We woke very late and decided to have a morning on foot rather than on saddle. We explored the delightful Steephill Cove, the coastal footpath and the Botanical Gardens. Due to subsidence the coastal footpath has been diverted through the Botanical Gardens so we thought we would take the opportunity to visit them even though lots of signs tried to persuade the coastal footpath walkers that they should visit the paying kiosk, we did a quick tour and got back onto...

After a good night 's sleep we pulled the curtains to see the sun ,something we hadn't seen the previous day. We enjoyed a very healthy breakfast which I didn't think was included in the Premier Inn price but no one seemed to want to take our money. The restaurant seemed to be full of families with school children which we assume we're being housed in the Premier Inn as it's the cheapest B&B around. We were probably mistaken for one of these f...

We loaded up the tandem and eventually left home at 10.15 on the first leg of our journey to the Isle of Wight. We waved goodbye to Sarah and Duncan who like everyone else thought our holiday was a little bizarre . The weather was not good for cycling the wind was horrendous but having booked our accommodation there was no going back. The first few miles went pretty smoothly and although it was cool and windy we made good progress. I was enjoying the the beautifu...

This is a blog about our cycling tour on our tandem from Witney to Isle of Wight and back.How good we are at updating remains to be seen but there maybe a blog for our planned forthcomming Round The World tour - not on the tandem!