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Paul Berney
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Day 6 - up Ventoux*
Today was a game of two halves: a morning spent with a new friend and the first solo kilometres of the trip this afternoon. First things...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Day 5 - my cycling legs have arrived
My day 5 legs have arrived exactly on schedule. It's like I ordered them on Amazon Prime yesterday, got them out of the box and put them...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH Day 4 - Ooh that's Flash
What the cycling God's can give with one hand they can take away with the other. After yesterday's excellent recovery ride, today was a...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH Day 3 - it's all about recovery
I'm not sure how many readers of this blog are familiar with the concept of there being different types of fun, but it goes something...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH - Day 2. The road to Wigan's here
I think there is a special sense of accomplishment when you complete something you were convinced that you couldn't do. By lunchtime...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 14, 2021
- 5 min
RTLWH 4 - Day 1. I am not a goat.
For each of my previous Long Way Home rides the first hour or so has been super stressful, making my way out of Milan, Hamburg and...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
The upside of failure
For quite a few weeks I have been trying to feel as excited about this year’s year Long Way Home ride as the previous ones, but I’ve failed.
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Paul Berney
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Locked down, not knocked out
I have always preferred to take my longest holiday of the year over Christmas and over the past 20 years have only twice taken more than...
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Paul Berney
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Don't give up the day job
It's amazing how little public approval it takes for a person (me) to start daydreaming about a different life. I mean I have been...
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Paul Berney
- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
11 Tips to complete the Rapha Festive 500
It's almost December and the internet and social media are already full of training plans and motivational advice for completing the...
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Paul Berney
- Nov 2, 2020
- 5 min
The need to compete
Over the weekend I went for a run with a good friend James over some hilly and boggy moorland in Cornwall. It was my first run for over...
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Paul Berney
- Oct 19, 2020
- 7 min
Into the wild (sort of)
I could present you with a carefully curated version of events in my blog. I could miss out all of the fuck up’s and give you an edited...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
Aesir Aesir Baby
My first impressions after one month and 1500km with the Meteor Works Aesir
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Paul Berney
- Sep 6, 2020
- 5 min
Castle to Castle Wrap up
Photo courtesy of Northumberlense. Let's start with the numbers; Distance ridden: 800.5km! Meters climbed: 11,172 So somewhere we lost...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 5, 2020
- 3 min
Day 8 - The Castle to Castle ride Completed
Yesterday before we had even finished the fantastic Tissington Trail I had already begun to feel the pang of regret that the adventure...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
Day 7 - Holmfirth to Ashbourne
It's pretty clear to me now that the reason Komoot has the Pennine Cycle Way as the toughest in the UK is because of the unrelenting...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 3, 2020
- 5 min
Day 6 -Settle to Holmfirth - shit gets real
I have written a few times on this blog about long distance rides having both a mental and physical challenge. This is especially true of...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Day 5 - Sedbergh to Settle - that was no rest day
Today was supposed to be an easier day. Only half the distance of the previous four at just 50km. But it definitely didn’t feel like a...
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Paul Berney
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Day 4 - Alston to Sedbergh and a costly mistake
The last time I rode up Hartside Summit was 8 years ago completing the Coast to Coast route over four days with my then 12 year old son,...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Day 3 - Alwinton to Alston - head for the hills
"Where are you heading" asked one of the Triumph motorcycle guys as he watched me put the bags on my bike. "Alston" I replied. "I hope...
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