Penzance – Plymouth Pootle I’ve wanted to cycle from Penzance to Plymouth for ages now, hugging the coastline. It’s an absolutely stunning part of the world, though as anyone would… Read More »Penzance – Plymouth Pootle – a Travelling Ouballies Ride
Brighton Bimble The Brighton Bimble is the latest in my growing series of GoCycle route guides, and will soon be published. This is the story of when I went to… Read More »Brighton Bimble – a Travelling Ouballies ride
The Cheshire Ring If you’re a regular visitor to WillCycle, you’d know that I’m quite a fan of cycling the very many canals in the UK. The reasons are simple,… Read More »The Cheshire Ring – a Travelling Ouballies Ride
The Cheshire Ring – for canal boaters The Cheshire Ring is well-known to canal boaters, forming a very rough triangle, and is made up from six different canals in Cheshire:… Read More »Cheshire Ring – the beginning
Devon Coast To Coast, aka NCN 27 This past weekend I cycled Devon Coast To Coast again, along with my friend Caspar (follow him on Twitter – he’s one of… Read More »Devon Coast To Coast – A Travelling Ouballies Ride
Old Man Ride This past weekend, I went on a leisurely adventure, with three others. Caspar I’ve met before, and I know him from cycling advocacy especially in Devon, but… Read More »Kennet & Avon Canal – Traveling Ouballies ride
I distinctly remember going off into the African bush as a teenager, carrying an ex-army canvas backpack, containing water, food, and a few other bits and bobs, dressed in T-shirt,… Read More »Cycle touring in your 50s
The Travelling What? In South Africa, a slang (and somewhat derogatory) Afrikaans word for a man significantly older than yourself is “ouballie”, which is pronounced “oh – bully”, with “bully”… Read More »Introducing The Travelling Ouballies
Want to know what to expect when cycling the Grand Union Canal? Time for a rethink? I’m all for encouraging people to go on bike rides, but in this case… Read More »So you want to cycle the Grand Union Canal?