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There will be no shortage of royal hangovers the morning after King’s Day, but the price of beer had done a good job in limiting my own consumption and I even managed to pack up and set off in good time. The plan was to try and join my pre-planned route in Flevoland, but to…
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My arrival at the family home was the perfect opportunity to revisit the contents of my panniers and offload the more ridiculous objects that I had dragged to the top of those steep Peak District climbs. So amongst other things, it was goodbye to the smart shoes, suit jacket and choral sheet music. After flicking…
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What happens with big plans like cycling tours is they evolve over time. There may be several iterations from the original day dream over a Sunday morning cappuccino, through to the final plan that is eventually implemented. My original plan for this trip was to meander my way from my adopted home of Shrewsbury down…
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Packing for a two week holiday can sometimes be quite a challenge. You either burden yourself with 14 days of clean clothes to lug around in transit, or conjure up in some kind of plan to do laundry in between the more holiday-like activities. Maybe you have your own solution involving the inversion of underwear,…
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