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Riding along the Mancunian Way

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Dom Cycling

While riding over Hulme’s Horseshoe Bridge on a warm Saturday evening in June 2026, I was surprised to see a completely empty Mancunian Way.

That’s unusual, what’s happened? Stopping to do some research, I soon found out it had just closed for the weekend for its annual maintenance inspection.

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Short ride outside Center Parcs Woburn Forest

May 31, 2026June 14, 2026 Dom Cycling

While at Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Easter 2026, I was keen to get off-site and explore the local area on bike. Prior to going, I spent some time looking for information about routes nearby and came across the Cranfield Cycling blog, which became a useful guide.

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Center Parcs Woburn Forest

May 8, 2026May 31, 2026 Dom Cycling

After previously enjoying ours stays at Center Parcs at Sherwood Forest in 2024 and Elveden Forest in 2025, we decided to try out Center Parcs in Woburn Forest for a short break during the 2026 Easter holidays.

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Riding the Redways of Milton Keynes

May 1, 2026 Dom Cycling

After seeing about the Redways some time ago, I’ve often thought about how I could engineer a trip to Milton Keynes to check them out. Arranging a short break to Center Parcs Woburn Forest for Easter 2026 gave me the perfect opportunity to do this!

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Netherlands 25: Visiting the Tij Observatory

February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Dom Cycling

With some time to spare on our journey back from the Netherlands, we decided to take a detour through Zeeland. This south eastern area in the Netherlands is famous for its islands and peninsulas. These features gives the province its name, Zeeland meaning Sealand.

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Netherlands 25: One final ride to Leiden

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 Dom Cycling

For the final full day of our Duinrell trip of 2025, we headed back to Leiden again. This would be the third time during our stay. We always enjoy visiting the city as well as the ride there, so any excuse to go back.

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Netherlands 25: Riding to Kunstmuseum Den Haag

January 31, 2026January 31, 2026 Dom Cycling

Having been to Den Haag the previous day, we decided to return to the city on the subsequent day. Though with a plan to visit Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the city’s museum of modern art.

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Netherlands 25: Riding from Duinrell to Den Haag

January 24, 2026 Dom Cycling

As the closest big city, Den Haag is a regular visit when we’re staying at Duinrell. Being just 13 km away on bike, it’s a fairly manageable ride, with multiple routes to choose from. With us staying at Duinrell for two weeks, we’d end up going there a couple of times on this trip.

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Netherlands 25: Loop ride from Duinrell to Scheveningen

January 16, 2026January 17, 2026 Dom Cycling

I had some spare time and the was sun shining. So I decided to head out on a ride to Scheveningen, the seaside town in Den Haag, southwest of Duinrell. This is somewhere we’ve been a few times in the past, but not actually that many. Last time was during our 2024 trip, as part of a ride to Den Haag and Madurodam.

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Netherlands 25: More wandering in Leiden

January 10, 2026 Dom Cycling

With us spending two weeks at Duinrell, we ended up returning to Leiden multiple during our 2025 trip. With it being a fairly short ride away and such a pleasant place to spend time, how could we not?!