riding bikes and doing other things
The prospect of superb weather along with a modest amount of effort to make a decent route set the potential for a decent days biking … and I wasn’t disappointed. Yesterday I was off and on the road before 07:30 am and headed out towards Waddington and Dunsop Bridge in the Ribble Valey – north […]
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Co-incidentally as the Lockdown in the UK eases with most shops being able to open (as long as they meet the correct criteria), then I have arrived at the final part of my Lockdown Lookback series. This last part covers a trip to Spain and Portugal in 2018 and with just a ferry booked to […]
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This is the last but one post in the Lockdown Lookback series. The next and final post in the series will cover a solo trip through Spain and Portugal in 2018. In truth it wasnt the best year for me as it was the year my father passed away which in turn meant that motorcycling […]
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Although the weather was much greyer and much cooler than of late it was dry and so with the prospect or poorer weather in the coming day I got the BMW out and head for the Forrest of Bowland area – an exceptioanlly pretty part of the UK – only did about 150 or so […]
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As Lockdown restrictions are eased, and (hopefully) we head towards the latter stages of the restrictions, this post sees me arrive towards the end of my Lockdown Lookback series with Part 11. If you missed Part 10 you can read it here. Links to earlier parts in the Lockdown Lookback series (parts 1 to 9) […]
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There will never be any complaints from me when the sun is out and I can get out on a bike and yesterday was no exception as I continued to enjoy the pleasant weather and continued to make up for lost bike time and the biking write off that 2019 was for me. Yesterday I […]
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The exceptional weather throughout April has provided decent opportunities to get out on the bikes. I posted previously about a couple of other post lockdown rides and you can see those at the following links: Back on the Road Again and Sunny Roads on Sunny Days, Yesterday was another glorious day, so I rolled the […]
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Having missed a year on my bikes (injury and then the pandemic) it’s been brilliant in the last couple of weeks to get out and about again. Yesterday I was making the most of the good weather and did a few miles on the Kawasaki – a completely different ride from the BMW, with it’s […]
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It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to go out on a bike, in fact it’s been just over a year (due to a fractured knee) but with now with the knee being in much better shape, the UK lockdown restirction easing and plenty of good weather I’ve had a few decent rides […]
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As the lockdown continues in the UK I have continued to cast my mind back to previous years biking and trips and this lockdown post reflects back to 2017. 2017 was quite simply a standout year for my biking. There was the usual general activity that included the Manchester and NEC bike shows and another […]
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