One of the key projects of the year was researching,recceing,writing and photographing a guidebook to cycling in the Peak District for Cicerone Press.
Better known for their walking guides (go into any outdoors shop,and the rows after rows of little blue (or sometimes brown or green,but mostly blue!) walking guidebooks are all from Cicerone. And now they’re expanding further into cycling guidebooks,of which Cycling in the Peak District is the first of a new series.
I’m not going to give too many clues away,but it takes a slightly different approach to others on the market currently! It’s not a pure mountain biking book –there’s plenty of those out there already. And it’s not full of 2mile routes “up to the teashop and back along a flat easy-going trail”. Instead it offers something in between that is hopefully of greater appeal to the majority of folks who ride a bike –however occasionally or keenly. And there’s a good twist at the end for more experienced riders (or those that have worked their way up through the easier routes!)
I also intend that this section of the website will expand to include gear reviews,route ideas and general cycling thoughts –but I need a little more free time in the office than I’ve currently got!
