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April BaM (Bivvy-a-Month) — Fenlandia — flat-flat-flat and win-dee! Nettles everywhere. Moonlit all the way. Plus 32 Explorer Squares bagged [Note: this is a rewrite of my Strava post; the date has been changed to reflect the ride date; posted 28 April 2018.] I … read more »
Meths stoves are odd little things — ultra-simple, ultra-lightweight, effective. Hum, yes-but-no-but — they are all those things, except effective — on their own. What's needed is a little attention to detail with focusing the heat from the burning meths onto the base … read more »
On Friday 28 July I was invited onto Chris Mann's Drive Time show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to talk about the then up-coming 1400km LEL ride that I was going to undertake. Ten days later, on successfully completing the ride, Chris … read more »
I awoke the same as any other day on 31 March 2017, grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down at my desk to start work. First things first: record my weight for the day, and check social media for any … read more »
Way back in 2012 I discovered long-distance cycling with my first ride of the Dunwich Dynamo, a 190km night ride from London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast, ostensibly "for breakfast". I then targeted both London-Edinburgh-London 2013 and Paris-Brest-Paris 2015 on … read more »
For all the road cycling I've done in the past few years, there's still a part of me that wants to explore a bit more. I've ridden my road bikes to a lot of places and seen a lot of scenery, … read more »
Sunday was one of those days when I could hear the rain pouring down outside from the warmth of my bed. Not just a little drip, not even a light shower, but a proper drenching taking place just outside the bedroom … read more »
I recently rode Tom Deakins' Kingdom of the East Saxons 400km audax, which I wrote up here, which started at 11am and returned to the church hall at the start/finish at about 280km so riders could have something to eat and … read more »
When Tom posted his new 400km audax earlier this year, I knew I had to ride it — if for no other reason than it criss-crosses Essex and so looks slightly bonkers on paper. The event is also a late-starter, which … read more »
I often see comments on forums and Facebook discussing the merits of this battery pack or that dynamo setup for keeping GPS devices and phones juiced up on long rides, mostly audaxes, taking 10 hours or longer. I haven't yet found … read more »
Sometimes a ride comes along that sounds too good to miss — It was Tom's fault, really: he rode the Easter Arrow on gears, because, he said, he was practising for The Shark. Wossat? A hilly ride. I was … read more »