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Cycling 100 miles to and from London.
All about 100-mile cycling routes into, out of and around London.
Looking for the flattest century ride, the hilliest century ride, the least headwind in a south westerly, the most scenic, etc.
Out and back and one-way century rides for cyclists starting/finishing in London.
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All about 100-mile cycling routes into, out of and around London.
Looking for the flattest century ride, the hilliest century ride, the least headwind in a south westerly, the most scenic, etc.
Out and back and one-way century rides for cyclists starting/finishing in London.
Bike chain vector image used in profile pic designed by Freepik www.freepik.com Author = Macrovector
Cycling sunset to sunrise, coast to coast.
Cycling sunset to sunrise, coast to coast from Cumbria to Northumberland. This turned out to be a fabulous route from Bowness on Solway in Cumbria to Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. A great way to ride through one of the shortest nights of the year.
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A King Arthur bike ride
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A bike ride from London to King Arthur's castle in Tintagel, Cornwall, via Glastonbury Tor and hitting an absolutely massive storm in the second half. The storm was so bad that my camera was malfunctioning and I lost some footage, which is why the end of the vid is a bit patchy and the final bit was shot the next morning but at least you can see the sea!! :)
Cycling 4 countries in 1 weekend
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.3 месяца назад
If you had 48 hours and a bike, where would you go? This was a quick whizz to visit France, Belgium, the Netherlands and back to London again. Could you squeeze in any more countries?
A George Orwell bike ride
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.4 месяца назад
A ride from London to Jura, the Scottish island where Orwell wrote 1984, via Liverpool and an overnight ferry to Belfast, then Ballycastle and Islay. An Airbnb in Ballycastle but otherwise self-sufficient with sleeping bag, inflatable mattress and micro-stove for cooking. I was trying to minimise the weight of my bag and will likely do another video soon about packing for this trip.
A Philip Larkin ride
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.4 месяца назад
A bike ride to visit where poet Philip Larkin lived in Hull, Yorkshire and to see his statue in the train station there. I went north from London up through Royston, Peterborough, Spalding and Market Rasen and over the Humber Bridge: about 318km total of mostly flat but rather windy farmland.
A Shakespeare bike ride
Просмотров 1 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Riding from the Globe theatre in London through the heart of England to Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon.
London - D-Day beaches
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London to Mont St Michel and Normandy beaches, for a micro trip to northern France without an overnight stop, kipping on the ferry on the way home.
Paris-Brest-Paris 2023 #PBP
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A fantastic ride for the 2023 edition of Paris-Brest-Paris, the legendary endurance ride in France.
London - Land's End - London
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Note: bloopers in the time stamps! The last two should read 'Saturday' not 'Friday'. Oops, sorry! Cycling from London to Land's End and back, with Kingston Wheelers' 1,000km audax. This was pretty much a shakedown ride for me to try and get ready for Paris-Brest-Paris in August, the premier event in the long-distance cycling calendar. As it turned out, this was an absolute stunner of a ride: it...
London - Glastonbury
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Cycling to Glastonbury for summer solstice sunrise from Glastonbury Tor
Choosing gear for long distance cycling.
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Video recorded in April on the way back from Venice, but edited and uploaded in June while waiting to get the camera fixed. Same bike setup as other long rides this year and probably PBP too.
Essex
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Camera got broken halfway round so video is cut short. Service will be resumed when camera is replaced asap!
Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km audax 2023
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Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km audax 2023
Scotland: coast to coast to coast
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Cycling from Aberdeen to Dundee via the west coast of Scotlands. Cairngorms, Kinloch Hourn.
LEL recce ride: first few and last few stages
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.2 года назад
LEL recce ride: first few and last few stages
Training for LEL (double bill, part 1) Surrey Hills century
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.2 года назад
Training for LEL (double bill, part 1) Surrey Hills century
Hi love your videos hope your going to continue to post
How do you plan your route? For an international route like Venice to London, do you do it exactly the same way? And are you happy with your method? Thank you for this unique RUclips channel.
Hey thanks for the comment. Short answer = I’m not 100% satisfied with my method, it’s still a work in progress, slowly getting better. I’ve tried most of the software out there, currently preferring RideWithGPS because its data about road surfaces seems more reliable (note: NOT perfect but not bad) better than most. It’s always a toss-up between flexibility and cost. For Venice-London, my top concern was keeping costs down so I planned a route ages in advance, with cheap Airbnb wherever possible but it meant I absolutely had to stick to schedule, no room for injuries or mechanicals. Big cities (Strasbourg, Luxembourg) are v expensive but in-between places can be very cheap (I seem to remember the airfield in northern France was less than £20/night with use of kitchen) so it evened out a bit. Then from there I just had to get back to London as quickly as possible. I suppose the alternative is to go by credit card all the way - maximum flexibility but also maximum price!
@@londoncenturies Thank you very much for the detailed information on route planning. I will try RideWithGPS next time I have a chance. I look forward to your next adventures :) All the best.
Ur an inspiration im planning to do the same but from Coventry
I hope the ride goes well for you! It should be a good route from Coventry, I'd have thought, especially the second half. When are you doing it?
