Author Topic: How many islands have you cycled on? (Read 6528 times)

telstarbox · « **on:** 09 May, 2022, 05:36:09 pm »

For me in order of frequency:
Britain (countless)
Wight (3 times)
Sheppey* (twice)
Mersea (twice)
Canvey (once)
Ireland (once)
Guernsey (once)
Foulness (once)
Afro-Eurasia** (2x France, 1x Spain, 1x India)

So either 8 or 9

* I'm not counting the Isle of Thanet
** If this counts it's the large lump including "The Continent"

Polar Bear · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:18:38 pm »

Crikey. A lot of Scottish islands as well as Dutch and Danish ones. Also Anglesey and Wight.

Let me think ...

... I'd say more than 20 including such islands as Anglesey, Lismore, Tiree, Islay, Rousay, Papa Westray, Fetlar, Unst, Vlieland and Fano. We're trying to nail it down now as you've got us thinking about it.

Basil · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:21:03 pm »

Low count here.
Britain (obv)
L'ile Saint-Louis ('cos I used to live there)
So, the one next door, Ile de la Cité
Shell Island (near Harlech) <not actually an island - Ed>
Manhatten for a couple minutes on a mate's bike

tatanab · « **Reply #3 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:25:50 pm »

Britain
Wight
Ireland
Valentia Island (Ireland)
Malta
New Zealand South Island
Hawaii Big Island
USA islands - Vashon, Whidbey, Lopez, San Juan, Shaw, Bainbridge, Mercer
"
Undoubtedly lots more, those are just the ones that come to mind just now. It is called being a "cycle tourist"

Pingu · « **Reply #4 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:42:51 pm »

Britain
Skye
Mull
South Uist
Benbecula
Grimsay
North Uist
Lewis and Harris
South Ronaldsay
Burray
Glimps Holm
Lamb Holm
Orkney Mainland
Hoy
Rousay
Westray
Islay
Jura
Arran
Anglesey
Corsica
Cuba
Gran Canaria
New Zealand North Island
New Zealand South Island

Maybe one or two other Orkney Islands - I can't remember.

Not counting the Black Isle

The Family Cyclist · « **Reply #5 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:48:04 pm »

How big do we class as an island and does it have to be permanent

If not then I'll start with the two bridges along witham riverwalk which back when I was a lad became island's when the river flooded and I cycled to them. Bottom bracket "coincidentally" failed weekend after

Other then that a couple of Orkney Isles.

Mersea island on several of occasions

This green and (un)pleasant isle

And of course you can count the black Isle despite it being a peninsula as has a bloody brilliant brewery and had a great pizza place (don't suppose you're local to that area are you?)

Pedal Castro · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 May, 2022, 07:51:27 pm »

Very few, but all a long way from each other:
Cuba
Lantau Island HK
Gran Canaria
Anglesey

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7 on:** 09 May, 2022, 08:20:31 pm »

Britain
Ireland
Foulness
Havengore
Wallasea
Mersea
Canvey
Ely
Thanet
Wight
Skye
Raasay
Mull
Iona
Ulva
Arran
Barra
Vatersay
Eriskay
South Uist
Benbecula
North Uist
Berneray
Grimsay
Flodda
Harris
Scalpay (off Harris)
Lewis
Orkney Mainland
Hoy
Rousay
Anglesey
Guernsey
Ile de la Barthalasse
Fyn
Sjaelland
Naarden
Lindisfarne
Northey
a couple of unnamed ones in the Chelmer between locks/mill races

to name but a few...

nikki · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:05:31 pm »

Nice question!

Great [sic] Britain
Anglesey
Hayling
Portsea
Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu
Mukaishima
Innoshima
Ikuchi Island
Biesbosch MuseumEiland
Goeree-Overflakkee
Hoeksche Waard
Dordrecht
Voorne-Putten
Rozenburg
Neeltje Jans
Noord-Beveland
Schouwen-Duiveland
(I'm bored of this now - probably a few more in the Netherlands!)

IanDG · « **Reply #9 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:33:33 pm »

Done a lot of miles on Lewis and Harris

Zed43 · « **Reply #10 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:40:26 pm »

I never thought of Dordrecht as an island, it is?

So islands with a permanent bridge still count, but peninsulas with a narrow natural connection to the mainland don't?

cygnet · « **Reply #11 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:42:51 pm »

Do Dogs, St Mary's, Grain, Thanet, Oxney count?

ElyDave · « **Reply #12 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:44:26 pm »

Quite a bit on the Isle of Ely, natch

Then there are all the Isle villages

Also
Arran
Mull
Jura
Islay
A few Dutch ones
Mersea
Grain

Wight was a possible for this year, but probably KAW instead

orienteer · « **Reply #13 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:49:01 pm »

Not many other than Britain!

