April 22, 2019

Bertie goes to Suffolk (again) 15-18 April 2019

We set off on our first motorhome trip of 2019 to the site we’d most liked from 2018, Haw Wood Farm, Hinton, Suffolk. https://goo.gl/maps/toUxE3VwVg6r7TaZ7 Although it was fairly breezy, it stayed dry with sunny periods throughout. Denise took her ebike and I took the Cannondale with the toe clips. It’s not only a brilliant site with good facilities but also a perfect location for cycling the quiet Suffolk lanes – although for some reason we were the only ones from the site setting out on bikes everywhere. We did have a bit of an issue putting up the awning in the stiff breeze, but lessons were learnt and it stayed…

April 11, 2019

Ronde van Vlaanderen 6-9 April 2019 (Tour of Flanders)

Six of the Peddlers set off early on Friday morning to cycle the Ronde van Vlaanderen amateur sportive on Saturday and to watch the professionals ride the famous race on Sunday.  Also, Richard and his mate Gary drove from Bristol to join us at the hotel in Kortrijk (IBIS Centrum) and ride with us.  Pete once again made a sterling job of the ‘team bus’ adding the RvV logos making it look like an official vehicle! A little bit of bad timing for me, I had a mystery chest infection/virus for several weeks before (also in Australia), eventually leading to a trip to the hospital A&E two weeks before the…