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Sustainable travel and cycling in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and the wider UK | The personal cycling stories of BicycleBen
The Canal and River Trust has surfaced the towpath alongside the Coventry Canal over a roughly four mile section between Hawkesbury Junction and Bridge 4 with Stoney Stanton Road, where the route continues to the edge of the city centre on existing tarmac. Before, the towpath featured an uneven compacted gravel track of varying widths, prone to significant puddling in
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As part of this year’s summer holiday to the Netherlands, I decide to go for a solo cycle ride from Rotterdam to The Hague via Delft, a round trip that ended up being roughly 64km in total. I had already hired a bike for a couple of days that could be used by either my wife or me, with the
Continue readingLast week, I decided to embark on a ride from Nuneaton to Rugby – not the longest ride I’ve done yet (that’s the 72km/45mi Leicester ride last year, so far), but still an objective I’ve wanted to do for a long time but hadn’t got around to. There was no particular reason for the trip to be made on the
Continue readingFollowing my write-up of my personal longest bike ride from Nuneaton to Leicester and back, the highlights and comments from the outbound trip are available for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your views on these types of videos), the camera ran out of memory for the trip back!
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Today marked a milestone in my cycling adventures – I rode to Leicester for the first time, which also marked the first time exceeding 40 miles and the first time exceeding 70 kilometres! An exciting day, indeed. Leicester has been on my radar for a long time, in fact, since before I got my bike. When I was first exploring
Continue readingAn 8x speed-run of a recent cycle ride from Bedworth, to Coventry Canal Basin, to Bulkington. This ride starts on the National Cycle Network route 52, which quickly fizzles out. It’s predominantly urban, but does visit the Coventry Canal, and ends after a stretch on the rural B4109 out of the city to Bulkington.
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Despite having absolutely no need to commute to work, with it being Cycle To Work Day today, I took the bike out at just after 8am and went for a twenty minute ride in the spirit of the event. Riding at this time of day – a work day (obviously), during rush-hour when schools are back after the summer break,
Continue readingA 10.9km (6.8mi) ride along the Coventry Canal, starting from Lock 5, Atherstone, and ending at Bridge 20, Bull Ring, Nuneaton.
Continue readingThis 4.4 mile (one way) route features predominantly roads and a canal gravel path. Route: Start at Riversley Park, Nuneaton. Cycle through the park, towards the railway line. Walk through the tunnel, leaving Riversley Park. Pass Pingles Sports Centre and Stadium on your right. Take the road leaving the car park. Head straight on at the traffic lights, crossing Avenue
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