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Cycling in hills of Lake District

By on August 7, 2013 in hill climbs

Once a year I like to try and go to cycle around the hills of the Lake District. Recently, I was up in Keswick for the national 100 mile time trial championship, but it’s not the same going up and down a flat A road. For me the Lakes mean Wrynose pass, Kirkstone pass and […]

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Cycling from Settle-Carlisle to Yorkshire Dales

By on June 29, 2013 in hill climbs, training

With a weekend off racing, I decided to do something a little different. I cycled five miles to Bingley and got a train on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line to Dent station. The line is a feat of epic Victorian engineering. Ribblehead viaduct It never really made much profit and has, a few times, narrowly avoided been […]

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Cycling on Country Lanes

Cycling on Country Lanes

By on July 5, 2011 in cycling, cycling photos

Up here in Yorkshire there is a wonderful myriad of quiet country lanes to cycle on. Generally, I try to seek out these smaller country lanes because they  give you time to enjoy the scenery without the distraction of hearing cars whiz past. At some times of the year, these small country lanes are almost […]

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