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Category: Pootle

Hills in the North Yorkshire Moors

Solo 24hr Overnighter

June 22, 2016 balancingontwowheels Coastal Route, Darlington, NCN1, North Yorkshire Moors, Pootle, Redcar, Runswick Bay, S24O, Seaham, South Gare, Stray Cafe, Touring

An ‘S24O’ is a mini-adventure: a solo, 24 hour, overnight adventure. There must be as many ways of doing an S24O as there are people who do them. Our friend[…]

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Ohio Erie Trail

Ohio / Erie Trail; Rail and River

August 7, 2014 balancingontwowheels Akron, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Ohio Erie Portage Trail, Ohio Erie Trail, Pootle

I have been fortunate to have spent time working in Akron (Ohio) on several occasions. I have some wonderful colleagues (who are more like friends), so I get to enjoy[…]

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Col d’Lonsdale, North Yorkshire.

November 29, 2013 balancingontwowheels North Yorkshire Moors, Pootle

A short ride out today, it was very windy with a bitingly cold northerly gale pushing me out to Great Ayton and the start of a short loop around Captain[…]

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Rolling in the Chilterns

August 13, 2013 balancingontwowheels Pootle

After a long day: setting off from the Northeast UK at 4am to get to the office in Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, before 9am, and then a long day of meetings[…]

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JRA – May Bank Holiday

May 26, 2013 balancingontwowheels Pootle

JRA – Just Riding Around… The weather has been perfectly gorgeous this weekend and I’ve taken advantage of this to go out and pootle around the Tees Valley and Cleveland[…]

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Perfect Spring Morning

February 17, 2013 balancingontwowheels Pootle

When the sun comes out and warms up the air, when there is a cloudless blue sky, when everyone knows it’s time to get out on their bicycle, you know[…]

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Deep sea cycling

November 25, 2012 balancingontwowheels Pootle

The weather has been challenging recently, wind and rain.  Floods.  A lot of people are coping with flooded homes, loss of property, and some are even coping with loss of[…]

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