Romans, Reivers and Castles Day 10/11 11/09/19 After a luxurious night at the splendid Hilton Hotel in Newcastle we packed up to go home,...

Romans, Reivers and Castles Day 9: 10/09/19 This is a short blog tonight. We arrived back in Newcastle at 6.45pm and by the time we had...

Romans, Reivers and Castles Day 8: 09/09/19 Last night I was thinking about John Keat's poem, 'Ode to Autumn' and could only think "I...

Romans, Reivers and Castles 08/09/19 What a terrific day! I awoke this morning feeling refreshed after collapsing into bed at 9.30pm last...

Castles, Roman and Reivers Day 7: 07/09/19 It is Bob writing the Blog tonight as although Annette is happy with her achievements today...

Romans, Castles and Reivers Day 6: 06/09/19 We started the day at Warkworth Castle and ended at Bamburgh Castle, passing the ruins of...

Romans, Reivers and Castles: Day 5: 04/09/19 "This coast was made for cycling, And that's what we will do...." Tra La La... Today was a...

Romans, Reivers and Castles Day 4: Corbridge to Tyneside Today was special. We caught a glimpse of something rare and unusual. It was...

Romans, Reivers and Castles Day 2: 3/9/19 Thanks to all of you who made offerings to the Weather Gods last night. It is however a bit of...

Romans, Reivers and Castles Day One: 2/9/19 So... we need every one of you who is reading this blog to make a serious offering to the...

Driffield to Beverley The sun was shining... blue skies, fluffy clouds and light winds. It was a gentle cycling day, only twenty miles of...

Day 4: Hunmanby to Driffield The weather forecast was great today, ... sunshine all day! A treat indeed. We dressed appropriately and set...

Hunmanby to Driffield We felt sad to leave the Old Lodge this morning. It was a super stay. We were nevertheless excited about what today...

Pocklington to Malton In our tour notes from Saddle Skedaddle today was described as "One of the tougher days, but it is also one of the...

From Beverley to Pocklington After completing Lands End to John O'Groats we felt restless! It was difficult to settle back into the...

Yes, Nick has had his transplant!! After nearly ten months of waiting, Nick was told on Tuesday evening that there was a possibility of a...

We cannot quite believe it. Today's ride was the most challenging of any ride on the course to date. We had to tackle the Berriedale...

1st October 2018 We have now seen some smiley Scots! I had a message from a Scottish friend of ours after the blog in which I said that...

30 September 2018 Today is best forgotten! It became simply a test of endurance with little pleasure attached to this gruelling 53 mile...