Travels Phase 1 now completed. Good shakedown tour for the bikes & equipement (& us!!!) Busy planning Phase 2 - into mainland Europe - expect we'll set out around 23rd Sept. Watch the blog!
2 Sept. Left Mansfield by cycle paths for short hop to Loughborough to stay in Jenny and Richards empty student let - we must be going soft! Used National Cycle Network (NCN) route through Newstead Abbey & were charged 50p each for the pleasure - first road toll in nearly 3000 miles!!!
3 Sept .69 miles in sunshine - long day as kept off roads, on canals through Nuneaton and Coventry.
4 Sept.Wonderful run through Cotswold villages. Saw some flood damage from earlier in the year. 48miles & 3000 miles so far!!!
5 Sept Again lovely villages and got on Avon and Kennet canal at Devizes, to just near Trowbridge - canal heaving with narrow boats. Camped in rural site near Westbury, with fine views of Westbury cement works ! Saw 3 White Horses today! 56miles.
6 Sept .Very misty start but sunshine soon burnt through. Lovely quiet back roads to Dorchester. Pint at the 'Fox Inn' at Ansty very welcome.
During our rest in Dorchester we have taken the bikes to the suppliers at Bridgewater for service & repairs, ready for next journey.
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- Sus and Mike
- In our retirement, cycling Europe (and elsewhere) before we get too old. This blog now has records of our tours of the UK (2007), Western Europe (2007/8), Australia (2008/9), UK to Hungary (2011), the Celtic Tour (spring 2012) and Pacific West Coast tour (Aug to Nov 2012).