I thought I would enjoy some cycling in the Shropshire countryside but things weren’t going to be quite as straightforward as I had first hoped.
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24 Comments
Looks great!
I love your work. also doing similar content whats' your secret man
Main road better surface you can’t be in the UK😂🤣
There's been an incredible amount of rain this year
Nice ride!
I've just come back from cycling in Ireland and other than the rain the roads are so much better surfaced.
Wow that's amazing ride, I enjoyed the scenery along the road. Stay Safe
Nice
I like border crossings, especially if they are reduced to just signs like between England and Wales. Some of my typical trips from home are involving Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and during the larger summer trips I like to go to the Alps. I always enjoy to see what kind of use they make out of the old border and toll buildings that are often build directly on the border. I've seen kinder-gardens, restaurants, a smuggling-museum and family housing at borders where I had to stop and show my passport in the past.
May the wind pixies always smile upon you. Pretty country.
Is that anywhere near where Charles Darwin lived?
Welcome to my locality. I was in Knighton yesterday. I live about 8 miles north of Clun and in Powys. There are some cracking hills between Clun and Knighton on the 488, but I don't blame you for taking the easier route. It's lovely scenery to cycle round, and we're so lucky to live here.
Hope you enjoyed your stay. If you come back anytime soon, drop me a pm through strava, and we'll have a ride out.
What beautiful countryside! Aside from the puddles and rain, I envy you.
Looked like an incredibly scenic ride, even with the threat of rain and fickle wind directions. Looks like spring has come a bit early to the UK than here in Canada. But, that's to be expected, I'm sure.
Sorry the weather was so dreadful for your visit to the shire. It has been dreadful up here!
Great to get a ride new from home I like how you challenged the stretch of water and got through I did recently but missed judged hit a rutt not only ankle deep but the rest of me Avery soggy ride home…
Clunton and Clunbury,
Clungunford and Clun,
Are the quietest places
Under the sun.
In valleys of springs of rivers,
By Ony and Teme and Clun,
The country for easy livers,
The quietest under the sun,
We still had sorrows to lighten,
One could not be always glad,
And lads knew trouble at Knighton
When I was a Knighton lad.
By bridges that Thames runs under,
In London, the town built ill,
'Tis sure small matter for wonder
If sorrow is with one still.
And if as a lad grows older
The troubles he bears are more,
He carries his griefs on a shoulder
That handselled them long before.
Where shall one halt to deliver
This luggage I'd lief set down?
Not Thames, not Teme is the river,
Nor London nor Knighton the town:
'Tis a long way further than Knighton,
A quieter place than Clun,
Where doomsday may thunder and lighten
And little 'twill matter to one.
Houseman – A Shropshire Lad
That route would be amazing on a sunny day!
Great video … Like everyone says … beautiful countryside!
We are so spoiled with the roads and bike paths we have in America. Not just the road conditions, but the width of roadside bike lanes and the majority of bike paths.
Wow! Beautiful countryside!
Stay healthy Leonard, you look very healthy, do you use a gravel bike for roads like this, or a road bike? Good luck
Top vlog, thanks Leonardo! Great to see you out having an adventure and exploring new places. Stunning countryside, unbelievably bad road surfaces. 😱
Lenny: Did you say "80 mile-an-hour" winds or "18 mile-an-hour winds? One, not in metric as is your wont. and two, did you actually mean that high or just 18MPH? We've had borderline literally unsafe winds the last two days. Saturday on the road bike and today on the e-bike. Both days around 17-18 MPH with gusts much heavier. Had to kind of crab into the wind lots of the time, and hunker down on the low part of the bars much more than usual. Good rides for me when I'm obstinate and feeling like a nut. Much easier for me now than before last winter. That's definite. I'm much leaner than last summer.
Most 'road' bikes can handle far more than you think they can. No need for a gravel bike.
as always, super video. Leonard, you do such a good job. shropshire is a new area for me. Great job! Glad you can get out…finally!