20th June 2023 – Another hot and hilly ride today covering a distance of 60km with 1000m climbing. On this occasion the Knights headed west, first to Castellina in Chianti before a little jaunt north to Sicelle. Resuming the westward tour passing through San Donato in Poggio and Barberino Val d’Elsa followed by a short […]
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19th June 2023 A slightly shorter 36km ride today, however with just over 1000m climbing it was another tough day in the saddle. The increasing humidity would also play a factor. From “base camp” in Radda in Chianti the crew followed a clockwise route through Massa Sabbioni and Cavriglia before returning along the Montevarchi.
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Day 1, 18-June 2023 Florence to Radda Today’s ride covered a distance of around 54km. Departing from Florence over the river Arno via the Ponte di San Niccolò. Weather was a pleasant 24°C but with a high humidity making it seem much hotter. The light wind from the south did nothing to keep the Knights […]
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A good turnout for Neil’s ride to Gilberdyke Garden Centre
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🎶You tak’ the long road and I’ll tak’ the short road, and I’ll be in Farmshop afore ye🎶. Fresh back from his exploits at “training camp” and hedging his bets Raymond announced two different route options. One short and one a bit longer to his favourite cafe stop. “We’ll decide who wants to go which […]
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The 2023 season is still young but many Knights have been out and “nailed their colours to the mast” in a bid to be “crowned” champion. In the battle for Stoneknowle Hill we have Colin setting the early benchmark with a time 6:18 beating Iain and Pugwash into 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the “Charge […]
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The old adage “it’s hard to please everyone, so just please yourself” has never been more apt. According to Strava, at least 15 Knights took advantage of the clear blue skies and beautiful sunshine to venture out to a whole host of agreeable destinations, although just four hardy souls joined this month’s BK Away Day. […]
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The final day of cycling the Hebridean Way covering Stornoway to the Butt of Lewis
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Day 3 cycling the Hebridean Way covering Lochmaddy to Stornoway
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Daliburgh to Lochmaddy Today was the first big challenge for our band of adventurers with a 64 mile ride including 2030ft of climbing from South to North Uist. Luckily the wind had now “backed” to south-south-east so would mostly be assisting us. Unluckily it was rather ‘driech’ as they say in Scotland with grey skies […]
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