Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Seeing as Rebecca moved into my palatial mansion* several weeks ago, and we never got round to opening her bottle of champagne as a house warming present, we've decided to organise a bike ride instead.
As everyone seems to moan that I mislead people in saying a ride I've organised is almost flat, when they make out they've had to climb the equivalent of Everest, as a New Year resolution, I'll be upfront and say there's a few hills around where we live.
However, I have designed a nice little route which will start from Luton Airport Parkway Station, meander along a brand new paved cycle path to Harpenden, weave around the villages of Kimpton and Wheathampstead, across to Redbourn then on to Gaddesdon Row, have a pub lunch, and then drop down through Flamstead towards the A5 and then back to our place for tea and cake. It's then around 3 miles mainly downhill back to the station.
Around 33 miles in total with 1,500 feet of glorious, generally gentle, climbs no more than 8%, and if it's clear, stunning views.
Start from Luton Airport Parkway station at 10 am. Trains run regularly from St Pancras and take around 20-30 mins (45 mins for the slower stopping trains). FCC ones can take a few bikes whilst the faster East Midlands trains are limited to only 2 bikes. I'll post a link for the route a bit later on.
If it's snowing/icy, then I'll cancel.
* aka 3 bed semi
As everyone seems to moan that I mislead people in saying a ride I've organised is almost flat, when they make out they've had to climb the equivalent of Everest, as a New Year resolution, I'll be upfront and say there's a few hills around where we live.
However, I have designed a nice little route which will start from Luton Airport Parkway Station, meander along a brand new paved cycle path to Harpenden, weave around the villages of Kimpton and Wheathampstead, across to Redbourn then on to Gaddesdon Row, have a pub lunch, and then drop down through Flamstead towards the A5 and then back to our place for tea and cake. It's then around 3 miles mainly downhill back to the station.
Around 33 miles in total with 1,500 feet of glorious, generally gentle, climbs no more than 8%, and if it's clear, stunning views.
Start from Luton Airport Parkway station at 10 am. Trains run regularly from St Pancras and take around 20-30 mins (45 mins for the slower stopping trains). FCC ones can take a few bikes whilst the faster East Midlands trains are limited to only 2 bikes. I'll post a link for the route a bit later on.
If it's snowing/icy, then I'll cancel.
* aka 3 bed semi
