Memories

The enforced travel restrictions imposed by the Corona virus lock-down have prevented further exploration of our beautiful countryside, but have given an opportunity to look back through thousands of photographs that I have taken over the years. As the saying goes - "A picture is worth a thousand words".
They are in no particular order, but all taken with the aid of my personal Two Wheels and a Camera.
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              Sunset at Poolewe on the Northwest Coast of Scotland.

Rhoose Point at the most Southerly tip of Wales, looking across the Bristol Chanel towards Somerset.

 A spectacular coastal ride on The Cinder Track from Scarborough to Whitby via Robin Hood's Bay (marked X) and .......

................  you ride over the Larpool Viaduct at Whitby.

The Water Rail Way which runs alongside the River Witham from Lincoln to Boston.

The flat landscape is good for cycling and the route is never busy with motor traffic...........

...... and you can go as fast as you like

This is Boston Stump, the church visible from miles around over the flat landscape of the Fens.

Some of the streets of Boston are little changed from the days of the Pilgrim Fathers who left here on their way to America via Plymouth.

The Monsal Trail running from Buxton to Bakewell is a very popular ride, with several tunnels which have lighting ............

..................... like this!

Bakewell is a  nice place to visit. Here we are beside the River Wye.

 Canal towpaths are good for cycling being flat and traffic free.  Here we are at Swarkestone Lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

And here on the Chesterfield Canal ...........................

.................  where there is this excellent cafe at Hollington Lock

................  and you can get food like this here

At the New Inn in Shardlow on the Trent and Mersey Canal  ....

...... you can get a refreshing pint of Marston's  Pedigree (even better!).

On NCN Route 1 overlooking Berwick-on-Tweed

             Best ever holiday in the Western Isles of Scotland.

               No traffic, dramatic scenery and beautiful weather.

Camping on Isle of Skye

Isle of Eigg

                             Beside the Forth Railway Bridge.

    On the shore of Loch Maree with Slioch (3218ft) across the water.

NCN Route 6 near Melbourne.

Hen Cloud at the Roaches.

On Cannock Chase.  Unbelievably this was once a coal mine.

          Me (left) with cycling pals at Attenborough Nature Reserve.

Taff Trail alongside River Taff. Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff ride.

Lunch stop at Wicken Fen on Ely to Cambridge ride.

Imaginative archway dwarfing my bike on the path into Cambridge.

Melbourne Pool. A favourite local destination.

Penny Farthings at rally in Leicester.  Made the Guiness Book of Records.

At New Mills station here comes the train for Buxton and the Monsal Trail

A nice resting place for my bike on the Water Rail Way

And another resting place at this mammoth who is in Watermead Park in Leicester.

River Ewe at Poolewe in Scotland

En route to ride the Humber Bridge

The railway viaduct at Berwick-upon-Tweed

Alongside Loch Linnhe

Trent and Mersey Canal at Shardlow

The Swan Inn at Fradley -junction of Coventry Canal and Trent and Mersey Canal.

A steep climb (ie walk) up to the Cathedral in Lincoln

And finally best ever sunset photograph to finish a superb day out riding the Cloud Trail to Loughborough.  My camera battery ran flat and this was the last shot.