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Posts tagged with bikepacking
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holidays are tiring
Lately I’ve been taking regular holidays, and it’s caused fatigue. They involved exercise, but I don’t think that’s at the heart of my weariness. It’s the preparing for them, especially the night before and the aftermath: packing and unpacking I know I’m lucky to have the opportunities; tempered because this…
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Stonehenge and the IoW
I initially thought about just riding to Stonehenge, staying nearby for the night and then coming back. Then I realised I’d be a short ride from Portsmouth; gateway to the Isle of Wight. So I booked the an extra day off work, the ferry and a place to stay for…
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Family
Last weekend was a family reunion. Over the years I’ve kept in touch with family on my mothers side. Not so much my fathers. I’m not sure why, I think maybe it was that they lived further away and were older. My sister had been conversing with a cousin for…
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The flat lands
Diss was my base for a weeks holiday. I arrived on Sunday after completing the Dunwich Dynamo. On Monday Ivo arrived, and after lunch we went for a walk starting and ending in Bungay. It was a good introduction to the local area.
Tuesday it was back on the bikes.…
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Dunwich dynamo
The Dunwich Dynamo is an annual semi-organised, through-the-night bicycle ride from London Fields park in Hackney, London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. I have always wanted to do it. A team from Oxted Cycling Club joined me. Nick, Neil, Stuart, Dave and his son; and another Nick - a…
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Getting away from it all
A long weekend allowed me a short bikepacking trip. To Fairlight Cove not far from Hastings, including a stop for lunch with a friend on the first day seemed like a great plan. It gave me time to reset. Riding and just generally being with others is great. But sometimes…