Every time I've looked at a petrol pump in the last couple of weeks, the price of a litre seems to have gone up by another 2p, so this seemed a good week to start commuting to work by bike again. I managed to cycle to work all three days that I'm there. It's an 8 1/2 mile ride each way and I was pleased that I could do it without collapsing with exhaustion or even being particularly out of breath, although I was tired by Thursday. I know for hard core cyclists this is nothing but I haven't been cycling for a while. It is a joy of a ride as well, most of it off road so there's no need to be keeping an eye on what the cars are doing. And the cycling city changes that have happened over the past couple of years mean that routes that have existed for a long time are now joined up (maybe they always were and I just didn't know). Anyway - here's a route map. And hurrah for the UKs first cycling city, despite my initial scepticism.
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