Riding from Center Parcs Woburn Forest to Bletchley Park
After an initial short ride outside Center Parcs Woburn Forest, during our Easter 2026 trip, I was keen to explore a bit further. With a trip planned to Bletchley Park, it seemed...
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Riding along the Mancunian Way
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...
Short ride outside Center Parcs Woburn Forest
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...
Center Parcs Woburn Forest
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...
Riding the Redways of Milton Keynes
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...
Netherlands 25: Visiting the Tij Observatory
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...
Netherlands 25: One final ride to Leiden
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...
Netherlands 25: Riding to Kunstmuseum Den Haag
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...
Netherlands 25: Riding from Duinrell to Den Haag
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...
Netherlands 25: Loop ride from Duinrell to Scheveningen
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...
Netherlands 25: More wandering in Leiden
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...
Netherlands 25: A day trip to Amsterdam
We’d not been back to Amsterdam, since our 2022 trip to Zaandam and the others in our group had never been there, despite visiting the Netherlands multiple times, so we were definitely...