We have long said that if we got some Mediterranean weather here in the UK, you would not need to go abroad as often as we do as we have some of the most breathtaking scenery around. We have been lucky to see some of our home grown scenery through some of the many cycle tours, walking weekends or camping holiday breaks we have taken. Of course we have our problems here just like everywhere else, the rain!! the midgies of Scotland, too much traffic on the roads and the cost of everything!!! Tourists who come here must think this is such an expensive place to live as we attempt to prise every coin out of them for one thing and another.
We have some friends whom we have known a long time and we have a couple of "gang" weekends away where we go walking or site seeing somewhere in Spring and Autumn. We have been to the Lakes to many times to mention but we have also had breaks in Beverley, York, Durham, Derbyshire and the North Yorkshire Moors. We've also had many a cycling weekend or trip out with them over a ten year period of being a serious cyclist. When I say serious I mean rambling along steadily taking in the views, stopping for brews (both hot and cold) and not the tarmac spotting type cycling.
I went through a phase of mountain biking with some guys during the 1990's and what a laugh we had. Taking bikes where any sane person would only take a rucksack. The tour of great gable - a great walk with a bike, Helvelynn, High Street & the Garburn Pass to name a few lakeland routes. We have also done many a mile in both the Yorkshire and Derbyshire dales in the rain and snow. We gave this pastime up some years ago when the technical stuff become more of a mortality risk. Great times tho'.
We have some friends whom we have known a long time and we have a couple of "gang" weekends away where we go walking or site seeing somewhere in Spring and Autumn. We have been to the Lakes to many times to mention but we have also had breaks in Beverley, York, Durham, Derbyshire and the North Yorkshire Moors. We've also had many a cycling weekend or trip out with them over a ten year period of being a serious cyclist. When I say serious I mean rambling along steadily taking in the views, stopping for brews (both hot and cold) and not the tarmac spotting type cycling.
I went through a phase of mountain biking with some guys during the 1990's and what a laugh we had. Taking bikes where any sane person would only take a rucksack. The tour of great gable - a great walk with a bike, Helvelynn, High Street & the Garburn Pass to name a few lakeland routes. We have also done many a mile in both the Yorkshire and Derbyshire dales in the rain and snow. We gave this pastime up some years ago when the technical stuff become more of a mortality risk. Great times tho'.
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