MAP READING PRACTISE!
Map reading and using maps to follow a route are useful skills, and offer some interesting, entertaining and challenging competitions
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Features
A Taxing Problem.
I saw an item in a national daily newspaper about a long and ongoing research study into I.Q. This had
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Tim Continues His Quest.
Cycle Questing is a great way to explore our countryside, incorporating navigation and map reading skills, plus observation. Tim provided
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Gravel Biking & Woodland Trails
Now that Spring is here, and after the April showers hopefully give way to some dry and sunny weather in
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Russian Connections
Many of you will recognise the interesting feature above which you may have cycled past. It is along the riverside
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Snowdonia? Learn Welsh!
For those going on this summer’s Anerley Away Days to Snowdonia, there are a few words that we will need
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Hill Climbing Repeats Develop Power
Athletes have been doing variations of this workout for decades, and in recent years technology has made it easier to
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Research – the Key to Health and Fitness.
I expect that like me, most of us took up cycling for the health and fitness benefits. The older we
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An Electrifying Solution to Sarcopenia
I expect that you might be asking, what is sarcopenia? It is a medical term, relating to a progressive condition that
Read moreCOVID – The Good News!
Having read all the bad news about Covid – fear not – the good news is that a World wide
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The Next Million Miles
Now in the 21st century, the age of computers and I.T. – it should be a doddle to set up
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Beauty and the Beast!
And there are a lot more photos of this beautiful lake and it’s very extensive nature reserve, and not forgetting
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Benefits of Walking
I am sure that all of us have been active walkers at some time and probably still are. About 15
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An Inaugural Anerley Hike
As you can see this was a couple of weeks before Christmas, and on a very cold morning – so
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Cycling Aches & Pains – Knees.
In North America, by the age of 65, some 80% have X-ray evidence of arthritic knees. I have no doubt
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The Long Haul – Covid 19 is Back!
We thought was all over. We have all been jabbed multiple times, depending on our age groups, but it is
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Our Fabulous, Fat, Feathered, Friend!
Sorry, nothing to do with bikes or cycling, but I know that several of you are interested in birds –
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Questing on Two Wheels
Fed up with cycling the same old routes to the same old places? Feel like going on a new adventure?
Read moreDisc Brake Pad Wear, and More
Out of sight – out of mind. I think that probably applies to many of us in relation to care
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The Joys of Gravel Riding in Winter
Des had advised me of the existence of Langley Vale Wood a Woodland Trust memorial site to WW1, so I decided to take it in as a visit.
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Sports Round-up for 2022
A.G.M REPORT BY MARK HANCOCK, RACE SECRETARY With some additions from the Anerley Gazette where available. Three Anerley members rode
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The Welsh Marches 2
CLUN to the KERRY RIDGEWAY This was on the Saturday of our weekend. The plan was to do 2 hikes
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An Introduction to the Welsh Marches.
A GREAT AREA FOR HIKING OR BIKING! My two sons are serious walkers, both regularly taking part in multi-day marathons.
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Lights for Winter Cycling
The end of British Summer Time means that good bike lights are now important for winter’s dark and dismal days.
Read moreSam Visits the Bespoke Bike Show
Hi there! Here’s my write up of the Bespoke Bike show. Written at 36,000 feet, flying over the Bay of
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A Donation to Save Lives!
I put a blood donor appeal on Anerley Chat as follows. Please would you put a similar message in the
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Royal Cyclists
It was only a few weeks ago that we had an Anerley Gathering to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen
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Mike Burrows – R.I.P
I had an email from Tom Moody saying : Hi Des, An article from the Cyclist. I met him many
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Map Reading and Grid References.
For us cyclists, map reading is principally about finding our way, out and about in new and unknown areas. To
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The Southern Cycle Saunter – 2022!
Note the date for this year’s Saunter is Sunday 2nd of October 2022 ! This is a bike ride with
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