You can’t leave that there son…
Tilly the terrorist Our saviour… The cycle path crosses York racecourse…wouldn’t want to do that on race day ! Back in the northern canals Bradford town hall Impossible to get through without removing our rear handlebars ☹️ Sheffield town square York Minster, probably the busiest Cathedral we’ve arrived at. York is permanently heaving with tourists and the queues to get in wound across the road. We parked Tilly up outside the disabled slope and I went and asked the ticket girl controlling the queue where we could leave Tilly. She was completely thrown by this, but to...
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Typical coastal view Not the place to be when it’s blowing a hoolie… Eyemouth sunset..our last night in Scotland Not much of a welcome ! Berwick upon Tweed…our first night back in Blighty Fabulous Northumberland Coast Hello Newcastle…. Quick fix weld Dominating Durham Cathedral Wish all bridges were like this ! One thing we’ve found again and again this trip is the inflated price of accomodation all over the UK. Rooms are mainly in excess of £100 a night and we’ve now adapted our length of cycle to stop at more affordable places and bypass the more...
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Broughty Ferry Dundee residents Press photo at Perth Cathedral Fab evening with Colin & Di Not so fab, damp, cold ride to Tillys tearoom The Falkirk Kelpies Not our finest moment ! Forth railway bridge Our cosy Cabin.. I remember staying in bnb’s where you had to put money in the meter for hot water and the landlady had her customer service training at Colditz. I thought they had all long gone but the ‘Luxury airbnb’ we booked at Broughty Ferry was doing a sterling job of maintaining the tradition. We’d booked 2 nights with a harbour and castle view, and had...
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Blowing a hoolie on the Moray Firth Suffolk like countryside Findochty Findochty Stunning coastline Sleepy fishing villages scattered along the coast And always a castle…. Tilly not too keen on the Beach art….! Lunch stop… Biblical gardens at Elgin Turriff Coo Coast also lined with the best drying spots ! Many villages along the coast lined the hedgerows and open spaces with wild flowers . We left Inverness and began our slow cycle along the coast which has to be some of the most wonderful cycling you can imagine. The coast is just gorgeous and although it’s...
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Largs A day out with team Matilda.. Prosecco Picnic Cumbrae ‘Cathedral of the Isles’ The smallest Cathedral… Team Matilda The Two Tillys Largs sunset…End of a great day Heading North Castle Stalker Ben Nevis Our long roll down We arrived in Largs a day ahead of schedule so had a very pleasant day off, with sunshine and no rain (what!!) And time for a quiet wander around and meander from bench to bench. We really are incredibly lazy when we don’t have any plans and oddly feel more exhausted doing nothing than we do cycling. It must be all the cake and ice...
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Carlisle Cathedral Lockerbie Lambs The road ahead…. Bleeding brakes….! Top of that hill, lesson learnt…don’t cycle over hills with wind farms on the top ! Glasgow lunch in the rain .. again! Castle on the hill… By the time we arrived in Carlisle it was a lovely sunny day. Cool and breezy but still very nice. The Cathedral had a fabulous star ceiling which was very unusual and we ticked off Cathedral number 30 and, with the weather remaining nice continued on to cross the border into Scotland and Gretna Green for the night! Gretna is famous for weddings and...
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