Kingston-upon-Hull – BalancingOnTwoWheels

First Audax of Spring

March 22, 2018 balancingontwowheels 200km, Audax, Brough, County Durham, Durham, Howden, Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, Long distance, Randonneur Round the Year, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, Tadcaster, VC167, Welton

Beasts and mini-beasts from the East might have swathed the country in snow, but as the first day of Spring arrived I grabbed my chance to get a joyful 200km[…]

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[…]

Wolds, Moors, Dales and Pennines

August 30, 2016 balancingontwowheels 600km, Audax, Bishop Auckland, Cumbria, Hartside, Killhope Cross, Kingston-upon-Hull, Malton, North Yorkshire Moors, Saltburn, Weardale

At 11pm, while cycling up the cobbled climb of Alston, a gentleman outside the Victoria Inn said to me, “You must be insane!” As I was cycling slowly I had[…]