I just cooked

[axs]

to work and back every day!!

[axs]

might start going further afield in the summer once there's no football at the weekends. any recommended routes?

[Reg Smeeton]

might start going further afield in the summer once there's no football at the weekends. any recommended routes?

 Presumably you must have done the ride to Marlborough?  Either on the old railway or over 4 mile clump from Barbury.  Malmesbury is another goody, head out via Hook, there's a network of cycle paths to get you through West Swindon.

 Sonic Land around Bampton has got some interesting lanes, there's a very nice route which involves getting over the Thames at Old Man's Bridge, just upstream from Radcot Lock.

 I avoid main roads, and would rather carry my bike over a couple of stiles or cycle across a field.

[axs]

I'll have to look into some of them, time to get the old OSs out.

[Sussex]

Malmesbury is nice, you can follow the old train routes, spent my youth knocking around the river, Daniels Well etc.. Bit of a way from Swindon though! I'd get a taxi  

[Reg Smeeton]

Back in the early 80's we had a bit of a left field cycle club....it wasn't too organised, though we did have a weekly Sunday meet at the Town Hall, then someone would pick a pub and a route and we'd head out.  After a while you get a collection of pubs and routes and can decide which are better than others.

  In 83 Arkells brought out the Arkell's passport, whereby you could get a stamp for visiting their pubs, then when you'd collected the lot you got free beer.  We had a summer where we spent the evenings pedalling to out in the sticks Arkells houses.

  It kind of developed and spiralled off in different directions....a couple of fellas decided to cycle round the world.  We'd do holiday runs and weekends...and annual long routes, where we tried to get others people interested...the Wiltshire Cycleway becoming a favourite.

 Good way of meeting birds as well....there's something about birds sweating on bikes.   Victoria Pendleton  

[axs]

sounds like fun, other than the sweaty birds!

[reeves4england]

Sweaty bird > no bird

[Jamiesfuturewife]

I dont have a "real" bike Reg