Our Lochs and Glens South Day 2 began on another sunny day as we left Annan. This would prove to be a cycle ride of two halves. After a few miles, we arrived at the coast and cycled through Powfoot. There then followed a few miles along lovely flat and straight lanes. Past the Savings Bank Museum at Ruthwell. We followed the Burns Heritage Trail which included cycling past the Burns Well. Our morning coffee break was at the cafe…
Monday was our Lochs & Glens South Day 1, the first day of our cycling tour. We got the train to Carlisle. Day 1 saw us cycle from Carlisle to Annan. Once we had all arrived at Carlisle Station we made our way to Town Hall Square where the ride officially starts. We cycled out of Carlisle. We met a guy who was cycling from Lands End to John o’Groats solo. He was on day 6 and was camping most…
Eroica Brittania has been described as the ‘Woodstock of true lovers of cycling’. The festival celebrates all things related to vintage cycles. It takes place in the heart of the Peak District. This year it had a new home, Friden Grange, and to those who had attended previously it was clearly biggest version yet. Our good friend loves all things cycling, and especially, old bikes. We had, almost by chance joined one of the Eroica rides for a short while when completing…
Having cycled to Wincanton yesterday, for our final day in Somerset I decided upon something more leisurely, a visit to a National Trust property – and Lytes Cary Manor was just the job. It was a lovely sunny summer morning when I arrived. National Trust describes the property as an ‘Intimate manor house with Arts and Crafts-style garden’. The manor was built by the Lytes family. They who owned it from the 13th to the 18th century. Unable to afford its…
It is twelve months since Sarah and I last visited Yeovil. That time, as this, we took the opportunity to combine Sarah’s work trip with a chance to visit my brother Chris. And I took the opportunity to get some cycling in. Last time I cycled from Bournemouth to Yeovil , and then Yeovil to Bournemouth. This time I decided upon a circular route to Wincanton. We were staying at the Pen Mill Hotel, a cracking little place. So, having seen…
