⁰C min – 23⁰C max, glorious blue sky with fluffy white clouds “A thing of beauty is...
The Stage is Set
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 09 – Liège to Maastricht 33 Km (Thu 14 July 2022) Weather: 11⁰C min – 24⁰C max, windy (headwind of course), partly cloudy “Happiness is not by chance, but...
Far From the Madding Crowd
Netherlands & Belgium: Rest day in Brugge (Wed 13 July 2022) Weather: 16⁰C min – 24⁰C max, fine but overcast “Wheel, kindly light, along life’s cycle path, wheel thou me on! The road...
An Ordinary Ride
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 08 – Ghent to Brugge 44 Km (Tue 12 July 2022) Weather: 20⁰C min – 31⁰C max, mostly cloudy “All our dreams can come true if we have the...
Bricks and Mortar
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 07 – Antwerpen to Ghent 59 Km (Mon 11 July 2022) Weather: 15⁰C min – 26⁰C max, glorious sunshine “Riding bicycles will not only benefit the individual doing it...
Land of Waffles, Mussels, and Chocolate
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 06 – Breda to Antwerpen 60 Km (Sun 10 July 2022) Weather: 12⁰C min – 23⁰C max, morning clouds followed by afternoon sun “Believe you can and you’re half...
Windmills of Kinderdijk
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 05 – Gouda to Breda 74 Km (Sat 9 July 2022) Weather: 13⁰C min – 21⁰C max, gusty wind, morning cloud clearing “I’m lazy. But it’s the lazy people...
Say Cheese!
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 04 – Utrecht to Gouda 52 Km (Fri 8 July 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 23⁰C max, glorious sunshine “There is beauty in silence, and there is silence in...
Visual Delights
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 03 – Haarlem to Utrecht 58 Km (Thu 7 July 2022) Weather: 13⁰C min – 18⁰C max, windy with light morning rain “I can’t change the direction of the...
Coastal Ride – Cycle Superhighway
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 02 – Hague to Haarlem 52 Km (Wed 6 July 2022) Weather: 16⁰C min – 20⁰C max, mostly cloudy “You are never too old to set another goal or...
Cycling Paradise on Earth
Netherlands & Belgium: Stage 01 – Hook to Hague via Delft 38 Km (Tue 5 July 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 19⁰C max, fine but partial cloud at times “A journey of a...
Cycling Around Chesham UK
Staying in the delightful town of Chesham for the last three months has given me the opportunity to explore Buckinghamshire and neighbouring Hertfordshire, two of the most spectacular counties in England. Chesham is a...
Flowers, Forests and Farms
Norfolk Stage 11 – Broxbourne to Chesham 53 Km (Sun 15 May 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 21⁰C max, cloudy, with morning rain “Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a...
Essex County
O Norfolk Stage 10 – Braintree to Broxbourne 53 Km (Sat 14 May 2022) Weather: 10⁰C min – 21⁰C max, mostly sunny “As long as there is coffee in the world, how bad...
All’s Well That Ends Well!
Norfolk Stage 09 – Ipswich to Braintree 60 Km (Fri 13 May 2022) Weather: 8⁰C min – 21⁰C max, partly sunny “I have found it to be true that the older I’ve become...
Quintessential English Countryside
Norfolk-Suffolk Stage 08 – Halesworth to Ipswich 62 Km (Thu 12 May 2022) Weather: 10⁰C min – 18⁰C max, fine but overcast “Life is what you make it” ~ Grandma Moses What a...
On the Road Again
Norfolk Stage 07 – Norwich to Halesworth 59 Km (Wed 11 May 2022) Weather: 7⁰C min – 16⁰C max, light rain “Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it...
Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover!
Rest Day in Norwich (Tue 10 May 2022) Weather: 9⁰C min – 19⁰C max, fine but overcast “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” ~ Tony Robbins Never judge a...
Short But Sweet
Norfolk Stage 06 – Sheringham to Norwich 45 Km (Mon 9 May 2022) Weather: 14⁰C min – 20⁰C max, mostly cloudy “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count....
Under the Norfolk Sun
Norfolk Stage 05 – Hunstanton to Sheringham 65 Km (Sun 8 May 2022) Weather: 7⁰C min – 14⁰C max, fine “Your bike is a discovery; your bike is freedom. It doesn’t matter where...
Historic Norfolk
Norfolk Stage 04 – Downham Market to Hunstanton 52 Km (Sat 7 May 2022) Weather: 11⁰C min – 22⁰C cloudy “Four wheels move your body, two wheels move your soul.” ~ Nicola Miller...
Nelson’s County
Norfolk Stage 03 – Cambridge to Downham Market 72 Km (Fri 6 May 2022) Weather: 10⁰C min – 21⁰C max, fine “You have to make it happen” ~ Denis Diderot Mindful of the...
University Town
Norfolk Stage 02 – Letchworth to Cambridge 44 Km (Thu 5 May 2022) Weather: 9⁰C min – 19⁰C max, partly cloudy “Wherever you are – be all there” ~ Jim Elliot The substantial...
As Good as it Gets
Norfolk Stage 00 – Chesham to Letchworth 52 Km (Wed 4 May 2022) Weather: 8⁰C min – 15⁰C max, overcast “We only regret the bike rides we didn’t take in our life.” ~...