It’s all going south to Chartres
In which Sid and Doris follow in the footsteps of Lord Clark of Civilisation to Chartres.
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Category: Cycling
Bicycle Navigation in 2024
You will be amazed at how things have come on since our Istanbul trip 5 years ago. Or not.
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It’s all going south to L’Aigle.
In which Sid and Doris have an early morning start, endure an enormous thunder and lightning storm (sheltering on an old railway line and in the Hotel Soleil D’Or) to reach L’Aigle after many rolling hills.
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It’s all going south to Portsmouth
In which Sid and Doris ride to Portsmouth for the evening ferry to Ouistreham.
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Romin’ Around – The Map
This is where you can see our progress so far and maybe some future ideas…
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It’s all going south
In which Sid and Doris prepare for a spring cycling adventure.
Read moreDay 108 Berkhamsted to Bishop’s Stortford
In which Sid and Doris visit Verulamiam (more recently known as St Albans) then ride home using canal and railway paths before climbing up to pretty Perry Green. We open with a record of the last time we will be doing our laundry in the bathroom sink, as we have every night. We are going to a house with a…
Read moreDay 107 Midgham to Berkhamsted
In which Sid and Doris cross the Thames and The Ridgeway, battle through the Chiltern Hills and muse on punctuation marks. !Yesterday we set off up Portsdown Hill. Are there groundhogs in Berkshire? Today we immediately set off up a steep hill and there were going to be a lot more, on small roads and rough surfaces. We go over…
Read moreDay 106 Cosham to Midgham
In which the Epic nature of the ride continues on small roads across Hampshire and Berkshire with a stop on The Watercress Line.In a straight line, it is 90 miles from Cosham to Chez Bonkers. It would be very easy to turn this into a simple, joyless delivery ride, taking quicker straighter roads – a direct route through central London…
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