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I often open the bidding once I have secured permission to charge while I eat with ' the largest pot of tea the world has ever seen'. Kirkby Lonsdale, the Royal Hotel is the winner! All mine, all mine!

A day and a half into the return trip, 222km done, no more than 500 to go. I delayed setting off by a day because of 60mph wind forecast. Even as a tailwind, that's a bit dicey. So six days available for a five day ride. Each time I ride the route I see or find bits of main road avoidance I...

Ok, sounds like that is not working video wise, so here are images at 0.25 second intervals of that van. More than a little bit naughty.

I don't know if this is accessible, if so the bit at the end is quite unbelievable. https://photos.app.goo.gl/27iJ6T31U7m829iX7 The driver might be quite easy to find from the info on the van!

I have gradually evolved from time lapse so that I could keep a permanent record of my tours without taking over an entire data vault(!), via video 1080p and keep highlights only to buying a couple of 512Gb micro SD cards and trying to keep entire video until I get home and archive to a multi...

I had a long conversation with a police officer this morning regarding the three drivers out of about 20 serious incidents and over 200 total incidents in my recent 5 day, 438 mile trip. There was some robust discussion to get agreement that it was reasonable to be reporting these few, and in...

I find this discussion quite interesting, and I note the guidelines above about disagreeing respectfully. I expect drivers to give me all the available space, and to wait either for clear road or for me to pull over if there is not enough. I don't agree with 'a miss is as good as a mile', and...

I pass through a few times a year, big fan of Sustrans route 5. Not today, too windy!

If both are simple two wire generic batteries then electrically they are the same, so yes. You just have to fit the appropriate battery mount and a battery power connector to match your bike's wiring.

Pictures from yesterday. Last camp. First good view across the Dee estuary. Route 5 railway bridge over the Dee with old mooring structure in the river. Those awkward barriers are fine for the Nomad trailer, unlike the solar rig. Last charging stop. And remnant of last battery...

Five days with a warm welcome and a hot shower at the end means I don't mind the roughing it on the way! I take two long breaks each day in cafes and pubs, so not as grim as it might seem. I have been very fortunate with weather on my rides this year, so this is just a little balance coming my...

A tough final day with south west winds gusting 40mph at times. Very heavy on battery use, so the one charging stop I thought would do was not enough. My second stop was a little complicated, with batteries charging in the bike shop and food and tea in the financially unrelated cafe in the...

As long as cafes and pubs remain accommodating, this way is much easier, as lower all up weight, shorter, narrower and very easy to ride. But I prefer the independence of the solar setup when the season is right. No one battery off the shelf system matches the 9.2A charge rate of my two...

At last, a dry day! My waterproofs and tent don't leak, but there is an inevitable accumulation of dampness as the days go on. So very welcome. I ended up doing an extra 5 miles last night post dinner to a car park corner off a lane well hidden by a curving stone wall. Then this morning a...

I've had a couple of pulling out incidents on this latest trip. As long as I anticipate, slow down, take road position and don't commit to the threatened road space I don't get hit. But I make sure the driver sees me and realises what they nearly just did.

Might just be needing the pawls cleaning and oiled, perhaps not done well enough at manufacture, perhaps a bit of road moisture got in. But regardless, big names like Mahle should be doing better CS than this.

At 4,000 miles this had better be a warranty repair!

A slightly different route in the end, probably no saving on climb, but a new road to me. A6 to Shap and then left, right, lanes to Sedbergh. Pushing the edge of daylight and both batteries low. One at one bar, the other a bar and a half, so a good long charge now whilst the most expensive meal...

I enjoy the irony of charging in a petrol station! This was not planned, but I arrived just before cafe opening time in Carlisle after 42 easy miles, so had almost decided to continue to Penrith and my favourite pasty shop when this services just off the motorway turned up. Gift horse...

Someone this summer did a tour of UK places with interesting names. Tip of the iceberg above!