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May 09 2010

Long Distance Multi-Day Cycling – Choosing Routes

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When you have had just enough of the rat race and would like to get on your bicycle and get away for a week or two on a long-distance ride, there is a bit you need to consider about choosing routes to take. Perhaps the most important aspect of a long-distance bike riding fundraiser is to choose a safe route, minimize the hill climbs and try to use the prevailing seasonal weather to your advantage. I.e. try to ride with the wind, not against it.

It also makes sense to use routes that are bicycle friendly and have bike lanes and/or shoulders for safety. Of course, this is not always possible, but it makes sense to try to minimize the risk, as much as possible, by stacking the deck in your favor. It should also be noted that each state has its rules about riding on freeways and you must obey these laws, or a State Trooper will pull you over and have you ride potentially hundreds of miles out of your way, easily costing you a day or more out of your schedule.

When choosing routes you must be cognizant of human automobile behavior, and if you are planning on riding through the night to get away from the heat of the day then Friday or Saturday Nights, are out of the question and three-day weekends are not a safe bet either due to increased traffic and drunk drivers. Believe it or not there are often bicycle touring maps available for such long distance rides and most bike shops can be a wealth of information in explaining the safest routes through the state.

One set of maps that I highly recommend are the “BikeCentennial Routes” as they have all sorts of information on them and they will keep you off the most dangerous roads in favor of roads that offer buffers of forgiveness (big shoulders or bike lanes). Have a great cycling get-away!

By: Lance Winslow

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Mar 17 2010

Santiago de Compostela: Chemin St Jacques Pilgrimage Routes through France

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The Way of St James / El Camino / le Chemin St Jacques is the pilgrimage route to the shrine of St James at Santiago de Compostella in northern Spain.

To set out on the Way to Santiago de Compostella / Saint-Jacques de Compostelle is a spiritual adventure – for on the Camino we may draw on the imprinted energy of the countless pilgrims who have passed this way before us over so many centuries. For the Way of St James has existed for more than a thousand years, and in 1993 the Camino de Santiago was declared a world heritage site.

In fact the Way of St James consists of many pilgrim routes which traverse Europe, to converge in the Pyren

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Jan 24 2010

Cycling Around London

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History, modernity and nature’s bounty are some of the reasons why London is one of the favoured destinations in the world. With time, people have come up with various ways of embarking on discovering the wonders of London, and one of them is cycling.

Cycling has revolutionised from a mode of day-to-day transport and a sport into an attraction, where cycling has become integral part of travelling. With more and more people taking up bikes rather than taking trips in vehicles, they are able to see more and more of the city than before.

With the introduction of cycle tours which are carried out during the day, it will take you all over London by the preferred choice of transport, a mountain bike. Starting from London’s Queensway Underground Station Exit, the entire tour lasts an approximate four hours.

The tours have been designed to highlight some of the new and veteran sights on London. The cycling which starts in the centre of the city, passes some of the finest sights in the city such as Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and the Parliament. Apart from the main highlights, the other attractions include the likes of Kensington Palace & Park, Westminster Abbey, Princess Diana’s Memorial, St. James Park, the Royal Albert Memorial and the Cabinet War Rooms.

Take a spin on your mountain bike around London, with family or friends, as the tours are also offered to children. All the routes that have been selected for the tours ensures that traffic are avoided, and would give each participant a chance to see the attractions in a more up close manner, not normally accessible or viewable if the tour was taken by car.

What better way to explore London, than on two wheel and great company? Take a cycle tour today!

By: Jake Collums

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Aug 29 2009

Best Positions and Best Days to Conceive

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Did you know that there are best positions to conceive a child? There are even some tips on the best ways to conceive either a boy or a girl. Along with this are the best days to conceive out of the entire month. You are probably shocked to know that just because you do it often does not necessarily result in a baby. If you know the best days to get pregnant and if you know the how to conceive positions, then your efforts will turn to much more fruitful yields than before.

The Basic Concept: Deeper is Better

The most obvious or best positions to conceive a child would always be the positions wherein you are going to get deeper penetration by the time your partner ejaculates inside you. The best ways to conceive are closely correlated to the amount of time the sperm spends traveling in your vaginal canal all the way to meet your egg. And since it is affected by heat and travel time, you want to ensure that it takes the shortest routes possible. The most general how to conceive positions will have you bending over doggy style when your man is about to come as well as having your legs up in the air and resting on one of his shoulders while he ejaculates inside you. These two are often regarded as the best positions to conceive.

Getting Specific

The best ways to conceive can also get particular, of course. If you want a girl, studies show that the missionary position is the best to achieve this. It activates the X chromosome for resilience while downplaying the Y chromosome. The result? A bigger chance to get a baby girl. For the how to conceive positions that will result in a boy, refer to the doggy style position and the legs-up-in-the-air position as well.

