The Celtic Way

A cycle route across southern Wales, from Chepstow to Fishguard, following National Cycle Network 4 (NCN4). Into Wales at Chepstow, over the old Severn Bridge, on a sunny afternoon. Narrow lanes with high hedges, and little traffic. Fortunately, because there was little room to pass and stinging nettles in the hedges! A pleasant night in …

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The Western Way

The Western Way is the name of the first part of our summer of ’19 cycle trip. It is from south-east London (Greenwich) to Bristol first along the Thames and then following, where possible, the Kennet Avon canal. We’re near Bath at the moment, maybe 30 km ride from Bristol, waiting out some threatened thunder …

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January

My room felt pretty empty after Bev flew back to Calgary but I stayed put for a couple days – there was rain in the forecast. And, in this case, the forecast was correct. Loreto’s streets are not designed to accommodate much rain so a couple of inches of water collected on the roads. Most …

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Christmas in Loreto

Christmas in a resort town isn’t really our thing. When we were younger and had more energy, we might have driven the 2500 km of winter roads to camp and climb in Joshua Tree. More recently, they have been family occasions, at home in Calgary. I had expected to be cycling down the Baja peninsula …

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