Any discussion of the merits of cycling infrastructure in the UK will inevitably throw up the phrase “what about the Netherlands?” And it was precisely this sentiment that resonated with us earlier this year as we pondered where to go cycle...
Category: Cycle touring
Impressions of the Netherlands by Milena
Hi there and thanks for having me. My message is short – everyone should go to Holland. Yes, to stuff your face with pancakes, to hear the wind in the trees lining every road, to marvel at what’s on offer in...
October 9, 2022
On turning a road bike into a tourer: the magic of bikepacking gear
This is a companion post to my video of my mini-tour of the Morecambe Bay Cycleway, which I cycled over a weekend in August 2020. Given that bikepacking is a comparatively new form of cycle touring (or rather, carrying gear on...
August 11, 2020
On riding the Hebridean Way (and the Isle of Skye)
Although many of the posts in this blog see me banging on about the manifold woes of cycling around a big, dirty, car-clogged city, by far my favourite flavour of bicycling is cycle touring – lobbing a load of stuff on...
May 29, 2019
Video blog: 2018 Products in Review
First of all: Happy New Year! As 2018 drew to an end, and as an adjunct to the Year in the Saddle piece, I decided to do a video round-up of the various bike-related products I’d acquired over the course of...
January 1, 2019
2018: my year in the saddle
It’s been a while since I’ve done a round-up of my cycling year, primarily as I haven’t been blogging quite so conscientiously for the last year or two. However, with the revivification of the blog this year, here goes my annual...
December 30, 2018
On an overnight Pootle to Edale
Of all the fun things you can do with a bicycle, to me by far the most enjoyable is cycle touring: load up a couple of panniers, sling them on the bike and pedal off into the great unknown. My first...
April 27, 2018
