After a steady start to our cycling tour on Welsh Borders Day 1, our route from Monmouth to Clyro, just outside Hay-on-Wye, for Welsh Borders Day 2 looked as if it would be one of the hillier days. It was a cool, though thankfully, dry morning when we cycled along Monmouth high street. Leaving the town we crossed the River Monnow via Monnow Gate and Bridge. The gate and bridge were built in the 13th century. It is, apparently, the…
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…
JOGLE Day 12 was notable for two main aspects. It was a day where the route used major roads for longer periods of time than we have so far been used to, and secondly we crossed the Severn Bridge. As mentioned yesterday the latter marks the beginning of the final section of our JOGLE. From a personal health point of view my sore teeth have continued to be painful so this has made parts of my day less enjoyable than…
