Stratton Cycle Shed

For some obscure reason I decided that it was time for another end to end. Having already done LeJog and Dover to Cape Wrath, I decided to do the third option. Even more amazing was the fact that I persuaded 6 other elderly gentlemen to accompany me! We left Lands End on Sat 19th of […]

    Western Isles trip Sept 2016         Sat Left Fort Willam lunch time and got foot Ferry towards Corran and headed South. Stopped at 6 pm, rainy and midgy. Too midgy to cook so I had cold food! I hate Scotland! Sun Left at 8 am, damp pack up. Headed for […]

Today saw the first Diss Cyclathon. A sportive starting in Diss, Norfolk and visiting 9 local towns including Long Stratton at the 50 mile mark. Tudor Bakehouse did the food stop and Neil did bicycle repairs.  We were busy, and had hundreds of hungry cyclists to accommodate.  Thanks to Heather, Dawn, Lauren and Joseph for […]

This was a weekend away from Norfolk to get some hill climbing practice in, to get ready for the Dragon Tour in a few weeks time, We stayed at Youlgreave Youth hostel. We managed 60 miles on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was wet and windy, and for us flat landers it was tough . […]

For those of you out there who don’t know the Fred, it’s supposed to be one of the toughest sportives in the UK.  Its 115 miles with about 4000m of climbs in the Lake District, you cycle(or walk!) over all the major passes during the ride, and the weather can play a major role too. […]

Decided to do the swarm this year for the first time, as a warm up for some tough events to come.  I cycled there and back so totaled 130 miles! I’m in training for the Fred Whitton in the Lakes soon, so 130 flat miles should be easy? The event starts at Carrow road, and […]

Cycling Eurovelo 6 along the Danube August 2015 We caught the European Bike express coach from Waltham Abbey and headed to Dover. There were 4 of us Neil, Paul, Terry and Richard, average age 56,( that’s only chronologically) and we fancied a bit of touring in Europe. Some delays on the ferry, but soon we […]

We had a great day on Sunday.  Sue from Batribike came along with all the models of bikes and trikes, and helped me demonstrate and educate the public about electric bikes.  Around 40 people came throughout the day, and without exception everyone came back from a test ride with a smile on their faces!  Comments […]

In preparation for our Trans-Europe ride in July, we set out on a practise ride, to check out our camping skills.  We left on Friday evening and cycled to Southwold.  After a few pints at the Harbour Inn we managed to sleep well. On Saturday we cycled to Maningtree via the lanes of South Suffolk […]

Me at Cape Reinga   Cycling New Zealand 2015.  I closed the shop for 2 months, while I cycled the end to end of New Zealand.  That is from Cape Reinga at the northerly point of the north island, to Bluff, the most southerly point on the south island.  Actually as I had time, when […]