Kindness and Ingenuity
Or: Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3.
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Grand Tour 2020 Route (and Replans)
This page contains the original maps and the various replans, as well as a link to the detailed map of the final route.
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The Dash to the Onion Patch
During the Covid Quarantine, the constant drip drip drip of cancelled events seems to have inspired our doughty duo to be creative…
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…
Read moreDay 105 St Malo to Portsmouth and Cosham
In which Sid and Doris take another ferry and return to England.We finished the laundry in Les Armateurs by drying the cycling shorts with the hotel standard hairdryer, the first time in many years that Sid has found this item at all useful. Even early on we are looking for conveyance of the day. We have cyclist company in the…
Read moreDay 104 Rennes to St Malo
In which Sid and Doris make for the seaside and stay in the walled town, again.Is this your first visit to St Malo? No, we have sailed the mighty Eric through the huge lock into the Port de Plaisance. Sid and Doris have cycled away from here on the trip to Bilbao. We are old mingers at St Malo. Leaving…
Read moreDay 103 Resting in Rennes
In which Sid and Doris have a rest day in Rennes and take a boat trip along the Vilaine River.When we set off for Rennes we decided that night we would see if we were in good shape to carry on. We are a bit tired, we are behind with the blog/diary and Rennes has enough to keep us amused,…
Read moreThings made from tyres
It has become a bit of a running joke with Joe to find tasteful, useful and creative things you can make with tyres. We are still trying to find anything that qualifies on all three categories at once… Meanwhile I’ll put any interesting photos in this thread. Latest photos first, so come back here for Exciting Updates later… (I’ll also…
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