Ticking Off Days

To know the best days to conceive, it is always good to know what your menstrual cycle is. Remember, each woman has a different menstrual cycle all to herself, so one woman’s best days to get pregnant are not your best days to conceive. You can start by charting your calendar once your period starts. Usually, the twelfth or the fourteenth day into your cycle results in ovulation and are regarded as the most fertile time to have sex that results in conception. You can probably track your own best days to get pregnant along these days and adjust it to accommodate your cycle. It also helps to get an average out of six months’ worth of calendar menstruation cycles and start working around such an average.

By: R. K. Jain

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As you can see, Conceiving A Child – whether a boy or a girl – is not just in the amount of sex you have but also in the quality of sex. The positions and the time of month that have sex will have a great effect on your ability to make a baby. Once you know what’s yours – position-wise and day-wise – the task becomes a lot easier. And if you want to know more about it, you should read this Pregnancy Miracle ebook for knowledge on the best positions and the best days to conceive.



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Feb 04 2009

The Cuckoo Trail – Walking Or Cycling in East Sussex

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The Cuckoo Trail in East Sussex goes between Eridge and Polegate, and, like many cycle routes around the UK, follows the route of an old railway line that closed down. Another instance of this happening is the Tarka Trail in Devon. The route originally opened in the 1880s, and it was whilst trains still ran upon the tracks that it became known as the Cuckoo Line. Supposedly, the first cuckoo of the year was heard at the Heathfield fair, and as the line had created a direct route for people in London to reach Heathfield and enjoy the fair every year, it became known as the Cuckoo Line.

The trains stopped running along it in 1968, but it wasn’t until the 1990s that work began to remove the remains of the tracks and convert the route into something for walkers and cyclists. Once this did happen, the name “Cuckoo Line” was no longer fitting, and so “Cuckoo Trail” became used instead, much as the “Tarka Line” in Devon became the “Tarka Trail”.

Unfortunately, the complete Cuckoo Line was not converted into a smooth path due to the unwillingness of owners of some of the sections of track to part with it. What there is to walk along is still excellent though, and walkers, cyclists and horse riders of all ages regularly make use of the route. There are plenty of benches installed by the council, as well as uniquely sculpted signposts set along the trail. This means that should anybody become tired, it won’t be long until there’s somewhere to sit down and take a load off. The regular benches and beautiful views also make the trail perfect for a picnic.

As the entire line remains unusable, the Cuckoo Trail hasn’t been joined with another trail nearby called The Forest Way. The hope had been that the two could be joined and become one of the better parts of the National Cycle Network, which aims to have routes all around the UK which join up for cyclists and walkers to enjoy, and which will minimise the danger that roads prove to both.

By: Tom Sangers

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The article was written by Tom Sangers on behalf of Flackley Ash Rye Hotel, an East Sussex hotel.



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Oct 07 2008

Cycling Long Distances; Missouri Bicycling Association

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If you are a cycle enthusiast then you need to know the best routes and the safest routes in your state for long-distance cycling. Most states have Bicycling or Cycling Associations to help riders and most are sponsored in part by exceptionally knowledgeable folks who work in the cycling industry or own bike shops. One of the greatest states for long-distance cycling has to be Missouri and indeed here is a very good 190-mile long-distance ride for the hard-core, over achiever and serious cyclist.

Poplar Bluff to Springfield Missouri is a tough one-day ride indeed. It is a very easy course along highway 60 and it is a safe route and most of the road construction although not all has been cleared away. The warm up is a very nice ride Northeast to Ellsinore, MO about 15-miles. The next 15-miles are quite scenic to Van Buren and onto Winona and Birch Tree is also quite scenic about 20 more miles or so.

As you hit Mountain view you have some nice flat speed areas and then you head into Norwood, Mansfield, Seymour, Rogersville and Springfield, MO. It is 190 miles and it is indeed a safe, fun and exhilarating ride for the long-distance cycle enthusiast. Consider all this in 2006.

By: Lance Winslow

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Sep 27 2008

How to Wash Your Down Sleeping Bag

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A good down sleeping bag can be very expensive – you most definitely want to be sure that you care for it properly. To care for it properly, you want to be sure that you wash it when it needs to be washed, and that you wash it correctly. Of course, realize that your down sleeping bag will lose a little of its loft each time you wash it, so wash it sparingly.

A down sleeping bag is not like a pair of underwear – you do not need to wash it after every use! But you may want to wash it at the end of the summer or after a particularly long and stinky backpacking trip. To prevent having to wash your sleeping bag, keep it clean – use a liner or wear clean clothing to bed.

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Jun 05 2008

Discover France on a Cycling Holiday

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France is a very popular travel destination with cyclists because it offers everything necessary for a great trip – great scenery, thousands of miles of coastline, the challenges of cycling the famous routes from the Tour de France…and because there are so many cycling enthusiasts in France, almost every town will have somewhere to get a bike repaired or to buy spare parts if necessary.

