Day 3 Hillingdon to Tring: Sun 3 May 2015
We were in bed very early as we had confirmed on a previous trip 50 miles a day on a mountain bike is enough and we had done 49.6 that is close enough to 50 for me. We watched an episode of breaking b...
Day 2 Farnham to Hillingdon: Sat 2 May 2015
Day 2 Saturday 2 May 215 Today’s route takes us from my house to the Blackwater valley along to the Basingstoke canal, just before Weybridge we turn left and join the Thames to Kew bridge which we c...
The Final route: A late re think after another recce: Sat 4 April 2015
Easter Weekend: 2015 We decided as we were heading up north for a family visit we would take the opportunity to recce some of the more remote parts that are marked as “footpaths” on the maps and i...
The first leg: Sat 21 March 2015
The route starts at the Eastern end of the collapsed Greywell tunnel following the canal through North Warnborough, Odiham, Dogmersfield, Church Crookham , Fleet and Aldershot. We will then leave the ...
Visit to find the start point: Sat 17 Jan 2015
We woke early to a very severe frost which promised some interesting photo opportunities unfortunately by the time we had sorted ourselves out and arrived at our first point of exploration the sun was...
The provisional route: Basingstoke to Kendal.
Its not as simple as I thought it would be….. I started planning a route almost from my front door to Kendal along the waterways of England using my Garmin Basecamp software and it’s not quite...
Early preparations for the next ride:Recce of the Lancaster / Kendal Canal – Saturday 27 December 2014
After the last very enjoyable trip along the Leeds Liverpool canal I decided that a longer cycling trip was in order so I started trying to think of something that was achievable and enjoyable but a l...
Leeds Liverpool Canal: Day 3 Almost there…. only 38 miles to go
Day 3: Leeds Liverpool canal trip September 2014 Another grey morning and it had rained quite a lot overnight but today’s plan was again pretty simple, about 40 miles at a leisurely pace, breakfast ...