Omg how do you cycle for such long periods with out sleep i would end up crashing the bike.
Well that ride was tricky, I remember getting a tad sleepy at various points. But it's surprising how you can keep going actually. You don't have to be fast, just don't stop! Thanks for watching
Working through all the videos, this one is epic !!
Thanks for watching them, Wilf, and happy riding to you!
great ride and video
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yep, that was a very fun ride.
what a great ride you did , chapeau
Thanks, it was hard but really enjoyable. Hope you're getting some good adventures in for yourself! Happy riding!
I’m hoping to do this ride next year for my 70th. Will take me 2 days though 😂
All the more time to appreciate the scenery 😀. Hope you enjoy it!
You were due some good weather after Cornwall 😮. Looked a great route. Despite riding through the night you managed to get some great content. 👍
Oh wow, yes that storm in Cornwall was terrible. I got lucky with this one up north, though. I must say, the roads and scenery in Northumberland are first class, I can't recommend it highly enough.
Love it. Was on me olidees so didn't get back to YT till now. Perfect night for it.
Hope you had a good break Mark, I've been away myself so am just getting back to it, too. Happy riding!
Brilliant idea for a ride! Glad the weather was on your side. Thanks for sharing!
Great idea for a ride, great video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and leaving the comment! Happy riding to you!
lovely thanks
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.
Thanks for the vid. I aspire to be able to knock out 200k as easily as you make it look
Thanks for watching. It’s not that hard - just don’t go off too fast and keep yourself fuelled up. Let us know how it goes! Happy riding.
Another excellent adventure. You have inspired me to do one of my own. Currently on a train to Sheringham in Norfolk. Going to ride back to London tomorrow.
Fantastic! Hope you have a great ride. I’m away right now but looking at the forecast, you might have a good day for it. I was not far from Sheringham, in Cromer, a few weeks ago. Have a great adventure!!
We see barn owls every evening from our kitchen window… my late father-in-law made me an owl box for Xmas a few years ago!
That’s so lucky! Home for me is central London, when I first moved there were clouds of cockney sparrows but these days we don’t even see them: it’s pigeons, gulls and parakeets only. Years since I’d seen an owl. Thanks for watching, Paul!
That looked to be great fun! I did the solstice RIde to the Sun (Carlisle-Edinburgh) one year which was good but road surfaces was very poor in places. Nothing like riding towards the sunrise though, something special about that. Logistics wise, I interested in how you got you+bike to the start and away from Bamburgh?
Yes, that was a lovely route and i fancy doing in daylight some time. But Carlisle - Edinburgh appeals too - I’m looking at a possible Newcastle-Glasgow-Newcastle to further explore the borders area. Logistics: I had an excuse to be in Carlisle anyway so just rode from there. And got a train back from the other end, near Alnwick. Happy riding!
@@londoncenturies Thanks for the reply - I'm always interested in the logistical side of long, linear rides; living in the north I find the Dunwich Dynamo a planning nightmare each year. Off topic, but vaguely related to your writer themed rides, are you aware of the Hockney Trail in East Yorks? Looks to be right up your street and ripe for good B-roll content!
Them Owls 🦉 , quite possible they was the very common teatowel🤔
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Ah, another great video...thanks for sharing..!!
Thanks for watching, and happy riding to you!
What a great ride. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Hey thanks MP! Hope you’re getting some good times in yourself!
Another brilliant video. A great idea and well documented. Such a nice one to watch. Thanks for posting
Glad that you enjoyed watching it, this was a particularly nice one to ride. Ok so I was lucky with the weather but that’s such a great part of the world to ride in. Happy riding!
‘Might take a while to post my next ride’ do you have a complaints department? 😀
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Nice idea and great execution!! Loving your work 😊
Hey thanks for the vote of confidence. Glad you’re enjoying the channel and thanks for watching. Happy riding!
Loving those Tawny owls. Great video, as per usual.
thank you for sharing this..... inspirational, educational, and entertaining... as always....
Cheers, what a fantastic night of riding, weather, wildlife, and then the sunrise. So special.
What a brilliant adventure. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers 🥂
Cheers indeed Cobwobbler! 😃 appreciate your support. Happy riding!
I’d love to hear your stats ? Strava?
LC is on Strava
He’s right! 😀
Excellent video👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks for taking the time to your journey with us 👍🏼 Best, Rob
did you drive a long way or need many trains to set this one up? Anyway, brilliant as usual. you are one in a million, never stop being a civil servant in your clark kent day job. man you are one superhero. actually i guess this was one of your "sprints" to catch that sun, rather than the marathons across europe. true about the recent weather - feel sure is this is what global warming is doing to as in uk, flaky colder days with a occasional half-warmth, but by the gods spells of monsoon cold rain with bits of hail sometimes, wretched without goretex and/or a house......
Logistics: this one needed trains at both ends but I had an excuse to be in Carlisle, so it was really just the return leg (from near Alnwick, just north of Newcastle) that I had to stump up for. Weather: I share much of what you say below, climate obviously worries me, I’d thought at one stage of trying to calculate all my carbon emissions for these trips, particularly the intercity trips, to compare with cars, train etc. Might still do that, actually. But main point is that sitting in a car is SO BORING and doing it yourself… isn’t!! 😃
Any idea what your average speed is? The yellow electronic device. Is it a Garmin? A GoPro? Nice video.
