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    Riding the Long Way Home by the numbers
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Riding the Long Way Home by the numbers

    Distance 1,402km Elevation 14,376m Time 70 hours Speed Average 20kph Weight of fully laden bike 19kg...
    65 views4 comments
    Day 13 - I have ridden the Long Way Home
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Day 13 - I have ridden the Long Way Home

    It’s inevitable that at the end of a ride like this that I would have mixed emotions. I am happy to have finished, there’s definitely a...
    70 views7 comments
    Day 12 - the end is in sight
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 6 min

    Day 12 - the end is in sight

    I started day 12 of my ride sitting in the sun in the market square in Salisbury sipping coffee and watching the world go by. This is a...
    55 views4 comments
    Day 11 - sunshine and smiles all round
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 24, 2021
    • 4 min

    Day 11 - sunshine and smiles all round

    I've got just two days and roughly 200km to go. 11 days have flown past. Well, 9 days have. The first two were tortuous and each one...
    52 views4 comments
    Day 10 - a day to remember
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    Day 10 - a day to remember

    Today is always going to stick in my mind for one reason only: it was the day I rode a bike with my Dad for the first and probably only...
    73 views5 comments
    Day 9 - back to the hard stuff
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Day 9 - back to the hard stuff

    Well that was a proper Riding the Long Way Home day. It was physically tough enough to leave me knackered and mentally tough enough to...
    63 views3 comments
    Day 8 - Easy Does it
    Paul Berney
    • Aug 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Day 8 - Easy Does it

    Throughout this trip I've been staying in a combination of Premier Inn hotels, Airbnb's and with some friends. Last nights Airbnb,...
    87 views2 comments
    Day 6 - up Ventoux*
    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...
    78 views3 comments
    Day 5 - my cycling legs have arrived
    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...
    138 views3 comments
    RTLWH Day 4 - Ooh that's Flash
    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...
    63 views3 comments
    RTLWH Day 3 - it's all about recovery
    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...
    101 views8 comments
    RTLWH - Day 2.  The road to Wigan's here
    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...
    136 views11 comments
    RTLWH 4 - Day 1. I am not a goat.
    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...
    204 views8 comments
    Locked down, not knocked out
    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...
    184 views2 comments
    The need to compete
    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...
    78 views2 comments
    Into the wild (sort of)
    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...
    122 views5 comments
    Aesir Aesir Baby
    Paul Berney
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    Aesir Aesir Baby

    My first impressions after one month and 1500km with the Meteor Works Aesir
    327 views1 comment
    Castle to Castle Wrap up
    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...
    602 views1 comment
    Day 8 - The Castle to Castle ride Completed
    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...
    208 views6 comments
    Day 7 - Holmfirth to Ashbourne
    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...
    197 views3 comments
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