Mountain Lifestyle

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  • Manchester Mini Tour

    Manchester Mini Tour

    It’s taken a few blustery autumnal days at The Cottage to unpack, clean the bikes and settle into home life, where we’ve been enjoying our creature comforts and social connections after a week ‘on the road’. I’ve had a few good social days, meeting up with old friends Andy and Lorraine, who I’d not seen… Read more

  • The Far East Cycle Tour – Day 6

    The Far East Cycle Tour – Day 6

    The final day on our cycle traverse of the east coast of England, and what a day to finish on! Crisp blue skies, a distinctly wintery feel and a dramatic high tide was what greeted us after leaving ‘Howard’s Place’ in Lowestoft. The waves turned out to be quite a bit of fun and we… Read more

  • The ‘Far East’ Cycle Tour – Day 5

    The ‘Far East’ Cycle Tour – Day 5

    Having envisioned watching the sun come up over the horizon, then walking down the golden sands for a morning dip, it was with some degree of disappointment that this was the view that greeted us when the alarm went off. To be fair, the howling winds that woke us in the night did raise suspicions… Read more

  • The Far East Cycle Tour – Day 4

    The Far East Cycle Tour – Day 4

    It was still breezy and feeling cool outside, but we set out from our converted stable into an absolute blue bird of a morning. Rather than taking a long, uphill and wandering route to Sherington, we blasted the first 5km of the day along the main road. While we faced an almost steady stream of… Read more

  • Storm Bound

    Storm Bound

    As predicted, we woke late to the sound of winds whistling around the old stable that we are staying in. There was no rush to do anything or go anywhere. After a nice lie in, a warmed croissant and several coffees, we eventually ventured out into the day for a walk around the village during… Read more

  • Norwich to the north coast by bike

    Norwich to the north coast by bike

    We awoke to a glorious blue sky day, and some fine cycling conditions greeted us as we left our Norwich town house residence – we had chosen our tour destination wisely! We followed an old railway line out of the city, which was good at keeping us away from any traffic, but also meant that… Read more

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