Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Katherine]

and now I want to leave work and cycle along the kennet and avon canal to a number of lovely pubs and its only just gone 7am. I have been in the office since 5am but even so

 

[Levo-Lon]

I am and it does.

If you know Deal you know that it has a pub every few hundred yards and with Sandwich being so close and the wee villages inbetween it can take a while to get round them all, especially if @hopless500 is visiting

Talking of routes out of Dover to Deal. Hop and i will be doing it on the return from a months touring in July. Can i get through Upper Street at the top of Castle Hill through to Kingsdown?

I havent told Hop about the hideous journey home from the port yet

I was born in Deal..i really must go back and visit..

 

[potsy]

I went as far as Broadheath, where the path narrowed, then turned round and cycled all the way to Astley. The path after Worsley hasn't been upgraded yet and is only just passable because of the mud. It's mostly dry but very rutted.

Ive only done the bit between the TPT and Brodheath (come off at Halfords)

 

[Hill Wimp]

I was born in Deal..i really must go back and visit..

Born and bred, couldnt wait to leave 28 years ago.Moved back last year and i love it. The town is fantastic.Best thing i have done in years.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Some pubs on The Bridgewater Canal.

This Lees pub looks like it would be worth a return visit ( I forgot to take any money today!)
The sign on the wall says Boaters welcome, I hope they would extend their welcome to cyclists and pedestrians too.

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The Waterside looked busy today. I was here with some friends recently( non-cyclists).
The water has an orange tinge from the iron that leeks out from the underground canal network in Worsley.

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The Boathouse at Astley.
I have enjoyed a delicious pint of Landlord here.
I normally cycle up and over the bridge but stopped at the top for the photo.

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So want to be there now.

Lucky you to be out on this glorious day.

 

[Katherine]

I would have stopped for cider and peanuts to honour the judge.. if I'd remembered to take any money...
mmmm, a good reason to go back...

 

[Salty seadog]

The photos are good but choice of Corona beer lowered the standard.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dissagree, a refreshing beverage during a ride in the sun...

 

[Salty seadog]

Ok here we go. All taken during a glorious ride into town, along to Sandwich and home. It was a strain i can tell you

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Rising Sun - Kingsdown View attachment 90885 Zetland Arms on the beach - Kingsdown View attachment 90886
For double points The Port Arms and The Kings Head - Deal View attachment 90887 Sustenance, it's exhausting work View attachment 90888 Blue Pigeons Worth

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The Crispin - Worth, well actually the pub is to the right of the picture but this view was better

and finally The Crown at Finglesham View attachment 90890

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The End

had a beer in all but the Crispin. my brother did some casual bar work in the Pigeon in worth many years ago.....we grew up in Eastry....folks are still there. We will have cycled a lot of the same lanes over the years...

did you find the footpath to the top of te cliffs in Dover?

 

[Hill Wimp]

had a beer in all but the Crispin. my brother did some casual bar work in the Pigeon in worth many years ago.....we grew up in Eastry....folks are still there. We will have cycled a lot of the same lanes over the years...

did you find the footpath to the top of te cliffs in Dover?

We certainly will have done. This last year since returning home i have been revisiting all the places i cycled in my younger days. Trouble is i don't remember the hills being this tough. I live in Sholden now so i have some great lanes on the doorstop.

I have got as far as finding either end of the route to Deal on streetview and driving the middle bit. My tourer is currently in Norfolk with my road bike saddle on waiting to go off on tour in 3 weeks. My tourer saddle is not very comfortable and i would never get up those hills on my hybrid its too heavy. Poor excuses i know but i will certainly try it when i come back through Dover from my tour at the end of July.

I would eventually like to be able to cycle along the coast, onto the marsh and through to Rye so this gives me the Dover link.

 

[Salty seadog]

We certainly will have done. This last year since returning home i have been revisiting all the places i cycled in my younger days. Trouble is i don't remember the hills being this tough. I live in Sholden now so i have some great lanes on the doorstop.

I have got as far as finding either end of the route to Deal on streetview and driving the middle bit. My tourer is currently in Norfolk with my road bike saddle on waiting to go off on tour in 3 weeks. My tourer saddle is not very comfortable and i would never get up those hills on my hybrid its too heavy. Poor excuses i know but i will certainly try it when i come back through Dover from my tour at the end of July.

I would eventually like to be able to cycle along the coast, onto the marsh and through to Rye so this gives me the Dover link.

the ride to Rye is great , you can do a lot of it right on the seafront. it's a ride i've done a few times, the only trouble is that you are cycling against the prevailing wind so it helps to get a still day. The drop into Folkestone is fun from the top at Capel...very fast,,,
Here are a few pics from the castle at Rye You may just see a bottle of Old Speckled Hen in the bottle cage...

 

[AndyRM]

i dissagree, a refreshing beverage during a ride in the sun...

I went on a visit to the Corona bottling plant once and I've not touched the stuff since...

 

[Archie_tect]

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My first thought, "Never seen a side car on a push bike before!"

 

[Salty seadog]

My first thought, "Never seen a side car on a push bike before!"

balls to that.....

 

[Hill Wimp]

the ride to Rye is great , you can do a lot of it right on the seafront. it's a ride i've done a few times, the only trouble is that you are cycling against the prevailing wind so it helps to get a still day. The drop into Folkestone is fun from the top at Capel...very fast,,,
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You could win the challenge with that post

The down into Folkestone sounds good but it just may be the train home unless you know a shortcut for that hill as well on the return leg.

 

[Hill Wimp]

My mother in law lives in Folkestone - any phrase which contains the words 'Folkestone' and 'good' needs to have the words 'for nothing' added

It is a bypassable place i will admit.