Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - stage 7 Ramsbury to Barry

Maps from Google Maps and all images from Street View.

Banked distance 178.6 km/111.2 mi -  158 km/98.2 mi = 20.6 km/13 mi.



1.  Setting off down Oxford Street, Ramsbury



2.  Looking back at the Bell Pub on the Square, Ramsbury


3.  White's Hill, outside Ramsbury


4.  Mildenhall



 5.  Silverless Street, Marlborough



6.  Free's Avenue


7.  Broad Hinton



 8.  Whitehall Lane, Royal Wooton Bassett



9.  Callow Hill


10.  Malmesbury


11.  Market Square, Malmesbury


12.  Bristol Street, Malmesbury


13.  Foxley


14.  Mapleridge Lane, Yate


15.  Acton Court


16.  Redhill Lane


17.  The Severn Bridge


18.  The A48 past Caerwent


19.  Bridge over the Lisk River, Newport


20.  Tyn Mawr Lane, Marshfield


21.  Pierhead Street, Cardiff Bay


22.  Path at the food of Harrowby Street, Cardiff


23.  Cardiff Bay Link Road, Cardiff


24.  Dinas Powys


25.  Tadcross (former Bassett) Hotel, Holton Road, Barry


26.  The Castle Hotel at Jewel Street and Lower Pyke Street, Barry


27.  Jean and Les' House, Barry - with Les' market van parked in front


Wednesday, April 08, 2020

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - Stage 6

Maps from Google Maps and all images from Street View.

Banked Distance    66.8 km/41.5 mi.  + 96 km/60 mi  =  162.8 km/81.4 mi

- 39.6 km/24.6 mi. (Banked 123.2 km/76.8 mi)

Stage 6.  Ingrid's to Olwynne and Tony's:


1.  Dibleys, Blewbury



2.  South Street past a chocolate box cottage, Blewbury



3.  Thatched Wall, Blewbury




4.  Watts Lane, Blewbury




5.  Trail outside Blewbury




6.  Chilton Road




7.   Chilton Road over the A34




8.  High Street, Ardington



9.  Pathway:




10.   Turning Left onto the B4001




11.  The B4001




12.  Oxford Street, Lambourn




13.  The B4000


14.  Ramsbury Road over the M4





15.  Thatched cottage on the Ramsbury Road




16.  Country Lane



17.  Approaching Wittonditch




18.  Entering Ramsbury




19.   Chocolate box cottage on Oxford Street





20.  Olwynne and Tony's House




Tuesday, April 07, 2020

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - Stage 5

Maps from Google Maps and all images from Street View.

Banked Distance    124.4 km/96.75 mi.  + 58.4 km/36.3 mi. = 178.8 km/111.1

- 112 km/69.5 mi. (Banked 66.8 km/41.5 mi)

Stage 5.  Gatwick Airport to Ingrid's:




1, Gatwick Airport North Terminal:



2.  Horsehill Road


3.  Old School Lane, Brockham


4.  Dorking Road at Leatherhead


5.  A245, Oakshot



6.  Mill Road, Cobham

7.  New Haw Road, Addleston



8.  Bridge Lane at the M3



9.  Leptis Magna Roman Ruins at Virginia Waters


10.  Allsmoor Lane Bicycle Path, Winkfield Row



11.  A328, Wokingham



12. Wokingham Road, Earley




13.  Palmer Park pathway, Reading




14.  Bicycle Path along the Thames River, Reading




15.  The A329 outside Pangbourne



16.  The A329, Streatley



17.  Wantage Road



18.  Shortlands Hill



19.   Entering Blewbury



20.  The Blueberry Pub, Blewbury



21.  South Street, Blewbury



23Dibleys, Blewbury - Ingrid's house is behind here, accessed by a footpath