GREAT BRITAIN – Page 2 – Slow-Cycle

Glamping in the New Forest National Park

13 Oct 201812 Nov 2018

This was my first experience of glamping (albeit on the cheap with our own gear). I managed to pick up a four bed Coleman for £35 at a car boot…

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Beautiful Books at The National Trust, Clumber Park

12 Oct 201812 Nov 2018

Every Friday I escape to a cupboard full of weird and wonderful books at Clumber Park near Worksop. The park is especially beautiful at this time of the year with…

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…

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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…

CYCLING TOURS…

Coast and Castles – Newcastle to Edinburgh

17 Sep 201812 Nov 2018

Day 1 - Newcastle to Alnwick. We started at the station in Newcastle on a fine May day. Fortunately, it was a Bank Holiday weekend in England (but not in…

CYCLING TOURS…

C2C from Whitehaven to Sunderland in Three Days

16 Sep 20184 Jun 2020

Day 1 - Whitehaven to Keswick. Whitehaven is as windblown as any other English seaside town. Wild waves smash against the breakwater in the outer harbour but an official starting…

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Keswick, Bassenthwaite, Buttermere and Cockermouth

16 Sep 201812 Nov 2018

This year’s trip to The Lake District was a last-minute decision, made partly in an effort to get my teenager away from devices and get outside. Located in an old…