#UKCycleTour2026 is done. 2521km total. First order of business will be a shower.
July 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
#UKCycleTour2026 is done. 2521km total. First order of business will be a shower.
#UKCycleTour2026: While you were in a heatwave, I was cold and wet in the Scottish Highlands. But for that the pictures are all the more dramatic.
July 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#UKCycleTour2026: While you were in a heatwave, I was cold and wet in the Scottish Highlands. But for that the pictures are all the more dramatic.
#UKCycleTour2026 km. 1092: Crossing the Tweed.
June 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
#UKCycleTour2026 km. 1092: Crossing the Tweed.
Mapping out my #UKCycleTour2026. First leg will hit up some of the spots from W.G. Sebald's "Rings of Saturn:" Orfordness, Dunwich, the Saints, the bridge over the river Blyth, and Somerleyton.
#cycling #litwiss
#cycling #litwiss
June 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Mapping out my #UKCycleTour2026. First leg will hit up some of the spots from W.G. Sebald's "Rings of Saturn:" Orfordness, Dunwich, the Saints, the bridge over the river Blyth, and Somerleyton.
#cycling #litwiss
#cycling #litwiss
#UKCycletour2026, km 188, der Sog der Leere. More WG Sebald "Rings of Saturn" tourism to #Dunwich.
Dunwich was an important medieval trading port up to 1286, when a catastrophic storm closed the harbor. Over centuries the city was washed to sea by erosion.
Dunwich was an important medieval trading port up to 1286, when a catastrophic storm closed the harbor. Over centuries the city was washed to sea by erosion.
June 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
#UKCycletour2026, km 188, der Sog der Leere. More WG Sebald "Rings of Saturn" tourism to #Dunwich.
Dunwich was an important medieval trading port up to 1286, when a catastrophic storm closed the harbor. Over centuries the city was washed to sea by erosion.
Dunwich was an important medieval trading port up to 1286, when a catastrophic storm closed the harbor. Over centuries the city was washed to sea by erosion.
#UKCycleTour2026, km. 155: The WG Sebald "Rings of Saturn" portion begins with Orford. The National Trust runs a ferry over twice a week, but timing didn't work for me. Sebald paid a guy off to take him, but the island is a sensitive bird habitat, so I'll content myself with this view.
June 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
#UKCycleTour2026, km. 155: The WG Sebald "Rings of Saturn" portion begins with Orford. The National Trust runs a ferry over twice a week, but timing didn't work for me. Sebald paid a guy off to take him, but the island is a sensitive bird habitat, so I'll content myself with this view.
#UKCycleTour2026: Somerleyton, last of my Sebald "Rings of Saturn" stops. The next tour of the manor isn't until Tuesday, so I can't report on the quails. Hope they're doing better than in August 1992.
June 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
#UKCycleTour2026: Somerleyton, last of my Sebald "Rings of Saturn" stops. The next tour of the manor isn't until Tuesday, so I can't report on the quails. Hope they're doing better than in August 1992.
#UKCycleTour2026, Km 2351: Nottingham. An obsession with the Robin Hood legend when I was five might have been an early milestone in the formation of my class consciousness.
July 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
#UKCycleTour2026, Km 2351: Nottingham. An obsession with the Robin Hood legend when I was five might have been an early milestone in the formation of my class consciousness.
#UKCycleTour2026, km 256: Lowestoft. More Sebald "Rings of Saturn" tourism. Sebald slathers on the melancholy, and pointing out that some of these places are more pleasant than he makes out is cheap. But can report that Lowestoft in 2026 accords with his description in the novel.
June 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
#UKCycleTour2026, km 256: Lowestoft. More Sebald "Rings of Saturn" tourism. Sebald slathers on the melancholy, and pointing out that some of these places are more pleasant than he makes out is cheap. But can report that Lowestoft in 2026 accords with his description in the novel.
#UKCycleTour2026, km 1297-1409: a rewarding day #cycling the Scottish Highlands.
June 25, 2026 at 7:53 PM
#UKCycleTour2026, km 1297-1409: a rewarding day #cycling the Scottish Highlands.
#UKCycleTour2026, km 1017: Coastal Northumbria. This is nice.
June 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
#UKCycleTour2026, km 1017: Coastal Northumbria. This is nice.
#UKCycleTour2026, km 199: More Sebald Rings of Saturn, the bridge over the Blyth. Sebald connects this bridge to the history of European destabilization of China in the 19th century. The contemporary footbridge replaced the one built for the railway that maybe was meant for the Chinese emperor.
June 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
#UKCycleTour2026, km 199: More Sebald Rings of Saturn, the bridge over the Blyth. Sebald connects this bridge to the history of European destabilization of China in the 19th century. The contemporary footbridge replaced the one built for the railway that maybe was meant for the Chinese emperor.