{"id":5501,"date":"2024-09-17T18:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T17:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T17:43:33","slug":"a-brief-taste-of-the-icknield-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/biking\/a-brief-taste-of-the-icknield-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief taste of the Icknield Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today, on an unusually warm sunny day in September, I took the train up to Cambridge with the intention of exploring on my motorcycle some off road route near to the city. Its part of the Icknield Way<\/a> an ancient walking route from Buckinghamshire to Norfolk that passes near Cambridge on its way to Suffolk and Norfolk. The part that I rode turned out to be quite a safe and easy gravel route, occasionally sloping up hill and very occasionally wet with muddy puddles. I can imagine that it would be not so easy to ride after wet weather. But it was a confidence booster. The last time I took my highly off road capable bike off the tarmac was in Portugal to try part of the ACT <\/a>heading south from Braganza and that was a more tricky ride, with lots of turnoffs to avoid and all done in 35 degree heat. This reminded me of the Bardenas Reales<\/a> in Spain which is a much easier and entertaining route. I need to do this more often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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