A 300 mile multi-surface cycling adventure that routes around the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire. This edit is for those of you that like shorter videos! The full video is here https://youtu.be/nturijMSr5I
This adventure navigates to and through some historic sites, more info on the route can be found on the official website https://www.thekingjohnway.com/
Our route started in Holbeach as it was the closest point to us, we rode late afternoon on a Thursday evening and finished on the Sunday at lunchtime. This series is a record of our adventure giving an insight to what is on the route but there is so much more….. so get and and create your own memories on this epic route. Bike and luggage weight appx 28kgs.
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Check out some of my other content that visits some historic sites.
The Maldon Wyrm: https://youtu.be/2xmMf9JRZtU
The Essex Serpent: https://youtu.be/8AZp7ITEI2A
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14% Change. Come on. You can do it. Oh, made it without falling in. 300 mile bike ride. It’s going to be more
likely 310 miles of the new King John Way, which goes through the Shires. Two routes, one on road, one off road. The one we’re going to do is the off-road one. A Thursday evening fter work. We’re going to get between 23 and 43 miles in tonight, find somewhere to stay.
at each day maybe a 100 miles with the last day being 60 odd miles and I try and finish it
by a Sunday but if not I’ve got a Monday as a slip day Lincoln Castle the old medieval 11th
century castle that’s what I’m looking forward to the most in here never ridden on these
roads before I’ve not even visited most of the places so it’s proper little adventure for
me and for Wolfy flat as a pancake innit Glorious sun out and a nice tailwind. So, we’re
making some good progress to start with. bit of drama. That’s the first hour done. We’ve just
done over 15 miles. It’s a nice cruise on these roads. We don’t even met a handful
of cars. So, we’re heading towards Boston. Probably a little bit too far ahead of our
market. So, we’re going to get some food there. Things might change now and we have
a look about to see what Boston can offer. Boston. There was some nice buildings.
I just wasn’t prepared. I mean, I should have tried harder at school
with languages. But even if I had, I would have struggled to understand
anybody here. But who am I to judge? I suppose I’m a typical Englishman that
goes abroad and expects everyone else to speak English. The only difference here is
I wasn’t the one who embarrassed myself. but by this time our bellies were calling. Made it to Boston. Going to have a bite to
eat and place in here. Rancho Grill. We spent Wolfiey’s monthly wage on a
chicken burger and we’re off on the canal. Bumpy. Very bumpy along here. Yeah, very quiet roads. Not a car since we
were in Boston. So, why is this route named King John? Well, King John Lackland was the king
of England between 1199 and 1216. He was infamous for his conflict with the English baronss.
He was a son of King Henry II and brother of Richard I also known as Richard the Lionheart.
John had many ties to the area we’re riding, hence the connection. A revolt at the end of his
reign led to the sealing of the Magna Carta. He eventually died at the age of 49 in Newark
Castle, a place we will visit on the route there. So it doesn’t fall back. It cannot. So
my seat post bodgege has failed already. Just need to zip tie around it. All the true
GCN traditions. That means round to be still cruising along here. Change of direction. We’re
going to go over this bridge. It’s a spa trail. Let’s see what delights it’s got in store for us. Cruising speed. So 6:50 in the morning and we’re out back on
the route. It’s a damp start to the morning just with due on the tent, but really nice
temperature. Not a bad location to sleep. We’re just on this little track now. And
then we’re going to go and find some food this morning. Maybe in Horn Church. If
not, we’ll push on. Just a gentle pace. Beautiful morning. Lots of cloud in the sky.
Sun is shining. Warm. Nice. No air. No wind. Thank you. First little link climb we’ve come to
in sort of 45 46 milesi. Nice warm up. It’s supposed to be flat in Lincolnshire. This is a nice little spot. I cheated. I went up the bridge. 13 1/2 miles in this morning. We still
don’t had breakfast, but we’re just cruising along. And we’ll stop somewhere
appropriate when it happens. But until then, we’re enjoying these country little learns.
The elevation’s been good today. Up and down, twisty, lots of like oak trees. You
can hear the birds tweeting along them, rabbits running across the road.
Usual thing, but it’s been good. Bit of a wind from over here, but a nice view. Bowling Brook Castle is easily missed if you
don’t keep an eye on the route. Luckily, we’ve noticed and loop back to the old castle ruin.
This enclosure castle was built out of Spilsby Greenstone. Spilsby itself is a town we will visit
shortly. This area was first fortified by the Saxons around the sixth or 7th century. Later on,
the Normans built a modern belly on a nearby hill, but it wasn’t until 1220 the present structure
was built. The future king Henry IVth was born at a castle in 1367. By the 15th or 16th
century, which was around the Tudtor period, the castle had fallen into disrepair and
was used as an administrative center. At the start of the first English civil war,
the castle was again put into military use to garrison soldiers, becoming a defensible
base. However, in 1643, it was badly damaged, besieged by forces that went to the castle was
destroyed. In 1652, what remained of the castle was slated, meaning it was deliberately damaged
to reduce its value. The towers and walls were torn down and dumped into the moat. The
last major structure collapsed in 1815. More hills. Not quite finished yet, but that 10% are up there.