The last time I cycled on the Bristol and Bath Bike Path must have been in 1987 when I was a student living in Bath. The path has been upgraded considerably in the last 26 years and it is now fully tarmacked whereas when I used it previously it was mainly a loose surface and […]
One of the good things about the Brompton is that it gives me a much better choices of places to go during my lunch hour compared with just going for a walk. Lipe hill is little more than a mile from the edge of Taunton and at 85 metres above sea level it offers fantastic […]
I’m hoping to try the Bristol & Bath cycle path, but a more local version is the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal. The weather was forecast to be pretty dire, so waterproofs were the order of the day, although the weather was not as bad as foretasted. The plan was to cycle from Taunton as far […]
After hiring a Brompton M3L from the Brompton Dock in Exeter for a week, I’m very impressed with the quality of the Brompton so decided to take the plunge and get a Brompton M6R. The 3 gear bike works well, but in rural Somerset there are a lot of steep hills, so I thought it […]
The Brompton seems ideal for making the best use of my lunch break. Normally I go for a walk but the Brompton means I can go a lot further and see a lot more. Today I did a circuit along the lanes behind Norton Fitzwarren via Allerford Crossing. This is a large gravel storage area […]
Since having my bike stolen a couple of months ago I have been thinking of getting a Brompton folding bike as a replacement. Although I do not have a train based commute, I like the way the bike can be quickly folded and taken into the office rather than being stored in a bike shed. […]