England Archives - Tour in Tune http://www.tourintune.com/category/countries/england/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 https://i0.wp.com/www.tourintune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-industries-eno-chainrings-255-p.png?fit=32%2C32 England Archives - Tour in Tune http://www.tourintune.com/category/countries/england/ 32 32 45193072 A Dusting of Snow in the Hope Valley http://www.tourintune.com/a-dusting-of-snow-in-the-hope-valley/ http://www.tourintune.com/a-dusting-of-snow-in-the-hope-valley/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:38:45 +0000 http://www.tourintune.com/?p=4319 After the bikepacking ‘getaway’ in Spain in Sept, I thought I’d treat Jenny to a surprise weekend away. I had all intentions of finding us a luxurious day spa… with bikes, of course. I booked a little cottage in the Hope Valley, Peak District *ahem* with good intentions. Unfortunately, I got a little side tracked with the route …

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]]> http://www.tourintune.com/a-dusting-of-snow-in-the-hope-valley/feed/ 1 4319 Quantocks & Exmoor Bikepacking Weekender http://www.tourintune.com/quantocks-exmoor-bikepacking-weekender/ http://www.tourintune.com/quantocks-exmoor-bikepacking-weekender/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:41:59 +0000 http://www.tourintune.com/?p=4210 Recently I’ve been getting the hint from Jenny that I should get better at surprises. So far I’ve flat out disagreed. I am full of surprises! I take her on downhill singletrack that she would never expect. I often don’t tell her how far we have to get home or about the next big climb that is around the …

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]]> http://www.tourintune.com/quantocks-exmoor-bikepacking-weekender/feed/ 4 4210 Inbred Is Dead, Long Live Inbred! http://www.tourintune.com/inbred-is-dead-long-live-inbred/ http://www.tourintune.com/inbred-is-dead-long-live-inbred/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.tourintune.com/?p=3932 [UPDATE] See gear status update at the bottom of this post… I was cycling home from work just before Christmas and things went a bit wiggly in the rear end. I was carrying a lot of weight at the time (nabbing up all the reduced items at the supermarket as …

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]]> http://www.tourintune.com/inbred-is-dead-long-live-inbred/feed/ 8 3932 Readjusting To Life In The UK http://www.tourintune.com/readjusting-life-uk/ http://www.tourintune.com/readjusting-life-uk/#respond Tue, 20 May 2014 06:57:47 +0000 http://www.tourintune.com/?p=3057 A lot has happened in the 6 weeks since we landed in the UK in April 2014. We’ve cycled around Greater London catching up with family and friends (ahem, couchsurfing — thanks to Kate and Anne). We’ve spent a considerable time job hunting and thinking about where we might want …

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]]> http://www.tourintune.com/readjusting-life-uk/feed/ 0 3057 Bell Pepper Jam Album Launch http://www.tourintune.com/bell-pepper-jam-album-launch-the-smokehouse-sessions/ http://www.tourintune.com/bell-pepper-jam-album-launch-the-smokehouse-sessions/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:18:57 +0000 http://www.tourintune.com/?p=973 [iframe src=”https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:6MBD5fTLSLOm023Ls9a7dx” width=”300″ height=”80″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true”] For those of you following the Tour in Tune blog who don’t know about Bell Pepper Jam, here’s a brief introduction. Before leaving London on our extended bicycle touring adventures, Lars and I were involved in a five piece acoustic band. We managed to …

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