Monthly Archives: September 2009

The scrumptiousness of tea

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

D’Oylys tea rooms at Bolton Percy.  Cream teas with scones, but­ter, jam and cream ! Plus real York­shire tea.  Note the but­ter. Some cheapskate tea-rooms miss it out.   An abso­lutely delight­ful cycle ride through early autumn clear and delight­ful … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Brompton winners

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

When it comes to time-trialling on Bromp­tons we cer­tainly take the bis­cuit — or in this case most of the cheap wine provided by the local coun­cil.  Fast­est over­all, fast­est woman, and old­est com­pet­itor. Yay ! Oh, and we found time … Con­tinue read­ing →

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High level boating

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

What is really the best thing about canal boat­ing, apart from being in a cosy float­ing shoe­box, is being in a boat and look­ing down on the coun­tryside.  And nowhere bet­ter than on the Leeds and Liv­er­pool canal above Gar­grave, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bay Horse, Blossom Street

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

Under new man­age­ment and try­ing hard.  Inter­est­ing selec­tion of guest beers, mini beer and cider fest­ival, nicely spruced up rear yard.  Worth a visit.

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Treasure Trove.

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

The Vik­ing ship museum at Roskilde is fas­cin­at­ing, as are the rep­licas that sail on the fjord out­side, but the real Vik­ing age exper­i­ence was at the National Museum in Copen­ha­gen.  In Den­mark the Iron Age goes up to 1050AD … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bicycles, bicycles everywhere

Posted on September 16, 2009 by John

Can you believe main city streets with wide cycle tracks at each side and deliv­ery lor­ries unload­ing and not park­ing on the cycle track ?  Can you believe streets lined with full cycle racks all day and well into the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Youth Hostels — the pros and the cons

Posted on September 16, 2009 by John

It seemed we could have a com­fort­able, hotel style room with two single beds, triple glaz­ing and air con­di­tion­ing, but with no ensuite and a little way out of the city centre (Stock­holm), or ensuite facil­it­ies, and extremely cent­ral loc­a­tion, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Water water everywhere

Posted on September 16, 2009 by John

I really liked Stock­holm. Good fish to eat in the res­taur­ants and sur­pris­ingly good beer to drink.  We wandered trhough the old town and found an eccent­ric bike shop which sold and hired out Bromp­tons, had a poster for the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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To Stockholm

Posted on September 15, 2009 by John

A 7.30am train from Oslo to Stock­holm — some rather quaint and eld­erly Swedish Rail­way car­riages — big win­dows you could drop down and a loco hauled train.  Seemed rather odd for an inter­na­tional ser­vice but then the Nor­we­gi­ans and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Surprisingly tasty

Posted on September 14, 2009 by John

A very few hours in Oslo poses the ques­tion of what to do.  Walk­ing on the Opera House roof is fun, watch­ing the har­bour is fun, get­ting lost around the castle is a bit try­ing, so we headed for what … Con­tinue read­ing →

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