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Writer Rob Ainsley has cycled from Barmouth to Yarmouth because they rhyme. He’s cycled from Britain’s smallest church in Rhos to its largest church in Liverpool. He’s cycled the London Monopoly board. And he continues to amass a long list of ‘end-to-end’ country cycles. So for Rob, cycling from Morecambe to Bridlington along the Way of the Roses cycle route may at first glance appear to be a little, err… pedestrian. But think again. He decided to cycle the route 1970s style. In this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast we chat to Rob Ainsley in York where he reveals all. Was the naffest decade of the 20th century as good a time as any to be on two wheels? Or better forgotten…
Relevant links:
- Rob’s website: e2e.bike
- Sustrans: The Way of the Roses
Where can I listen?
You can also listen directly via CyclingEurope.org:
Listen to the podcast with subtitles on YouTube:
Here’s the story of my own cycle along the Way of the Roses in the spring of 2022:
Details of all previous episodes of the podcast can be found on the podcast page of CyclingEurope.org.
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I was surprised to hear that Rob drank Stella lager in Malham .As in the 70s I remember most blokes drank beer , eg Tetleys , bitter & mild .