Author: Robin

You could own the Great Tour Watch This beautiful pièce unique is being auctioned on my Instagram page here:    The watch The Great Tour Watch was made specifically for me to wear for my bike ride around the entire coast of Great Britain- 6,700km in 64 days – or 1.5 million pedal strokes.  I…

Day Forty six.  Barmouth to Aberystwyth and beyond Woke up in the RV after a tough night from the storm still feeling dispirited about the prospects for today.  The forecast said rainy and cold to start, clearing mid-morning and the sun might be out by the finish.  I got ready slowly, without much enthusiasm and…

Day Forty five.  Aberdaron to Barmouth Plan A had been that Simon ride as far as Pwllheli to catch a train and head for home.  However, yesterday’s rain was still clearing, it was so misty you could barely see and we chose to delay the start.  Breakfast dragged on, Simon and Hugh chatted in the…

Day Forty four.  Holyhead to Aberdaron Simon and Rich joined Hugh and me for a second day.  Rich’s legs had survived the previous day miraculously and we rolled out from in front of our weird little hotel by the ferry port on time.  We’d chosen to put in another short cut today, this time to…

Day Forty three.  Colwyn Bay to Holyhead        My old school friend, Simon Kemp had arrived for supper the previous evening, together with a much younger member of the Tour of Britain crew.  Rich is 22, a national level swimmer but not a cyclist.  The furthest he’d ever cycled before was 50km.  He was…