Cycling

Rides through the Cotswolds and beyond.

Hand-drawn pencil map of the cycling route from Witney south to the Uffington White Horse and Lambourn, looping back through the Vale of White Horse

The Red Line

Witney to the Berkshire Downs and back, on a Saturday in May

52 miles ~660m elevation gain 2 May 2026

Fifty-two miles to the Uffington White Horse and the valley of the racehorses, with two crossings of the Ridgeway, the first puncture and the first fall of the year, and a Galaxy on approach to Brize.

Hand-drawn pencil map of the cycling route from Witney up to Broadway and back

Nineteen Hills

Witney to Broadway and back, on a cold spring Saturday

60 miles ~1,000m elevation gain 18 April 2026

Sixty miles of Cotswold lanes, three red kites, a field of Belted Galloways, one walked section on the escarpment near Broadway Tower, and a raspberry flapjack at Ganborough.

Hand-drawn pencil map of the cycling route through the north Cotswolds

The Altitude Account

A Good Friday ride through the north Cotswolds

50 miles 1,000m elevation gain 3 April 2026

Fifty miles from Witney to Chipping Norton and back, via Wychwood Forest, Bliss Mill, baby lambs, and a war memorial with a clock numeral from Ypres.

Hand-drawn pencil map of the cycling route through the Cotswolds

The Bright Stream

A spring ride through the Cotswolds

41 miles 1,396m elevation gain 28 March 2026

From Witney through the Windrush Valley to Northleach and back, via Norman churches, red kites, and six thousand years of farming.

Pencil sketch of a voice recorder and cycling gloves on a cafe table

How This Was Made

Voice notes, AI, and the process behind the writing

28 March 2026

From handlebar ramblings to published travelogue in an afternoon: transcription, research, prose, illustrations, and a live website.