Travelsonabike2 Video Blog 16th-February-2025

Video blog 16th-February-2025 Transporter bridge over river

Garry McGivern Video Blog

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 YouTube bicycle touring video blog S24-11 E4 was posted on his YouTube channel today, the 16th-February-2025. It’s the video version of Garry’s blog post dated the 20th of November, 2024. It’s a cold start to the day with a hard frost. After a day off the bike yesterday to attend his cousin’s funeral, Garry’s back on the road and continues his ride further into Wales.

The ride starts well on a well-posted cycle route, the Taff Trail, which is the same route he was on the other day. Although he didn’t know that at the time. Unfortunately, Garry’s not on it for too long before it starts to snow, and he has to change his plans.

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Garry’s YouTube Video Blog S24-11 E3 16th-February-2025

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Travelsonabike2 On This Day 14th-February-2019

Bicycle Touring This Day 14th-February-2019 Cliffs by the sea

Bicycle Touring England

This week’s Travelsonabike2 bicycle touring post comes from England on the 14th-February-2019. I’m in England, still getting used to cycling after my brush with death the previous year.

Thursday 14th February 2019. Sandown to Swanage. 56 miles.

Another day and another puncture! Although I don’t think I was quite as useless today, probably because of my practice run yesterday. And when I think back, that was possibly the first puncture I’ve had to fix since I was in Nepal in 2016. Maybe I should think about getting a new tyre.

As I was fixing my puncture in a layby on the island, the coastguard, the council, and then a marine biologist turned up. There was a dead dolphin washed up on the beach; poor thing, it made me feel a bit sad. But apart from the puncture and the dead dolphin, it’s still been a good day. The weather’s been gorgeous, with lovely warm sun all day, it’s felt spring-like.

Bike and panniers on grass verge
These punctures are hard going
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I had a good ride along the south coast of the Isle of Wight and saw my mate Gordon, the alpaca, as I rode past Grange Farm campsite. I didn’t stop to speak to him; he was too far away, anyway, he probably wouldn’t remember me. After cycling across the Isle of Wight, I caught the ferry to Lymington.

I couldn’t believe how busy the roads were. I don’t remember them being that busy last year. But maybe I was too drugged up with all the medication I was on back then. I’ve decided that I’m not entirely over this sepsis thing after all. My legs are constantly aching, and everything I do is a major effort. It’s my reason for not camping tonight. The cold doesn’t worry me; it’s just everything involved in camping. Putting a tent up, walking across a field to shower, crawling in and out of the tent, and then packing it all away the following morning. No, I think I’ll give camping a miss for a little while yet! Although saying that, I still have it in my head that I’m going to camp tomorrow. So, instead of camping, I’m staying in a youth hostel tonight!

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Travelsonabike2 Bicycle Touring Photos January-2025

Bicycle Touring Photos January-2025 Boats in a harbour

Garry McGivern’s Bicycle Touring Photos

Garry McGivern’s Travelsonabike2 January-2025 bicycle touring photos. Photographs that Garry has taken while travelling around on his bike that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from Croatia, India, China and Garry’s current tour in ??.

There is also a link to Garry’s Flickr page, where the majority of the photographs that Garry has taken this month are. Despite being January with sub-zero conditions, Garry has still been out and about on his bike and even went away camping for a few nights. Which is where the bulk of photographs on Garry’s Flickr page come from.

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Bicycle Touring Photos Added To The Website

More Photographs In Garry’s Flickr Album

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January 2025 Bicycle Touring Photos

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Travelsonabike2 England Sunday 9th-February-2025

Sunlight shinning through trees

Bicycle Touring England

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is bicycle touring England on Sunday, the 9th-February-2025. Salisbury to Bognor Regis. 87 miles. It was a cold, frosty start this morning. And despite being up at 4 o’clock, I didn’t leave camp for another four hours.

I was quite surprised this morning at how frosty it was. It was really white. And the tent and tarp were frozen solid, which is why it took me four hours to pack up. Once I’d released the frozen guy lines, I had to then peel the tarp from the tent. Trying to squeeze it into its small bag was impossible. It was too stiff and solid. After trying several times, I gave up and dragged it into the laundry room and left it to thaw out a bit. While I went to tackle the tent.

A frosty morning

The tent was just as bad as the tarp. The tent was frozen to the poles. The poles were frozen together, and I had to hold each joint in my hand to defrost it. The tent was like a stiff board. But it was slightly easier to get in its bag as it wasn’t such a tight fit as my tarp. Finally, as I said earlier, I could get on the road four hours later.

Finally, On The Road

It was a slow start to my ride home. Many of the roads and cycle paths were ungritted and still slippery. Thankfully, it was a bright, sunny morning, which helped thaw the roads. And it was only the shaded spots that I had to worry about. Not that I’m complaining. But where did that sun come from? The forecast was for cold grey skies for the week, which is one of the reasons for coming home.

It was a hard ride home, but then every ride these days seems like hard work. Although I did have a headwind to contend with for most of the ride. It was another long day with ten and a half hours of peddling, and I finally walked into my house at six thirty. Total miles cycled in the past week was 340.

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