CYCLING AND BIKEPACKING
Mountain biking, gravel cycling, and bikepacking adventures in the UK and beyond - including route ideas and stories from my trips
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The Moorland Meander is 15 miles of smooth gravel tracks through picturesque moorland, with a fab cafe stop - a perfect introduction to gravel biking in the North York Moors National Park.
Join me on a mini bikepacking trip — an overnight pedal with hotel stay to test out kit before the bigger adventures begin. Perfect for beginners or a quick adventure.
The Douro Valley in Northern Portugal, has stunning scenery, steeply terraced vineyards, and sleepy traditional villages. It’s a great place for cycling, especially with an e-bike.
The UK is full of long distance cycling routes covering all kinds of terrain and distances. Here are 20 ideas for your next bikepacking adventure.
The Hebridean Way is a 185-mile route through the remote and stunning islands of the Outer Hebrides. Get all the logistics here, with updated links for 2024.
Cycle coast to coast on the Hull to Hornsea rail trail. This flat, 13 mile route is part of the Trans Pennine Trail and mostly traffic-free.
Vatersay is a stunning island at the bottom of the Outer Hebrides. It has white sandy beaches, and an unspoiled landscape. We arrived in Barra and cycled to Vatersay, spending two nights wild camping.
We headed out on the bikes for our first wild camp of the year. Then realised we had no way of lighting the stove…
Read about a very (very) wet day mountain biking in the Lake District on the three rivers’ descent.
Fancy extending the mountain bike season by going night riding? Here’s how my first experience of night riding went.
Bike packing helped me rediscover my love of cycling after a nasty crash. Read about my first bike packing trip.
Join me for a Loch Katrine adventure — a steamship cruise, a scenic 13 mile cycle, and a great cafe stop in Scotland’s beautiful Trossachs.