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A Bike Ride

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Five Bicycle-Shaped Musings from writer, raconteur and life-long cyclist Andrew Martin

On a visit to bucolic Derbyshire, Martin pootles happily along a disused railway on a Sustrans National Cycle Network. Early cyclists resisted dedicated cycle lanes; today cycle lanes are regularly created to foster the new cycling boom.

Written and read by Andrew Martin Produced by Karen Holden


Published on Thursday, 30th March 2023.

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