Sheffield_Tiger
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Couldn't decide whether to go for a hike or a ride today and since I was feeling guilty about not being out doing either last weekend thanks to a cold I decided to take up a new pursuit I call Hikleing. Bloody knackering though.
1) Load panniers with walking boots, daysack with normal walking accoutrements etc
2) Pedal off somewhere - must involve a hill en-route
3) Park bike, change into walking attire then walk up and over hills and tors until your legs feel like falling off
4) Remember there is a small matter of pedalling home still to accomplish, so eat pastie, strong black coffee with 3 sugars (1 stingy teaspoon is my normal), change back into cycling gear and set off with the promise of a cider lolly from the ice cream van at the top of Surprise View on the way home to give me inspiration to tackle the hill with aching limbs (and did I enjoy it! Not had one of those for years)
5) One more short uphill section then it's downhill all the way! Woohoo!
Rather rewarding to be walking along sheep trods in the middle of nowhere knowing that it's only my own energy that has propelled me there and will propel me home again! And I didn't half chuckle at the cars all driving around and around looking for somewhere to park where I left my bike (know the feeling, normally I drive out there when I go walking)
1) Load panniers with walking boots, daysack with normal walking accoutrements etc
2) Pedal off somewhere - must involve a hill en-route
3) Park bike, change into walking attire then walk up and over hills and tors until your legs feel like falling off
4) Remember there is a small matter of pedalling home still to accomplish, so eat pastie, strong black coffee with 3 sugars (1 stingy teaspoon is my normal), change back into cycling gear and set off with the promise of a cider lolly from the ice cream van at the top of Surprise View on the way home to give me inspiration to tackle the hill with aching limbs (and did I enjoy it! Not had one of those for years)
5) One more short uphill section then it's downhill all the way! Woohoo!
Rather rewarding to be walking along sheep trods in the middle of nowhere knowing that it's only my own energy that has propelled me there and will propel me home again! And I didn't half chuckle at the cars all driving around and around looking for somewhere to park where I left my bike (know the feeling, normally I drive out there when I go walking)
, and not being in a hurry. It also allows for bad weather or lazy days, there's always a museum or visitor centre - some of them real gems! Not sure what you call a mix of cycling/walking/sightseeing - touring perhaps? 
, even though we were flexible and could have taken any train on Thursday or Friday until early afternoon. Only 1 space on the way out ... we ended up renting a car instead 