On my own bikes:
Britain thousands!
IOW once
Japan (Honshu) about ten times

On hired/borrowed bikes (last two on hired tandems)
Singapore once
Pulau Ubin island off the east side of Singapore once
Ven off west coast of Sweden once

bhoot · « **Reply #14 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:55:12 pm »

I think I'm a bit of an island hopper - of the ones already mentioned I have cycled on these:
Anglesey
Arran
Barra
Benbecula
Berneray
Britain
Burray
Canvey
Eriskay
Foulness
Fyn
Glimps Holm
Goeree-Overflakkee
Grain
Grimsay
Harris
Havengore
Hoeksche Waard
Ile de la Cité
Iona
Ireland
Islay
Lamb Holm
Lewis
L'ile Saint-Louis
Lindisfarne
Mersea
Mull
Noord-Beveland
North Uist
Orkney Mainland
Portsea
Schouwen-Duiveland
Sjaelland
Skye
South Ronaldsay
South Uist
Thanet
Torre
Unst
Vatersay
Wallasea
Westray
Wight

And I think new to the thread:
Aranmore (IE)
Rathlin
Holy Island (Wales) - or is that just covered by Anglesey?
Colonsay
Oronsay
Coll
Shetland mainland
Yell
Bressay
Ameland (NL)
Ile de Re
St Marys (Scillies)
Alderney
Langeland (DK)
Samsø (DK)
Amager (DK)
Lolland (DK)
Ærø (DK)
Tåsinge (DK)
Fehmarn (DE)

Plus I think quite a few more of those Dutch "islands" - I'm not really sure on the definition of those.

Karla · « **Reply #15 on:** 09 May, 2022, 10:22:19 pm »

My island count is pretty low compared to some here. Clearly I need to make it a goal of my next tour to ride as many as possible!

Britain
Ireland
Iceland
Grimsey (not the same as Grimsay!)
Honshu
Hokkaido
Shikoku
Kyushu
Hong Kong
Coloane
Singapore
Oahu
Vancouver Island

bhoot · « **Reply #16 on:** 09 May, 2022, 11:41:37 pm »

Quote from: cygnet on 09 May, 2022, 09:42:51 pm

Do Dogs, St Mary's, Grain, Thanet, Oxney count?

I live on the first one... But I don't think it counts.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 May, 2022, 12:54:42 am »

Great BRITAIN
Sjaelland
Samsø (bah, ninja’d by bhoot)
The Isle of Wight
Flevoland ^{[dubious - discuss]}
A couple of other semi-detached bits of the Nether Lands
The one that’s formed by two bits of the Rhône that has Pont-Saint-Esprit, a nuclear power station and a crocodile farm. On it.
Some lock island in the Thames only it was dark so I didn’t note which one.
Axholme (OK, this one's a bit tenuous)

IanDG · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 May, 2022, 05:58:19 am »

Quote from: Pingu on 09 May, 2022, 07:42:51 pm

Britain
Skye
Mull
South Uist
Benbecula
Grimsay
North Uist
Lewis and Harris
South Ronaldsay
Burray
Glimps Holm
Lamb Holm
Orkney Mainland
Hoy
Rousay
Westray
Islay
Jura
Arran
Anglesey
Corsica
Cuba
Gran Canaria
New Zealand North Island
New Zealand South Island

Maybe one or two other Orkney Islands - I can't remember.

Not counting the Black Isle

Didn't you and Mrs P start the "Island Hop" 200? First control was on Gt Bernera (don't think you got to Scalpay)

Rod Marton · « **Reply #19 on:** 10 May, 2022, 07:48:29 am »

Britain
Ireland
Cyprus
Mersea
Foulness
Havengore
Wallasea
Canvey
Anglesey
Skye
Mainland Orkney
Hoy
South Walls
Rousay
South Ronaldsay
Burray
Lambs Holm
Glimps Holm
Flevoland
Sjaelland
Falster
Masnedø
Lolland
Fehmarn
Tjörn
Orust
Vasilevsky
Petrogradsky
Krestovsky
Katajanokka
Lautasaari
Lindau

There are probably a few others (certainly certainly around Helsinki and Petersburg which are built over multiple islands) but I can't remember.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #20 on:** 10 May, 2022, 07:52:00 am »

Not counting gRaTe bRitAin, one. But no-one's had it so far.

Gigha.

It was a hire bike and the brakes were purely ornamental.

T42 · « **Reply #21 on:** 10 May, 2022, 08:20:18 am »

One : Ireland.

mr ben · « **Reply #22 on:** 10 May, 2022, 08:28:01 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 May, 2022, 07:52:00 am

Not counting gRaTe bRitAin, one. But no-one's had it so far.

Gigha.

It was a hire bike and the brakes were purely ornamental.

Ooooh yes, we did that too as kids (well I was probably a 'young adult'); up to one end then down to the other, and back to the post office/bike hire/everything else place. I don't remember the brakes!

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #23 on:** 10 May, 2022, 08:31:10 am »

Great Britain
Sheppey
Island of Grain - tho is it still an island?
Anglesey
Holy Island
Vatersay
Barra
Eriskay
South Uist
Benbecula
North Uist
Berneray
Lewis
Skye
Rasay

Ireland
Mallorca
Donauinsel - artificial island
Corfu
Lefkada
Kefalonia
Sri Lanka
North Island - NZ
South Island - NZ
Vancouver Island
Quadra Island
Salt Spring Island
Whidbey Island
Fidalgo Island
Flevoland - does that count?
Zealand

Probably more I have forgotten. Oh yeah, Île de la Cité in Paris

2022 additions: Møn 🇩🇰 and Bora Bora 🇵🇫

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #24 on:** 10 May, 2022, 08:57:40 am »

Australia
Bribie Island
Fisherman Island
Hope Island
Magnetic Island
North Stradbroke Island
Tasmania
Britain
Ireland
Anglesey
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Ile de Nantes
Ile de Buzet
Ile d’Or
L’Ile-Saint-Denis
Ile de la Grande Jatte
Ile Saint-Louis
Ile Millocheau
The Camargue (Wetlands in the Rhone delta, does this count?)
Malta
Vancouver Island