September 22, 2020

A Visit to Staward Peel

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Monday 21st September 2020 | This afternoon, as part of my long-term, casual project to record the fortifications of Northern […]

September 8, 2020

Bastle Hunting at Allenheads

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Saturday 5th September 2020 | Historically, the counties and shires along the border between England and Scotland have seen their […]

September 7, 2020

Northumberland Coast Tandem

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Thursday 3rd September 2020 | Although we’d put about three thousand miles on the tandem in 2019 including a 200-mile […]

May 14, 2020

Ray Lonsdale County Durham Round

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Friday, 24th April 2020 If you’ve never heard of County Durham sculptor Ray Lonsdale and you live in the North […]

August 31, 2019

We chased the sun and won an award!

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Saturday 22nd June 2019 | On the longest day this year, Diane and I entered our first event on the […]

July 30, 2019

The Battle of Neville’s Cross

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In my humble opinion the Battle of Neville’s Cross was one of the most important of the Hundred Years War […]

July 29, 2019

Otterburn Ranges by Tandem

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Sunday, 21st July 2019 As part of the conditioning process for an upcoming cycling holiday to France we felt it […]