Pleasant afternoon in the Mournes today, 2100 feet of ascent though it was the descent that is hard work, dodging the showers

Cheery ride for me in sunshine and warmth, bit rare around these parts! New drivechain on the old Ridgeback, nice

My taking (England & Wales) is that on RoWs we have a right to pass and repass, and to rest but not to erect a shelter. So, bivvy good, tent bad. Yes I think the moving bit is the key here, it's what Stephen Neale's book on Wild Camping mentions, he cites the 1935 Vagrancy Act which specificall...

Isn't it the Vagrancy Act that 'stops' wild camping? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdyz848j0no Interesting, yes according to this blog https://www.blacks.co.uk/blog/dartmoor-wild-camping-banned "When did wild camping in England become illegal? Wild camping has been illegal in the UK for...

Excellent

The BBC seems to be reporting more interesting bike stuff recently, eg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c255jn7j95vo.amp

John Betjeman and Steam Men

Prompted by the micro chair thread I searched around and today my Vango version arrived in the post, bit more weighty than I was expecting but seems sturdy enough!

It came up on iPlayer after I'd watched something else nature related. I think it was called "BBC Wild" or something like that. The next one was Gordan Buchannan talking about sea eagles on Mull. Another great series in Scotland is Roaming in the Wild, but sadly BBC iPlayer does not have ...

Thank you for the clarification. However when walking on tow paths I have come across stiles and swing gates designed to stop off road motorbikes, so smooth progress on a bicycle may be difficult in places I offer the above more as a possible explanation than anything definitive! at least, it's wha...

A quick look on OS maps and the Oxford Canal Path north of Oxford all seems to be Public Footpath, so a No-No for cycling unless I have got something wrong ? Looking at this https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do/cycling/cycling-faqs Towpaths "are not public rights of way. Instead, the ma...

Sadly I seem to be mainly listening to my tinnitus at the moment which seems to have ratcheted up a notch

stonking stuff, love that part of the world, and middle of the nowhere meetings, I came across this at the weekend, no bike alas:
paths meeting near Old Byland, just the birds and the sheep otherwise the sound of the wind in the trees, that's all.

cheers,

Keith

lovely in Tollymore Forest Park this afternoon, just a couple of hours of taking in the air and the views in the sunshine
cheers,

Keith

I've just watched this vid https://youtu.be/pecs1qf1p4w?si=RT1Nv6njnRTT8_TE Looks like hard work to me, perhaps if I was in my early 20s instead of my late 50s! Great viewing though. Cheers, Keith Thanks for sharing that one. Nicely edited. And if definitely doable in your 50s! Thanks, I reckon it ...

I've just watched this vid

https://youtu.be/pecs1qf1p4w?si=RT1Nv6njnRTT8_TE

Looks like hard work to me, perhaps if I was in my early 20s instead of my late 50s!

Great viewing though.

Cheers,

Keith

sounds like an amazing trip, hope you have a great time, might be worth a browse of crazyguyonabike ('A place for bicycle tourists and their journals') https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/ lots of traveller experiences etc There's also this, again lots of reports and useful intel https://www.cycleblaze....

I've been enjoying some bike bimbling around Wiltshire byways

Yes last day for about ten days, off on the overnight boat on Sunday heading down to Wiltshire for a few days with the bikes, probably spend a bit of time in the Marlborough Downs, perhaps Salisbury Plain and possibly Forest of Dean, looking at a potter along the Kennet and Avon canal to Bath too. ...

Yes last day for about ten days, off on the overnight boat on Sunday heading down to Wiltshire for a few days with the bikes, probably spend a bit of time in the Marlborough Downs, perhaps Salisbury Plain and possibly Forest of Dean, looking at a potter along the Kennet and Avon canal to Bath too. S...

gecko76 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 06, 2025 10:55 pm Brilliant read

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Last day of semester so cheery here and nice walk home along the Lough shore

Cheers,

Keith

Some holiday reading for me IMG_20241230_121948.jpg How was Mike's book? really good, I still enjoy dipping into it in the evening, it's a nice read, the only thing I'd have liked to have seen in it are some maps of the routes, I have to read the book along with a road atlas to get a better sense o...

Last time I rode those tunnels was in the summer a couple of years ago when I was broadly following the route of Further East that I had started in Mkt Harbrough. Due to a train strike I stopped just before the tunnels and finished the next morning. I seem to recall some mud in the tunnels when I w...

an old rail line to Northampton. yes that's a good one :-bd I rode it a few year's ago with my son, we enjoyed the tunnels, there's a route map here, from Northampton or Wolverton the canal could be picked up again to head sarf... https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-netwo...

More flat riding, building leg strength, nice sunny twenty miles
Cheers,

Keith