Part 1 – The journey to Newport Finally! Welsh Borders Day 1 represented the first day of a cycling tour we originally planned to undertake a few years ago. Of course, on that occasion coronavirus lockdown intervened. First, however, we had to get to the start of the route – Chepstow. Half of the cycling team (Andy S, Andy S, Sarah and me) travelled down the day before we were setting off. We had planned to board a train to…
Our Welsh Borders Itinerary outlines our main summer tour for 2022. It is, as usual, our annual group cycle tour with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Des, Tracey and first-timer, Dave. This will be our eleventh summer tour. Yet again it promises to be something special! The Welsh Borderlands, sometimes known as the Welsh Marches, is ideal for a cycling holiday. It…
NOTE – This tour was originally planned for 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in it being postponed. The itinerary listed below is as originally planned. We are planning on cycling the route in 2022, the new itinerary can be found here. Our Welsh Borders Itinerary outlines our main summer tour for 2020. It is, as usual, our annual group cycle tour with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy P, Sarah, Andy…
Friday was our Celtic Trail Day 6 and the final day of our Celtic Trail tour. As we were about to leave, Andy Shaw found he had a puncture and I had a broken nail, so a few repairs were required before we could depart! The hill down from the B&B was soooooo steep that I decided to walk down. We picked up the Taff Trail for a while (which I had cycled on for the very first cycle tour…
This Celtic Trail itinerary outlines our annual group summer cycle tour route. We will be cycling this with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy, Sarah, Andy S, Neil, Des, and Ian. The Celtic Trail has been described as a ‘journey of discovery’, and it is essentially a South Wales Coast-to-Coast route which we will be cycling, from the Irish sea to the English border. We will begin by travelling down to Haverfordwest and…
