Last day. It’s taken 41 days to make the whole journey; from John O’Groats to Lands End. I’ll do a summary of some stats in the next post, but here’s to final day – Newquay to Lands End. Started off misty. This was taken cycling out of Newquay. Much less wind Made it a much […]
A whole day with the the wind in my face. A full 16-30 kph of it. Pedalling down the hills kind of style. In addition, Google decided I was a CAR and sent my down the A30. So THANKS GOOGLE Pain in the ass….. Anyway. I’m here now. Holed up in the Griffin Inn, right […]
Through the National Park, which turned out to be extremely hilly. Climbed the same height as Ben Nevis during the course of the day. I must admit, I did some of it walking. This particular road took me up a steep embankment from the River Teign. It was never ending. Google Maps Google kept trying […]
That’s right! The Bonnie Journey is to be revived. And finished! All the way to Lands End. Not from here in Aldermaston. But from where I left off, Exeter where I sustained my knee injury. Exeter to Tavistock I’ll take the train down there. Pretty pleased the weather has deteriorated slightly. Cycling at 30 degrees isn’t […]
Aborted! At least for now, whilst I let my knee rest… The sensible thing to do was let my knee recover. After leaving the Gypsy Hill Hotel, I got about 3/4 mile down the road before I realised it was just not going to be possible to go any further. It feels OK. When I […]
Knee isn’t much better. I’ve decided it’s the tendons at the back of the kneecap have become slightly inflamed. Tendonitis I believe it’s called. I personally don’t think it’s very serious, although there’s no doubt it’s going to slow me down, roughly by about 1/2 the amount each day. Today, I took it particularly easy, […]
A drab and dreary day, that took me down through Frome, across to Wells, down to Glastonbury and in to Taunton. About 70 miles. The damp weather has caused some problems with my knee, and I’m not sure how it’ll be functioning tommorow. I’m going to book something close, and not risk straining it. Canaltime […]
I don’t think I’ve hated anywhere in England more than Bradford on Avon. It’s snotty, fascist, ‘Little England-esque’, chocolate box nimbyism got me feeling the place would be better off bombed. Never wish to go there again. I’ve been to places all over the UK. All over Europe. Been to 55 countries. All across the […]
An easy half day, leaving Caen Hill at around 12pm after buying a bell for my bike in Devizes and having my lunch. Engine As you may have read, I fixed the engine myself. Believe it or not, it actually runs better now. In the new smoother Bonnie, I took off through the gates of […]
Diesel hasn’t sorted the engine out, it now needs ‘bleeding’. Whilst the engineer I spoke to yesterday agreed to make it for 10, his cat was taken ill in the night, and their were some complications and confusions. These weren’t helped by the fact that my phone was flat and I couldn’t get a signal. […]