Garry McGivern’s Travelsonabike2 September 2017 cycle touring photos. Photographs that Garry has taken while travelling around on his bike. Plus, photos that have appeared on the website over the past month.
This month’s photos come from are mainly from trips away with Julie and not so many cycle touring photos. Trips with Julie was a long weekend away in London. Where Garry and Julie went to a Take That concert. Julie and Garry also had a few days away exploring historical Oxford.
Photographs that Garry has taken while cycling around come from his trip down to the New Forest and the Isle of Wight. Along with some from Portsmouth that Garry took in passing.
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September 2017 Photos
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Houses of Parliament
Garry in London
The old GLC building with the London Eye
Neals Yard London
Windows in Neal’s Yard London
Lego big Ben in the Lego shop London
Lego dragon
Covent Garden
Radio 2 live in Hyde Park concert
Pop master quiz
Shania Twain in the rain
All the oldies with they’re chairs
A busy skyline in London with plenty of building going on judging by the amount of cranes
Mock Tudor gazebo in Soho Square
Marble Arch
Garry in Portsmouth
Old houses in Lombard street Portsmouth
The Ernest Smith clock tower in Portsmouth
On the ferry from Southampton to Hythe
The New Forest
Campsite in the New Forest
Garry cycling in the New Forest
Huge container ship on its way out of Southampton
West Cowes on the Isle of Wight
Leaving the Isle of Wight
A calm sea back home in Bignor
Garry trying to beat the rain
Garry enjoying a pint with Russ
Camping in Oxford
Tom Tower the entrance to Christ Church college
Oxford town hall
The corner of the High street and St Aldate’s
All Souls College
Radcliffe Camera library and reading rooms
All Souls college
Brasenose College
Brasenose College
All Souls college
Bodleian library
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Clarendon building
Clarendon building
The Sheldon Theatre
Interesting statues outside the Sheldon theatre
The White horse, Garry’s favourite pub
Garry enjoying a pint in the White horse pub which has been in several films and TV shows
Some of the memorabilia on the walls in the White Horse
Trinity college
Townhouses at the front of Trinity college
Bridge of Sighs
New College lane
The High Street
Magdalen College
Punts waiting on the river Cherwell
Holywell street
Different styles of cottage on Holywell street
English Bed and Breakfast down Holywell street
One of the many narrow little alleys
Another old fashioned pub
Old Tudor style house
The covered market which was full of little independent shops
Fruit and veg for sale in the covered market
The Bodleian library lit up at night
The Sheldon theatre lite up at night
Garry back in the White horse several hours later or did he not leave
We had some friendly visitors in the morning
One was very friendly
And when asked to go away said “why?”
Carfax Tower
Spiral staircase leading up the Carfax Tower
Julie climbing up the Carfax Tower
The view from the top of the Carfax Tower looking towards the Radcliffe Camera
The corner of the High Street and St Aldate’s
Radcliffe Camera with All Souls college and the John Radcliffe hospital in the background
Christ church cathedral
Looking down the High Street
Council offices
Oxford Castle, “A” wing of the Oxford prison now a hotel
“A” wing from a different angle
Oxford castle, “D” wing now a museum
Oxford castle, “D” wing from a different angle
Oxford Castle
Oxford Castle
Oxford Castle
Cycle shop
Oxford town hall
Old man in a pub
Folly bridge
Iffley meadows cottage
The pretty lock at Iffley which we passed on our cycle along the Thames
Bridge at Iffley Lock
Lock keepers cottage
Bridge at Iffley Lock
Iffley Lock
Sandford lock
Ducks at Sandford Lock
Lock keepers cottage Sandford
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Garry McGivern September 2017 update. Well, the time just seems to be flying by, and yet another month has passed. We’re now into October! September was a good month though, with a trip to London. And I managed to get away for a weekend on my bike and a few days away camping with Julie in Oxford.
London
The beginning of the month started off with a trip to London for the “Radio 2 live“ concert in Hyde Park.
Radio 2 live in Hyde Park concert
It must be about 40 years since I last went to a concert! But this one was ideal as it was aimed at our age group. Middle-aged grey-headed old people! So there was no pushing and shoving to get to the front. Most people took chairs to sit on or a blanket to sit on. And generally, they brought a picnic! All very civilised! We, however just took a groundsheet and brought some food there at extortionate prices!
