Category: Journey diary

Back on the bike after two days of rest, today’s 57km brought me very close the Scottish’s border after a total of 1121km since Lane’s End. In fact I reached Hadrian’s Wall and as any proud Scot will tell you, the Romans never made it there. Here are some...

Rode for 117km today and yesterday making the total distance more than the symbolic bar of 1000km, and passed the 60% milestone which was rewarded by the Conqueror with a third tree being planted! I am now just on the border of Lake District National Park. It’s so beautiful...

As promised in part 1 of today’s journey, here are the information and postcards of the remaining points of interest, Bradford and Yorkshire Dales National Park. Bradford was a hive of industry in the 19th century, and plentiful employment encouraged widespread immigration, particularly from Ireland, and also a significant...

I made it through the night in the Sherwood forest, nor Robin Hood nor the Sheriff disturbed my sleep 😉 Today I rode for 144km, broke through the symbolic 50% of the whole journey barrier which made pass through a lot of places and such I decided to divide...

Reached 802km, today’s ride (84km) made me pass through Leicester, Nottingham and the well know Sherwood Forest which has an even very special meaning since it’s directly linked to the cause I am supporting « The Forest ». Speaking of which I would like to thanks very much another supporter who...

Reached 717km, today my 101km ride made me pass through two well known cities, Stratford which is William Shakespeare home town and Coventry which has greatly suffered during WWII. Have a look to the postcards I send from these two cities along with some interesting facts about it. There’s...

Today’s journey (92km) made me pass through Oxford, a town that has a special meaning to me since I’ve been there on several occasions and more especially because my friend Marc lives here with his family! Why not take advantage of the virtuality of the challenge and pay him...

Rest Day! Even if I could have ridden a bit today as well, I believe it was better for my body to give it some time off in order to recover and I might actually do the same tomorrow to be in very good shape on Thursday. This is...

Today was the 5th day of riding in a row, I managed to ride for an additional 91 kilometers making the total goes up to 524km. I am still in good shape but will be happy to enjoy one or two days of rest 😉 This part of the...

Before going to chase Easter eggs and filling my belly with chocolates, I did my daily ride today with a total of 144km. 105 of it was done joining a high pace group ride « SAS 200 » which enabled me to ride at an average speed of 44km/h thanks to...