I can’t remember my average speed but this was not a quick ride, just a nice nighttime pootle down those completely empty roads. The yellow thing is an old Garmin with a protective case around it. I’m not the biggest fan of their stuff but it works ok. Thanks for watching!
Great video, as ever. Your enjoyment really came across. You seem to like night riding - me too. It's calm and quiet with the sunrise to witness. It looked flat (?). How many kms?
Yep, a night like that is hard to beat. Silent and empty and like you say, very calm. I’m away right now but it was about 200km, maybe 220 or so. And I expected it to ‘feel’ hilly but it didn’t - yes, a few ups and downs and never boring but not difficult at all. Fabulous riding country up there. Thanks for watching.
Great idea and brilliant weather,really enjoyed this one cheers 👍
Thanks for watching and for leaving the comment, too! Glad you liked it.
About time you had some decent weather, what a belter! It's a great experience riding in the proximity of a noble bird of prey on the wing, mine was on a murky wooded lane in Cornwall. Proper goosebumps!
Yes, it's fantastic, isn't it. What did you see on your lane in Cornwall then?
Another great video. By the way where do you buy your jerseys from?
Glad you liked it, Mark, thanks for watching. I think the jersey in that video came from Audax UK as a special for PBP last year. I try to buy as little as possible but found it hard to say no to that one!
Well done!
Thanks Greg! Happy riding to you!
What is your average speed? What saddle do you like?
I’m away right now and can’t tell you my average speed although it won’t be terribly high, I just keep plodding really, i don’t go particularly quickly at all, but minimising stops makes a massive difference. Saddle: for the last few years I’ve been on a leather one, it’s a French one I got during Covid. Don’t believe the crap about having to break them in - I’d put about half an hour’s riding on it when I rode it to Milan , it was fine. Bit heavy, though. Thanks for watching!
June weather 😮😢. I’m surprised how much I’m on Zwift at the moment. Cycling is funny weather wise. I also run and bad weather does not impact whether I run or not. In fact warm weather is not great for running as impacts HR. But cycling, no thx especially in the wind. Long way to go for a locked bridge but I enjoyed the vlog. Well done 👌
I know what you’re saying. I used to run too and still find it difficult to force myself out on the bike if it’s wet. But once I’m going it’s ok. Bring on a warm dry autumn.
You wear a rain jacket without hood. Does not the rain go down your neck? If you are looking for a ride, London to Liverpool passing through Crewe. I was a couple times there on a business trip visiting Bentley. Thanks for sharing your adventures Thomas
I can't say I've ever noticed rain going down my neck, but that's probably because after 20 hours or so sitting on the bike I'm more interested in just getting to the end. As for London - Liverpool - yes! I did that route (although not via Crewe) a few months back, it's in the George Orwell video. But it was very raining, so I'd like to try it again and if/when I do, I'll probably try the Crewe route. Is it good? Thanks for watching!
What an excellent adventure. Done my share of "hmm, this path has disappeared" bike "riding" so was chuckling away a certain points, but the scenery - wow
Yep, I'm no stranger to these kind of 'paths' but this did go on a bit! Fun, though! :)
try komoot
Actually I'm on RidewithGPS now and that seems pretty good, thanks for the tip though. I got well and truly sick of being sent down farm tracks by Garmin.
I love following you on your journeys .... The themed rides are excellent. Thank you for taking us along. Cheers
I just found this comment you left ages ago - thanks! Hope you’re having some good adventures yourself and thanks for watching.
What an amazing view my friend….These history rides never cease to grab my attention 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Glad you liked it and thanks v much for watching, Michael. I'll try to arrange the weather a little better next time :)
@@londoncenturies it all adds to the enjoyment 😉😁 so to speak
It's all true. Cornish piskies will tell you so. Joan the Wad is the Queen and Jack O Lantern is the King. IYKYK. Great work - well done you.
Yeah right! Fantastic.
Another banger. "Stories I start before a big hill" could be a series in itself.
Yeah, that wasn’t the greatest timing!
Legendary ride, the schadenfreude certainly peaked on this tempestuous trip but you kept on smiling to the end))
0:23 "...it's quite a long way..." 10:50 "....418 kilometres...." how very Engliish of you! （⌒▽⌒）. I Ilke these themed jaunts... thanks for the ride....
What a slog! I would've tempted to undertake 12-hour latte-nursing session and sat out the tempest. Future ride idea: You couldn't have been too far from Athelney, and nearby Aller, and a certain tower marking the muster-point for the 'Battle of Edington' (near Westbury). Maybe a detour via Winchester? Truly, the birth of this nation.
Thanks for these ideas, I don’t know any of the places you mention, so will look them up. Happy riding!
Cheers, I always enjoy your ventures.
Thanks for watching !
"Imagine if the round table had been an extender......" - Alan Partridge
Oh now that's a nice line, wish I'd known it before! :)