Cyclemans York potter

[cycleman]

Yesterday I left slough at 10.00am managed to get just passed long Hanslope finding a nice sheltered field entrance to setup the bivvy about 9.30 pm . I  met a local cyclist while leaving stony Stratford. Nice to meet you Philip if you're reading this. I slept fairly well and got up at 5.30 am. I got to Northampton about 7.⁰0 am and found a  cafe for breakfast. I set off from Northampton about 8.00am and was soon trundling along the Bampton cycleway.  I got to m Harborough Around  1.30 am and  had a
excellent ham Salad sandwich, coffee
and a generous slice of chocolate banana bread 😋. I spent this afternoon crawling along the b road to Melton Mowbray where I  stopped and refuelling in macdonalds (oh the shame).
I will  potter  onwards for a few more miles before looking for the next bivvy spot.
I  have found the  b road from m Harborough hard  going and  some drivers have achieved risky overtakes . Quite a pretty ride though and the sunshine was very pleasant 😊

[cycleman]

And I have got as far as Belvoir and I am bivving in a field gate entrance with a view of the cricket field. Thanks road runner, all is going well so far. Even the weather 

[cycleman]

Now in Newark-on-Trent and just had breakfast 😋. I'm about head north where there be dragons 😉

[cycleman]

Stopped for a half pint of real ale at Rampton 

[cycleman]

And I am in York  , a day early 😮. How did that happen 

[cycleman]

And I've found a good bivvy spot 😴

[Butterfly]

Brilliant! You made good progress there. See you tomorrow if they haven't arrested you for vagrancy or something!

[Kim]

Brilliant! You made good progress there. See you tomorrow if they haven't arrested you for vagrancy or something!

The way things are going, he might get tarmaced.

[andrewc]

I don't remember that speedbump.....


 

[Butterfly]

I don't remember that speedbump.....


 

The world's first snoring speedbump!

[Polar Bear]

It's one of those mystical speed bumps such that when you ride over it something drops off your bike ...  😉

[Canardly]

Wot no return adventures?

[Wowbagger]

Maybe Scottie beamed him up.

[barakta]

Cycleman left the rally on his trike at about 8:40am yesterday (Monday) with an ETA for home of sometime on Thursday, presumably with limited electrons and Internet till then.

[cycleman]

Now then, the return.
I had a later start from York than I invisiged .I woke up about 0400 but it felt quite cold so I rolled over and slept a while longer. I did get away by 0900 at pottered down the planets cycleway stopping to photograph the whole solar system. I was passed and caught up with and passed again by a trice trike and a touring bike. Entering Riccall I was passed by I think was lee w's velomobile which quickly disappeared ahead of me. I stopped in Selby and asked a local where I might find a cafe and they just stared at me until I gave up on them and found another informant. After I had refuelled I set off for goole via the sustrans route passed Hemingbrough  with it majestic spire and later crossing Boothby bridge. I picked up some supplies in goole and set off across the Isle of axholme .I managed to get a few miles to the south of west Burton power station bivving in a field entrance just passed Sturton le steeple😴.

[cycleman]

I was awake and away by 0530 and reached Newark around 1130 . On the approach to Newark Google maps cycle routing decided that the a1 was the best way to cycle. One look at the traffic and I decided that finding a lane's route would be a little safer . I stopped for brunch before setting off for Melton Mowbray. The riding was fairly easy until I got to Belvoir Castle and things got a little lumpy. It seemed to take ages before I arrived in Melton Mowbray which was  closed 🤔. It was just after 1730.I managed to find a newsagent open and got some water and biscuits. I decided to try and avoid the b road to market Harborough and followed ncn64 out off town. A fairly hilly 3 miles later I reached little Dalby where I found a 5 star audex  shelter. I stopped about 1930 and had a early night 😴

[cycleman]

After a good sleep I awoke at 0400 and started about 0430 . I followed ncn64 towards Market Harborough. Its a very pretty but hilly route and therefore very slow progress for me. Where ncn64 crossed the b road between m Mowbray and m Harborough I followed the b road which was mainly downhill. I stopped at McDonald's just before m Harborough and had a coffee and a feed. I passed through m Harborough around 1130 and was through Northampton by 1530. Stony Stratford was passed by 1830. I got about a mile passed wing as the sun set. I stopped and attacked the supplies I'd bought and decided to attempt to get home without stopping to bivvy. I struggled up the hill from Chesham to Amersham, partway up which I spoke to a nice car driver/cyclist who was interested in the recumbent trike. My knees were beginning to get quite painful and I struggled to get up the last few hills. I got home at 0308 and by 0400 I was 😴 . Google maps says 105 miles so I have achieved a second imperial century this month  I will have to adjust the cleats on the sandals to see if I can reduce the knee pain which has settled down now.  All in all I have had a great trip and enjoyed meeting both forum members and other cyclists whom I have seen for quite a while 

[cycleman]

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[Kim]

Good stuff, though I'd say that 105 miles in a day is more of a trundle than a potter...   

(Where's the dead BSO thread...)

[Cudzoziemiec]

105 miles is more than I rode in any of the days I spent there and back.  (Surprisingly, the toughest day for me was the very last, a mere 40-odd miles from just north of Gloucester; almost flat. Might have been the constant headwind, might have been last day tiredness.) Was good to see you again cycleman, hope next time is with Apollo too!

[Canardly]

I bet you slept well once back home. Nice pics.

[cycleman]

I'll admit to sleeping on Thursday and felt better on Friday. Saturday my knees settled down and tomorrow I out pottering with bjorn notp 🙂