Humber Bridge – BalancingOnTwoWheels

The joy of a flask and travel rug

July 12, 2018 balancingontwowheels Cleethorpes, CTC, Humber Bridge, Pootle, Spurn Point, Touring

I’ve been inspired by friends to make the most of cycling as a means of taking a break, rather than just a means of travel… or an end in itself.[…]

Route check the Humber Bridge 200

June 19, 2018 balancingontwowheels 100km, 200km, Audax, Brough, Hook, Howden, Humber Bridge, Humber Bridge 100, Humber Bridge 200, Keadby Bridge, Long distance, Melbourne, Quarmbys, River Ouse, River Trent, South Ferriby, St Helens Welton with Melton, Thixendale, VC167, Welton

I had forgotten how wonderful the Humber Bridge 200 Audax route is. The vast majority of the roads are quiet country lanes. There are some difficult hills, some stunning views,[…]

Close the Kirtons

June 9, 2018 balancingontwowheels 600km, Audax, Boston, Brough, Donnington, Gainsborough, Humber Bridge, Kirton in Lindsey, Melton, Pair of Kirtons, Stone, Water Rail Way

Here we go again Playing the fool again Only three weeks ago, somewhere in Wales during the middle of the night, my stomach was cold and I was struggling to[…]

Petrolhead Angel

January 26, 2018 balancingontwowheels 200km, Bridge Rolls, Brough, Darlington, Hull, Humber, Humber Bridge, Keadby Bridge, Northallerton, River Tees, Topcliffe

The blowout on my rear tyre was fairly loud, the inner tube was shredded and the tyre wall was split – but a ‘petrolhead’ angel came to my rescue: my[…]

Randonneuring Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

October 12, 2017 balancingontwowheels 200km, Audax, Brigg, Gunness Bridge, Howden, Humber, Humber Bridge, Humber Bridge 200, Keadby Bridge, River Ancholme, River Ouse, River Trent, South Ferriby, Thixendale, Welton

Audaxing is the sort of holiday that involves visiting petrol stations and eating Ginsters sandwiches. It doesn’t have to be, but I seem to lack the forward planning skills to[…]

Sacrifice and Hope

September 23, 2017 balancingontwowheels 100km, 200km, Audax, Gunness Bridge, Howden, Hull, Humber, Humber Bridge, Humber Bridge 100, Humber Bridge 200, Keadby Bridge, Kingston-upon-Hull, Quarmbys, River Ouse, River Trent, St Helens Welton with Melton, The Stone Trough Inn, Thixendale, VC167, Welton

“Are you running a zoo?” I’m stood at the checkout of Aldi with two hundred bananas – but surely the dozen cakes, two jars of coffee and mini packs of[…]

Leave the hills to last

August 14, 2017 balancingontwowheels 200km, Audax, Brough, Howden, Humber, Humber Bridge, Humber Bridge 100, Humber Bridge 200, Keadby Bridge, Quarmbys, River Ouse, River Trent, South Ferriby, St Helens Welton with Melton, The Stone Trough Inn, Thixendale, VC167, Welton

It was all Ruth’s fault of course; this long distance cycling thing. Ruth likes to think of herself as an ‘enabler’ or ‘encourager’, but the reality is that she double-dares.[…]