#NorthDownsWay Stage 2, Dorking to back home in Rochester with @vanzie_73 . 92km of hard riding.
Epic day on the bike. From really hard climbs when we had to get off and walk to flowey yet sketchy decents - it had it all. Could`ve done with a support vehicle to change from road bike to gravel to MTB!
We`ll do the rest into Folkestone another time. When we`ve recovered!
Went with a slightly fatter @schwalbetyresuk G-One Ultra Bite 40 tyres this time for a puncture free experience - amazing.
Thanks to @tbw_gillingham for the tyres and cassette and chain upgrades.
#NortDownsWay riders route with @vanzie_73 . Stage 1. Farnham to Dorking. Quite different to the walkers route. Very gnarly in places. Sections of soft sand that brought the bike to a standstill and gave us no choice but to walk. But then there was the long flowy sections through woods that were fast and exhilarating. Iinteresting route by @wearecyclinguk - Stage 2 tomorrow.
#ndw
And we`re off! Train to Farnham to ride the riders route of the #NortDownsWay with @vanzie_73
Bikes looking pukka but I guess I could`ve cleaned my shoes?!
Just doing 2 days as we couldn`t find a time when we could both do 3 days.
Farnham to Folkestone is 150 miles. Should finish at home tomorrow (all being well) and then ride from home to Folkestone another time.
Here we go again. Wigmore CC Hollingbourne Hill Climb 2026. Huffing and puffing my way to the top as usual. One year I will beat the 5 minute mark. 5 mins 31 secs this year, which is not my best and not my worst.
Pic with thanks to @mike_savage_photography
@wigmorecycling
#ProudOfYouSteve - they may not all be enormous but this is definitely Steve`s biggest crop so far. Not sure the weather this summer has suited him as he looks a bit spindly and bare but it`s certainly boosted his production line!
#SouthWestCoastPath last catchup post of our last leg of the holiday from Lands End to Lamorna (about 3 miles shy of Penzance).
We`re almost half way now. This was really hard work - I guess accumulated fatigue played a part but we were on our last legs well before we arrived back at the van.
Think we might take a break from the SWCP for a while and explore some other adventures before coming back for the finsl push towards Poole.
#SouthwestCoastPath - catching up with posting. St Just to Lands End. Another long hot and hard but exhilarating day.
Had to have a dip in the sea twice at 2 separate beaches to cool down!
We "experienced" the eclipse at Sennon Cove but we`re woefully unprepared - forgot it was happening until we arrived on the beach and everyone was wearing strange sunglasses or had a colander on their head!!
Arriving at Lands End to lots of tourists even at 9pm (yes, we were very late) shouting and playing music was bit disappointing but not totally unexpected. Probably worse because of the eclipse.
#SouthWestCoastPath Zennor to St Just. Another epic day. Even hotter today and got a bit dehydrated. Swim in the sea at beautiful Portheras was cold but revitalising. Stark journey through derelict mines on the way into St Just makes you think what hard lives these people lead - especially in the arsenic mines!