There are two main options for those planning a cycling holiday in France:

1) Many cyclists like to book a ‘cycling holiday’, where the routes are pre-arranged by cyclists with local knowledge, support is available in the case of a problem, luggage is often transferred by car to the following night’s accommodation, etc. These type of holidays will also ensure that you are travelling with like minded people.

Often these trips have a focus on sightseeing as much as cycling, and the daily distances travelled and difficulties are typically not great – perhaps 40-60 kilometres per day of cycling, with plenty of time for relaxing and restaurant breaks. It is possible to find more challenging cycling holidays, where the focus is on cycling harder routes and for longer distances, but these are less common.

2) The alternative is a ‘diy’ type trip. Either based in one location, carefully selected for its proximity to good cycle routes, or by pre-booking a series of hotels or chambre d’hotes, it is very possible to create your own route.

This will have the advantage of giving you greater freedom over the routes and distances travelled, and flexibility in how long you spend cycling each day. It will typically be much cheaper than paying for an organised trip, although you will of course need to bring (or hire) a bike – many pre-organised cycling holidays include bike hire in the price.

As well as hotels, many holiday rental properties will also offer facilities for cyclists and allow the extra savings that are made possible by staying in self-catering accommodation. The key is to find somewhere quite centrally placed so you aren’t cycling 10 kilometres along the same gravel track at the start of each ride or excursion!

Having decided what type of cycling holiday to take in France you just need to choose a destination. Many regions of France are good for cyclists and offer quiet roads in beautiful countryside.

As a few general suggestions; for coastline, consider Brittany; for rolling countryside try Gascony, Normandy or Lot et Garonne; for rolling countryside and scenic interest perhaps the Dordogne, Luberon or Burgundy regions are suitable (all have flatter sections and some quite hilly parts); while more hilly regions perhaps the Auvergne, limousin or massif central regions are ideal.

True mountain cycling enthusiasts will head for the great mountain passes of the Alps or the Pyrenees – be aware that these are neither trivial or easy if you have limited cycling experience and should not be taken lightly.

By: Marcus Smith

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See our cycling holidays directory for cycling holidays in France from some of the leading organisers of these trips; or get some other ideas at best places for French Cycling holidays.



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Mar 27 2008

London Bus Tours

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There are 2 key suppliers of Hop on Hop Off London Sightseeing Bus Tours and these are:

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Feb 12 2008

Stawamus Chief – One Of The World’s Largest Monoliths

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Over millions of years it was shaped by the ice during the ice ages that eroded the rock around it. The ice also scooped out Howe Sound which is actually a fjord.

There are about 189 routes for hiking and climbing the Chief. To climb everyone begins at the base of course. However, there are 3 routes for hikers and the rest for rock climbers. The climb is up one of the largest free-standing granite monoliths in the world.

The Chief, The Squaw and The Apron are the names of the individual towers comprising Stawamus Chief Mountain.

Probably the first thing you will notice about the chief is the many different license plates on the many vehicles filling the parking lots.

Over 50,000 visitors hike the mountain and 25,000 climb it each year. The climbers parking lot is located on the east side of Hwy. 99 at the junction with the Swawamus River Forest Road, just north of the Swawamus Chief viewpoint.

The Chief is a tiring, tough, return hike of 7 to 11 km, depending upon which of the 3 routes you choose to do. Everything about this hike is either up or down. Your legs will be sore for a long time after this one. For the first hike, park your vehicle in the lot beside Shannon Falls Provincial Park’s Logger’s Sports Area. Look for the orange markers nailed to a large cedar tree at the north end of the sports area. It takes 15 minutes to walk to the base of the Chief. Notice the smooth face of the rock. This has been shaped by glacial action.

Another approach is to drive to the base of the Chief at the interpretive center and viewing area on Hwy. 99 just north of Shannon falls. You should take the gravel road that leads up the embankment in the middle of the viewpoint. It will link up with the old highway that runs along the base. This is where you really find out just how awesome the chief really is. Now you will realize why it has been featured in countless magazine articles all over the world.

Be sure to visit the Information center to see the many interesting artifacts as well as the history of the Stawamus Chief Mountain.

To reach the trail-head, you turn south and follow the old road to the end. The hike from this point is two miles up to the summit and takes about 2 hours. If you are going to do the Center and North Summit route you should tack on another hour as it is 3.5 miles up. Both of these routes share the common beginning. They divide above Oleson Creek. The trail from Shannon Falls joins up at Oleson Creek as well. From the bottom to the top is 2,000 feet.

Up top you will see the polished surfaces as well as the striated surfaces created during the era when the entire area and rock was actually under thousands of feet of ice. As the ice moved it ground other rock into the surface.

Actually geologists believe that the Chief may be the root of an extinct volcano because no volcanic activity has taken place from 86 million years ago up until about 2-3 million years ago. Since the last ice age no volcanic action has been noted.

By: Joe Macmillan

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Joe and Irma have built a wonderful fact filled site http://www.whistler-outdoors.com with well over 100 pages of information a visitor really must know prior to visiting.



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