Wheeling to See

Cycling roads, forest trails or city streets, usually in or outside London. Seen through the eyes of a graphic designer. On Twitter, Strava and Instagram as @iancul. — Click on the photos for the large versions.

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June 19, Mon — RCC London to Amsterdam and back (day 4, 135 km
) Route: Harwich to London via Wivenhoe, Stock – Strava entry

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June 18, Sun — RCC London to Amsterdam and back (day 4, 135 km
) Route: Amsterdam to Hook of Holland – Strava entry

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June 17, Sat — RCC London to Amsterdam and back (day 2, 121 km
) Route: Hook of Holland to Amsterdam via Windmills Village – Strava entry

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June 16, Fri — RCC London to Amsterdam and back (day 1, 160 km
) Route: London to Harwich via Tiptree – Strava entry

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July 17, Sun — 86 km
 Route highlights: Essex loop via Blackmore – Strava entry

Summer’s here, finally.

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June 26, Sun — RCC London to Amsterdam (day 3, 86 km
) Route: Amsterdam to Hook of Holland (then train back to London from Harwich) – Strava entry

The infamous Dutch headwind. Couldn’t have left without getting a taste of it. Flowers’ perfume from all over the dunes comes with it though, almost wiping away the suffering.

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June 25, Sat — RCC London to Amsterdam (day 2, 107 km
) Route: Hook of Holland to Amsterdam – Strava entry

Endless bike lanes straight across the sand dunes, rabbits running along, deer grazing here and there, Highland cattle in the Lowlands,… strange place, like riding on a different planet. Mesmerizing.

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June 24, Fri — RCC London to Amsterdam (day 1, 154 km
) Route: London to Harwich – Strava entry

Just 70 km in, waist-deep in one of the several flooded Essex roads, bike on the shoulder. Already thinking “best ride of the year”.

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March 20, Sun — 80 km
 Route highlights: Essex loop via Moreton & Blackmore – Strava entry

A spectacular sudden move from winter to spring just before Moreton, a lovely old couple on a tandem overtaking us on a descent (wish I'd taken a photo of them). Fine tea and granola bar at Meggarys, as always.

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March 13, Sun — 84 km
 Route highlights: Essex loop to Blackmore via Willingale – Strava entry

Superb sunny day out with the RCC chaps. Feeling a bit sad on the way back, wishing it wouldn’t end.

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March 6, Sun — 70 km
 Route highlights: Essex (Banks Lane, Toot Hill, Kelvedon Hall Ln, Dudbrook Rd, Broxhill Rd) – Strava entry Wildlife: one chupacabra (kidding, I think it was a young deer)

Still cold, but sunny & beautiful. A couple of new roads on the way, plus a tower that I’ve been hoping to see up close for a while.

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February 28, Sunday — 78 km
 Route highlights: London (West Hampstead) to Wheathampstead and back – Strava entry

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February 14, Sun — 56 km
 Route highlights: Epping Forest (High Beech), Essex (Banks Lane, Tawney Lane) – Strava entry Wildlife: a deer gang crossed the road just in front of me, eight or ten of them

Cold, windy and beautiful. A bit slow.

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January 24, Sun — 111 km
 Route highlights: Essex, ride to Blackmore for tea, back into central east London for coffee – Strava entry

Grim start of the ride, but good fun, and even sunny by the end of it.

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January 5, Tuesday — 56 km
 Route highlights: Epping Forest, Essex – Strava entry

Epic sunshower ride.

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December 31, Thu — Festive 500, day 6 — 50 km
 Route highlights: Essex – Strava entry

Lovely day to finish my Festive 500 challenge, riding with the RCC gang.

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December 30, Wed — Festive 500, day 5 — 108 km
 Route highlights: Essex – Strava entry

By the time the wind's been through all Kamasutra positions with me, the rain decided to join in as well.