All the oldies with their chairs
The Concert
The concert itself was very good. It featured the Stereophonics, Rick Astley, James Blunt, Shania Twain, Blondie and Take That, to name a few.
Shania Twain in the rain
It was a very enjoyable day which was wet at times with outbreaks of rain. But that didn’t dampen things, and it was still very enjoyable, albeit a rather long day!
Cycle touring
I finally managed to get a weekend away on the bike! Every weekend throughout the summer, I seem to have either been working or had something on!
Seeing as it was only the weekend I had, I headed down to the New Forest to my usual campsite at Brockenhurst.
All ready for the night in the New Forest
The campsite was very quiet, as you’d expect for this time of year. But what people were there were a real pain in the proverbial!
There was a rather large party that had set up fairly close to me while I was out getting supplies! (Or rather down the pub!) They were up nearly all night playing music and starting cars! If it wasn’t for the fact that I would have had to get out of my cosy sleeping bag and get dressed, I would have said something! Also, I remembered some of those Isle of Wight trips that we used to do, and we would be sat up talking into the small hours. We, too, probably annoyed a lot of people! Although we never started any cars and the music wouldn’t have been from us either, that would have been coming from the bikers do in the next field! In the end, I just lay there thinking that surely they’re going to go to bed soon! Which they did at about 3 am!
The New Forest
The Isle of Wight
My second night away I went to the Isle of Wight, again at one of my regular campsites.
After just two nights away I had to go home due to work commitments once again! But it was still nice to be touring again, even if it was just local and places that I frequent on a regular basis!
Garry leaving the Isle of Wight
Oxford
Julie was on holiday at the end of the month, so we decided to go camping for a few days and ended up in Oxford.
Bridge of Sighs
It was a nice few days away, wandering around the streets of Oxford, exploring a lovely old indoor market and all the old college buildings and stopping off at some of the old pubs that were hidden away down lanes and alleyways. My particular favourite was the White Horse on Broad Street, which had been featured in several films and TV series, notably Morse.
Some of the memorabilia on the walls of the White Horse
We also had a nice ride along the river Thames to Sandford Lock where we stopped off for a pint.
The pretty lock at Iffley, which we passed on our cycle along the Thames
Garry McGivern’s Travelsonabike2 Cycle Touring NCN Portsmouth to Southampton YouTube video, which was posted on his YouTube channel on the 27th-September-2017. The video shows part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) route 2, which runs from Kent to Cornwall.
The video was recorded on the 13th of June 2017 when Garry was on his way to Bridgwater to get a long overdue service on his bike. And shows the route between Portsmouth and Southampton, as the title of the video would suggest!
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Travelsonabike2 YouTube Cycle Touring; NCN2 Portsmouth to Southampton
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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 August 2017 bicycle touring photos. Photographs that Garry has taken while travelling around on his bike. Plus, photos that have appeared on the website over the past month.
The majority of pictures were taken on a week’s holiday that Garry spent with Julie, which they spent travelling around locally. There are also photos from the annual sailing trip to the Isle of Wight.
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Garry McGivern’s Bicycle Touring Photos August 2017
(pictures added to the website this month)
Photos
Garry in Portsmouth debating whether to get the ferry to the Isle of Wight or not
Undecided he went to the pub for a pint or two instead
A yacht that run aground off the coast of Bognor
A boys day out sailing
Moored up for lunch off East head West Wittering
Looking up Arundel High Street
Looking down Arundel High Street
Arundel high street
An old windmill along the river Arun
Low water in Bosham
The entrance to Bosham quay
Little boats moored up in deeper water
Low tide with Bosham in the background
Bosham
The pretty village of Bosham
The path that is only visable at low tide in Bosham
The Anchor Bleu in Bosham our lunch stop
Julie and Garry in Brighton
Brighton seafront
Brighton seafront
Brighton pier
Fun fair at the end of Brighton pier
Royal Pavilion Brighton
The Pump House in Brighton
Enjoying a nice beer in Brighton while Julie shops
Old Portsmouth and the Spinnaker tower
First sighting of the Queen Elizabeth
The new aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Julie and Garry with the Queen Elizabeth in the background
Spinnaker tower viewed from Gosport
Farmers market in Chichester
East street Chichester
Garry’s blackened thumb
Cricket on the village green
Cricket on the village green
Not a road sign but a sign that points to all the local pubs instead
Another pint of beer
Garry outside yet another pub
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