Day 1 The liaison of four riders for this year’s main event, a loop to include the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders), was a simple affair. Due to our home locations spread from south of the city to north of Nottingham, we all decided to catch the Robin Hood Line, alighting…
Just south of Derby and east of Burton-upon-Trent lies the National Forest. A project to transform 200 square miles of post-industrial land into a forest linking the remnants of Charnwood and Needwood Forests. It’s an area I am familiar with having cycled that way for many years on the road…
Gran Canaria is a great place to cycle. The wonderful all year warm climate and the mountainous terrain make it an ideal place for road, gravel and mountain bikes alike. For those reasons it’s a favourite winter training location for many of the professional teams and triathletes. What’s fascinating about…
A thinking cyclist’s gravel tour of Northern Spain – Barcelona to Bilbao Charting the travels of two Nottinghamshire gravel cyclists and a friend for support, this book describes a gravel ride across Spain at its shortest and most accessible point. It takes in five iconic regions, all with their own distinctive cultures.…
Having kept modest mileage going until the New Year I decided to book myself some warm weather exploration on the island of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands. There were a number of reasons why I chose this location over the more regular destinations of Tenerife . It is relatively…
Setting out on a warm summer’s day in early August for an overnight stop in the City of Lincoln was no hardship. I was buzzing at the prospect. The first part of the ride will be familiar to followers of Gravel Notts. The ride out of Hucknall or Nottingham if…
So you’re a cyclist, just about to turn 60 years of age and your friends from the north of Nottinghamshire invite you to join them for a celebratory curry. You of course accept but how do you get there? Obvious really, turn the whole occasion into a three day gravel…
Continue Reading Gateway to the next stage of a cycling life
New Year’s Day can be both an inspiration to make changes and plans for the forthcoming year as well as resolutions that are likely never to be kept. I like to think of it as an opportunity for hope and reflection and the best way for me to achieve this…
Continue Reading New year dead end, a story of the Nottingham Park Tunnel
Boxing Day is a traditional English bank holiday that sees a full sporting calendar and people walking off overindulgence from the day before. Its origins are more philanthropic, a day for giving to those less fortunate than one’s self. I tend to view Boxing Day as a time to give…
With an objective of taking some winter shots of the historic Parliament Oak for a book I am writing I awoke to a perfect crisp winter morning. My cycling effort and mileage is currently limited whilst I wait with ever diminishing patience for an operation on the NHS. This rendered…