Heading inland
First night in our new home. Hastings net sheds Serenaded by the Salvation Army Paragliders getting a view Brighton Pier..Our 28th Wedding Anniversary ❤️ Victorian Brighton Shoreham beach Chichester cathedral Portsmouth Our passport stamp Portchester Roman Castle Winchester Cathedral Tilly still hanging in there…. One of the best bits of cycle touring is meeting other tourers and people along the way. We’ve not seen many tourers so far but met a Dutch couple heading to Ireland on their tandem which was towing a trailer. They must have had nearly twice the load we carry as the...
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Oh dear… ???? Surgeon at work… Alloy weld fix. Back up and running.. ???? Soooooo tempting… ⛴️⛴️ And up another hill to get away… Before we change our minds.. Navigating the steps on the downhill cycle path hill into Dover Battle of Britain Memorial Yay… Sun is out and time for our first ice cream ???? Poor Tilly! 51,005km, 10 years 5 months 2 days old and the chain stay snapped completely through. We think it’s been cracked for a while though as we’ve had an irritating creaking occasionally and despite removing almost every component from the bike,...
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Chelmsford Cathedral Try getting a loaded tandem over that! Rochester Cathedral More hurdles…. Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral Passport stamps Windy Whitstable.. Trauma for Tilly…. A couple of years ago the English Cathedral Association and Cycle UK put together a UK English Cathedral Pilgrimage route. They give you (£5) a passport to collect stamps at each of the 42 English cathedrals so this is our summer route. Why? Well, you may think after our short trip to neo Nazi Bible thumping, book banning, anti trans, gun loving Florida we came back all...
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In Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy Slartibartfast wins awards for designing the Norwegian coastline. He obviously did the Portugal one too, presumably after Norway as it’s even more spectacular than his original work. We spend most of the days either moaning about some silly incline or wowing some fabulous view, which actually makes the hill pushing worthwhile. We headed further southwards through the lovely island village of Baleal which you can only access via the causeway and on to Peniche, another lovely walled town built on a promentory with an Indian restaurant ! Always...
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Porto Beach Chapel Huge waves.. Never ending cycle path… Romans must have been here! Tilly soaking up some rays.. ???? Aveiro..Portugal’s Venice. Striped houses in Casa Nova Our flight from Italy was obviously not Captained by a Italian driver, all went smoothly and we landed safely in Porto, reassembled Tilly with a slight scare when putting the chain tensioner back on the derailleur hanger and the thread was too worn for it to tighten. Fortunately I was able to remove a couple of spacers to get more purchase and it should be fine till we get home now – I hope!...
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Naples Castle Armed guard at Naples Cathedral. Naples Cathedral Egyptian mosaics Roman marble reliefs Underground cisterns Naples Lorenzo underground Roman city Napoli.. Shopping centre Naples Marina overlooked by Versuvius Arrivederci Italia…. About 25 years ago we came to Naples in our MG…. And hated it! The traffic was horrendous (but almost certainly far less than now) and we spent a day in our hotel peering out of the window trying to figure a good time of day to leave. So we weren’t really looking forward to coming back to this UNESCO site. Our first...
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