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How the bloody battle of Towton 1461 helped win the bridleway battle of...
Send to KindleRights of way in England are a layer upon layer accretion of the comings and goings of people, and animals, over the space of hundreds, in some cases thousands, of years. They describe a...
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Drive fast to your tomb
Send to KindleAssassins who fret over telescopic rifle sights or the latest undetectable poisons would be better to run down their prey with a car. Kill with a gun, expect jail-time; kill with a car...
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Hovis Cycle Maps, 1899 to 2012
Send to Kindle Hovis, the bread company, is making good use of its brand ambassador and Olympic gold medallist, Victoria Pendleton. She’s been working with Hovis since 2010 and is now fronting a...
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The author of Robinson Crusoe on pay-as-you-go roads and horse-swallowing...
Send to KindleHighgate, London, a “foundrous way”.Daniel Defoe, author of the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, was a great traveller and, in 1724-6, wrote A tour thro’ the whole island of Great Britain,...
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History in the round
Send to Kindle Copenhagen has superlative bicycle infrastructure, with those beautiful Danes famously photographed in all weathers by the dogged Mr Cycle Chic, but there’s a location in the Danish...
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Will today’s motorways suffer a similar fate to the railway lines that are...
Last night I gave a book talk in Canterbury at the AGM of Spokes, the cycle campaign group of East Kent. I stayed with my sister overnight – she and her family live in Temple Ewell, a bypassed village...
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How the bloody battle of Towton 1461 helped win the bridleway battle of...
Rights of way in England are a layer upon layer accretion of the comings and goings of people, and animals, over the space of hundreds, in some cases thousands, of years. They describe a rich history...
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Drive fast to your tomb
Assassins who fret over telescopic rifle sights or the latest undetectable poisons would be better to run down their prey with a car. Kill with a gun, expect jail-time; kill with a car and more times...
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Hovis Cycle Maps, 1899 to 2012
Hovis, the bread company, is making good use of its brand ambassador and Olympic gold medallist, Victoria Pendleton. She’s been working with Hovis since 2010 and is now fronting a campaign to get more...
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The author of Robinson Crusoe on pay-as-you-go roads and horse-swallowing...
Highgate, London, a “foundrous way”.Daniel Defoe, author of the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, was a great traveller and, in 1724-6, wrote A tour thro’ the whole island of Great Britain, divided into...
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History in the round
Copenhagen has superlative bicycle infrastructure, with those beautiful Danes famously photographed in all weathers by the dogged Mr Cycle Chic, but there’s a location in the Danish capital where it’s...
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Will today’s motorways suffer a similar fate to the railway lines that are...
Last night I gave a book talk in Canterbury at the AGM of Spokes, the cycle campaign group of East Kent. I stayed with my sister overnight – she and her family live in Temple Ewell, a bypassed village...
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