Writing occasionally about cycling
This really is going to be boring. It's purely some notes about what went wrong on the Mersey Roads 2026, so I don't forget. It was bloody awful BTW. Reaching 400 miles was the bare minimum I was aiming for (my 2014 total was 383) but I crashed completely at around 3am and grovelled round …
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I've long held a suspicion that Nigel Blackwell out of that Half Man Half Biscuit either is an audaxer, or should be. There's something slightly obsessive, odd and solitary about audaxing which seem to fit and he's definitely a cyclist. Not that I know the chap, of course. For all I know he could be …
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Review of Further by Michael Hutchinson
What next?
What worked, what didn't and what I'd change in future
A long and windy account of a long and windy ride
https://videopress.com/v/l3W4ILJe?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Well, its over. A premature end but still one hell of an adventure. There's a lot to digest and now isn't the time for a proper write-up, but Team Less Cargo played a blinder. It was great.
Despite having got my shit together, there's still the small matter of getting through the next 24hrs. I got here late last night, thanks to ridiculous traffic. That put me on edge, but I pitched tent, drank beer and slept well. Today I've been sorting out Stuff for my drop bags. A change of kit …
Last minute odds and sods
Taking stock before the Big One.
Well Chuffed Cycling 