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  1. It's taken me a while to get round to writing this up. For one thing, it took me a long time to recover from riding it! I'm now starting to plan my 2026 trips though so I wanted to get this one out of the way before I start up the pedals again.

    noroutemap.co.uk/2025/12/25/ri

    #activetravel #solocycling #cycletouring #hebrideanway #ScottishIsland #slowtravel
    #outerhebrides

  2. @Blackhound @tpuddle I hope you have a great trip. It is a stunningly beautiful part of the world.

    When I rode the #HebrideanWay, the hotel in Tarbert was my Sunday salvation.

    hotel-hebrides.com/welcome/

    #Cycling #CycleTouring

  3. Yesterday we made it to Paris! The final 44km from Cergy was a mixed bag, started very nicely but became a bit of a slog as we entered the city and the sun got more and more intense. Reaching the Arc de Triomphe was a great moment. We then made our way down towards Eiffel Tower for some pictures but got annoyed with officials telling us to get out of the Olympics priority lanes! Finally we made our way across town to our accommodation and that was that!

  4. Really good day yesterday, doing 38km to Gisors. The old railway path briefly resumed out of Gornay but we soon left it for the Avenue Verte route to Gisors. The route was almost entirely quiet country roads, very pleasant. Daughter did brilliantly with one quite long hill. In Gisors we splurged for a nicer hotel in a country mansion just outside of town and spent a pleasant afternoon relaxing watching the Olympics

  5. Today was meant to be the easiest day of the trip, just 27km to the next town of Gournay-en-Bray. Sadly, the Avenue Verte no longer followed the old railway path and instead turned into a mix of minor roads and country roads. Tbf traffic was very light even on the wider roads. But there were a number of long climbs for daughter to negotiate and this took its toll. Gournay was another disappointing town, again a real struggle to find a decent restaurant

  6. This was the furthest daughter had cycle in a single day but she did brilliantly, only really flagging during the final few kms. Certainly helped that although we were climbing the whole day the gradient was always so gentle as to barely be noticeable.

  7. Yesterday was our first proper day of cycling and it was a beautiful 52km along an old railway line, beautifully surfaced and lots of gorgeous scenery along the way. An old station at Neufchâtel-en-Bray was converted into a lovely cafe where we stopped for crêpes. We ended the day in Forges-les-Eaux, which was disappointingly dull and the lack of good restaurants meant pizza in our hotel room.

  8. We made it to Dieppe and after a quick visit to the beach there we cycled a short way out of town to our hotel right at the beginning of the French section of the Avenue Verte. Tomorrow we have a big first day of cycling, 50km to our next stop

  9. Summer adventure begins today, 7yo daughter and I are cycling from Dieppe to Paris. Today we got up very early to take the train from London to Newhaven via Brighton and catch the 10am ferry to France. Probably the smoothest ferry boarding experience with bikes we’ve had

  10. @Nick

    Thanks for sharing Nick.
    I cycled the Hebridean way in 1988 and came across Callanish standing stones almost by accident. My first big trip from Australia. I wanted to get away from southern England and Wales so took a train to Oban, Fronted up at the Oban Ferry terminal in the morning and decided to catch the ferry to Barra and island hop with my bicycle. Stumbled on Callanish.on Lewis. It was a great week of cycling. Memorable. The midges were pretty fearsome, though. 3 pics from that trip.
    #Callanish #HebrideanWay #Biketooter #CycleTouring #IsleOfLewis #Scotland

  11. “Be carefree – Be Mad – Be a little bit bad. It’s the unknown around the corner that turns my wheel.”

    Starting in November of 1962 at the age of 22, Heinz rode out of his town on a 3-speed bicycle with a general plan to see the world. He would ultimately travel over 600,000km by #bicycle in a journey spanning nearly 50 years and covering enough distance to #circumnavigate the world 15 times around.

    #Cycling #CycleTouring #AroundTheWorld #BikePacking

    explorersweb.com/heinz-stucke-