We had the weekend all planned out with a trip to Derby. A cycle ride on the Saturday with a couple of stops to do some touristy type things then to watch them turn on the Christmas lights. We were staying at the Derby Travelodge. Sunday was either going to be a cycle ride out to Sudbury or a walk in the National Forest near Burton. So much for well laid plans! Things started to go wrong last weekend when…
From the Travelodge in Holyhead, we drove to Cemaes and parked in the car park by the harbour to begin a bit of cycling in Anglesey. We cycled out of Cemaes and basically followed the coast line. Past close to Wylfa power station, then past Cemlyn Bay. We stopped at Mynachdy to eat our lunch. We only sat in the car park but the views we lovely. As we cycled along we could see Holyhead across the bay. As we…
This is our fourth visit to North Wales in the last six weeks! You may have gathered that we like this part of the country. It may come as a surprise to you therefore, to know that until this evening I had never stepped foot on the Isle of Anglesey. So, I have had particular reason to look forward to this weekend. It started inauspiciously however with us driving as far as Warrington before we realised we had forgotten some…
We set off from the Pride Park Travelodge in Derby and followed the cycle path (both NCN 6 and 68) along the river into the city centre. The Vernon Gate is a grade II listed facade of the former 19th century County Gaol but now is a business park. From there we headed out of Derby and joined up with the beginning of the Pennine Cycleway, also known as National Cycle Network route 68 (NCN 68) which headed out into…
Sarah and I had booked and made plans for this Derby weekend quite a while back. Sarah grew up in Etwall, a village on the edge of the City of Derby, and this would be a weekend where I would be given a grand tour of her old stomping grounds. However since the original idea there have been other cycling trips to plan. So when the time came to prepare it seemed quite a surprise that it was suddenly upon us. By…
