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RadWagon: Nidderdale Greenway
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Friday, 31 October 2014. October Trip and Map. Ripley to Knaresborough on the Old Railway. Descent of Water Bag Bank, Knaresborough. Return using Beryl Burton Cycleway. I have the fortune of regularly visiting Nidderdale in North Yorkshire and have posted a number of blogs. About it to date, including multiple cycle route videos and an attempt at a fuller guide. There are lots of photos of the stunning scenery. Along the way as well as the videos and mapping. To this post about the new Nidderdale Greenway.
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RadWagon: November 2009
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Monday, 30 November 2009. Cambridge Cycling - Trumpington Cycle Path Safety. I regularly cycle through my home town of Cambridge. In comparison to other places in Britain, it is a very good town for cycling. However, it falls well short of the experience I've had of cycling in Europe. Additionally, English road law, street design, and motorist mentality lacks some very basic concepts about cycling that make the whole experience very daunting to anyone considering getting on two wheels. Crossing the cycle...
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RadWagon: June 2010
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Monday, 28 June 2010. Cambridge to Saffron Walden Circuit. Or weren't they nice to put a match on Sunday afternoon to clear the roads. May 2012 Update: New blog with different route and speeded-up video! I've mapped the ride here. On my routes at Bikely.com. There's a lot of off-roading at the beginning as, unfortunately, there are few roads south from Cambridge that aren't quite busy. It's not too rough so should suit a hybrid bike as well. My Specialized Rockhopper copes absolutely fine. At the top the...
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RadWagon: December 2009
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Thursday, 31 December 2009. Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire for New Year. UPDATE: More routes and maps on this later post. Or just scan for Nidderdale. I'm up north in the delights of James Herriot. 1970s TV series All Creatures Great and Small. For New Year with a load of good friends, their adult children, friends of theirs, and generally loads of good peeps. This is the east end of the Yorkshire Dales in a delightful little homely town of Pateley Bridge. It includes the oldest sweet shop in England. Droppin...
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RadWagon: March 1997
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Saturday, 29 March 1997. My travels and other animals, a brief account of a holiday unbounded. Morning, Saturday 29 March 1997. My travels and other animals, a brief account of a holiday unbounded. Early Morning, Saturday 29 March 1997. Anyway, why am I at the airport at one o’clock in the morning? Friday, 28 March 1997. My travels and other animals, a brief account of a holiday unbounded. Afternoon, Friday 28 March 1997. Well, here we are, halfway home almost! It is nearer in time, but a little less in ...
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RadWagon: January 1995
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Sunday, 1 January 1995. I'm an outdoors person when I'm not working at the IT business I run with my brother. At weekends if I'm not under canvas or on two wheels (or both! I must be unwell (or in the winter blues). To support some of these activities I do take an active part in helping setting up open source information about the landscapes we exist in. I find mapping with OpenStreetMap.org. Mainly to show these, although am limited by their perculiar T&Cs. I use up the free allowance on Flickr. The Min...
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RadWagon: July 2009
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Thursday, 16 July 2009. Tour de France 2009 - Day 4 - Le Tour en Espana. As previously said, we were on our way to Catalan country. This is not quite true, we were coming from Catalan and going to Catalunya. One's in France the other is Spain. Now, a fair amount of French Catalans don't like speaking French, but an awful lot more Spanish Catalunyans passionately hate Spanish. So, my communication ability resorted to the old point and shout paucity. Just a little more guileful than others, standing a bit ...
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RadWagon: May 2010
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Preparing for a Sea Change. Underlay, underlay, underlay. Okay, nothing too serious, just requiring complete flexibility I never thought could happen. I'm having my flat re-carpetted. That sounds absolutely correct you might say. However, in a cramped space, with many gathered items over those years, how do you replace the item that everything else sits upon? Well, a plan of extreme detail and willing contractors. First, empty the drinks cabinet (the hardest or easiest job? As part ...
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RadWagon: Kings Cross to Cambridge - High Speed Rail
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Tuesday, 14 July 2015. Kings Cross to Cambridge - High Speed Rail. Doing the journey on the 13:15 on Sunday 12 July 2015, speeding it up 10 times and adding in the irrepressible Public Service Broadcasting's version of WH Auden's poem "Night Mail". A Relaxed Sunday Afternoon Train Ride. Go HD see * below). 0:00 Leaving Kings Cross. Turning into St Pancras International. 1:34 Going over Digswell Viaduct. Built by Network Rail. 3:08 Ashwell and Morden. 3:53 Foxton Crossing and Station. How to go HD. Operat...