ABOUT ME ABOUT ME! SLOW-CYCLIST, PHILOSOPHER AND ALL ROUND GOOD APPLE 9 Jul 20197 Jun 2020 Welcome to my site. I'm Ruth McIntosh, owner of slow-cycle.com and The Good Apple Copy and Tutoring Service. Please check out my business blog @ goodapplecopy.com Guest Posts: Chances are…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING 13 THINGS YOU MUST PACK FOR CYCLE TOURING (PLUS A FEW MORE) 12 Oct 20184 Jun 2020 Kit lists can go on and on. Ideally you need to pack no more than 10kg. Some people might be able to go as low as 6kg. I call the…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING A Slow Cycle Guide to Getting Started 12 Oct 201820 Aug 2020 The most important thing is to develop your own style. How far do you want to cycle? How fast or slow can you go? You won’t know until you get…
CIRCULAR WALKS… Lyme Park – Fresh Air and Freedom 27 Sep 201817 Nov 2018 This is a very special place for my family as we can walk there from Poynton and bask in the glory of the house, gardens and grounds. My dad, now…
GREAT BRITAIN… Slow Sunday at Chatsworth 19 Sep 201816 Nov 2018 Parking at Edensor (pronounced En-saw for some reason) is something of a tradition for us when visiting the Chatsworth estate (not the Shameless one). A short walk over the hillside…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING Testing out the Tent in the Garden 19 Sep 20183 Jun 2020 Of course, to be a true slow cyclist you don't have to go very far! Before going away to France I put my tent up in my friend's garden. The…
CYCLING TOURS… London to Paris on the Avenue Verte 19 Sep 201814 Nov 2018 Day 1 - Leaving London... As much as I had been dreading city riding I must admit that I loved the thrill of it. My feeling of safety was enhanced…
EN FRANCE… Food and “the French way” to Slow Cycle 17 Sep 20183 Jun 2020 Not for me stopping in lycra to stuff (whilst standing or leaning against the shop front) a delicate French fancy, croissant or baguette. This is not the French way! NON!…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING Slow Cycle – Lessons and Experience 16 Jul 20184 Jun 2020 Nothing makes you feel younger than riding your bike along a shaded canal or through golden fields filled with sunflowers. Cycling traffic-free (in any country) is not like cycling in…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING… In Search Of Adventure – The Book! 7 Oct 20209 Oct 2020 Front cover - can you see yourself wanting to go somewhere like this? Because Cycling Should be a Breeze! Those of you who have been following my blog for a…
GETTING STARTED WITH SLOW CYCLING… Big Fat Waste 7 Aug 20207 Aug 2020 FURIOUS today to discover that the multi-user SUSTRANS Trail at Hassop has been earmarked for development as a rail line. There are proposals for construction to start from as early…
GREAT BRITAIN Lancaster to Arnside 3 Aug 2020 Doing things somewhat backwards, this was the second half of my Morecambe Bay Cycle ride...and my third consecutive day of cycling. My whole body felt stiff and sore so it…
GREAT BRITAIN… Faffing From Arnside to Ulverston: Post-Lockdown Ride 28 Jul 2020 We made a loop of this one by going back on the train. Our initial plan was to go as far as Flookburgh then turn back but that went out…
GUEST POSTS Dawn Spendlove on Loving Biking in Lock-down and Recovery from Back Injury 26 Jun 202026 Jun 2020 Guest post words and images by Dawn Spendlove Back Then, a Bike Wasn't For Girls! I didn’t have a bike as a kid. I’ve got four older brothers and my…
GUEST POSTS Marian’s Story – Two Crashes and a Tearful Finale in Tarifa 18 Jun 202018 Jun 2020 This is a story which spans half a decade. Thankfully, there's a happy finale! Many thanks to Marian French for sharing this story with Slow-Cycle. If you are reading this…
CYCLING TOURS… Single Black Female: Susan’s Tour Around the World – Travelling in Style and Taking Her Time 4 Jun 202028 Jun 2020 Slow-cycle.com caught up with Susan via Zoom at her home in Leicester. We were supposed to be meeting up in person, along with some other female cycle tourists, for her…
GUEST POSTS Win a Feature on Slow-Cycle! Some Questions for Women in Search of Adventure 1 Jun 20204 Jun 2020 I don't know about you but I'm itching to get the bike out for some micro-adventures and the possibly of a little tour is just around the corner. Still, the…
DIET AND LIFESTYLE 10 Days in the Mexican Caribbean – Cancun, the Riviera Maya and the Yucatan! 10 Feb 20204 Jun 2020 Looking for something different for a bit of Winter Sun this year, Ed and I decided to go to Mexico. This is the first time I have travelled long haul…
A Few Days in Germany: Munich and Bayreuth 16 Jan 20203 Jun 2020 Back-story Last summer I got back in touch with a German friend, Jorg, from my first year at Sheffield University (25 years ago) so trip to visit him was a…
GUEST POSTS A Brush with Happiness and Why I Need Art – Guest post by Glenda Strong 5 Nov 20194 Jun 2020 Introduction by Ruth McIntosh. Glenda is a talented teacher, illustrator and collaborator. She is a valuable member of WISEtribe and the Sheffield networking communities. Her blog can be found here:…
GUEST POSTS Day trip to Chernobyl – Guest post by Jonathan Hall 5 Sep 20194 Jun 2020 I remember exactly what I was doing on the day of the Chernobyl explosion on Saturday April 26th 1986. The tensions of the cold war were still apparent, and the…
