Part 2 of 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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0:13 Spilsby
2:16 Cocoon land
6:19 Cleethorpes
09:57 Brigg
11:05 Morning brew
12:41 Gainsborough Old Hall
16:13 Colbournes cafe
17:45 Lincoln Castle & Cathedral
Spilsby Just had a mega bap in Spilsby. So, we refuelled some
public toilets there. We’ve used them. Had a quick wash. We’re back on the road. It’s 10:00 and it’s
quite warm today. I believe there’s some rain due in about 2200 tonight. So, as long as we make some
good progress today, we should stay a bit dry. Yeah. Dog fight fight of birds. Is that a kite? No, it’s a buzzard. A buzzard. Yeah, the crows were That’s us off that busy road and onto a little incline. Just riding through Willoughby now. There’s hedges in this. Yeah. opposed to
yesterday where there was no protection. Holes ahead and we arrived at the coast about 5 mi north of Skegness in a place called Chapel St. leonards a place known for caravans and campsites. It just reminded me of the film Cocoon. Our priority here was to get a water refill and keep moving as it was baking hot by this point. a very warm day and very breezy. Thankfully, the majority
has been a tail. that’s 47 miles done for today. Just coming up to midday. Just come
from the coast in land. A couple of busy roads, with very heavy traffic. So I haven’t filmed on there.
Just hoping it gets a bit quieter from here. quite open on these roads again. So having to
contend with side winds adds to the challenge. It’s really warm today. High high 20s. I’m not so
sure. Maybe 24. Drank a bottle of water. Just over an hour. Getting the fluids down. But there’s
not many places to stop this part of the route. Another busy road. This is more like it. Heading back towards the
coast now and then we’re going to hug a left and start going north towards Grimsby. So, we’re about 5 to 6 miles from Grimsby. Hopefully we’re not going to go to Grimsby because it’s very grim there. I nearly missed this one. Bad dad jokes I hear See the tower up at Grimby ahead in the distance.
So making good progress today. It’s close to 3:00 I believe. 2:26. So that’s over 70 miles done so 70.71. So maybe another 30 miles today. We got good time to do it. So this is Cleethorpes. This was a lovely sunny Friday afternoon, but unfortunately our timing on reaching Cleethorpes was far from ideal. If we had more time, we may have pushed onto Grimsby, but we continued with our plan. Our poor timing seen us arrive at a time where school had just finished. People were leaving work. This created a huge amount of traffic on the roads and the drivers of the
vehicles were very impatient. There was lots of slipping on and off cycle paths and roads. It
was not my idea of having fun. Whilst the hustle and bustle continued, we stopped for an afternoon snack, which was very much needed by this point. Once we got going, we started to head in land once again, heading towards somewhere to eat and eventually stay. It’s coming up to 80 miles. It’s been a really warm day. I’m hoping that’s the last of that busy traffic
segment and we’re back into quiet roads cuz that was not a nice bit for me. It’s probably the time
of day. 1500 onwards. Kids coming out of school, people leaving work. Friday evening,
it’s just a cacophony for a disaster. But not before Wolfy getting some
of the dreaded cramps out of nowhere. It’s okay. He’d fix that later on
with a well- earned beer or two. Remote controlled aircraft. It’s been very Ardennes then like you’re either going
up or down. Yeah, I’m not complaining. 93 miles in. Heading towards Brigg now. Just
looking got a downhill segment. We’re all good. That’s just over 100 miles done. They
even put a sign out for Wolfy over here. Brigg is a small market town
situated on one of the most Northly points of this route. The people there were
pleasant. We stopped at Weather Spoons which was saturated with young and old. After
Wolfy stopped hiccoping from his beers, we soon started to head southwest to find our
camp for the night. All right, all fed, had a good sit down in the sun for about an hour. Bit
of a chill. Going to go find somewhere to camp. Yeah, It was a nice place. Really eating in
there and the people seem all nice. Get the tent up and I get some
rest ready for tomorrow. Cheers on to leg three of our journey
to Gainsborough this morning. We’ll get some breakfast there. All been well
and then off to the castle. Morning. Yeah. All the way back here. You can’t hear Wolfy’s beeping. His squeaking. His mobile phone’s going off. Peaceful What building is this? This building was in fact Gainsborough Old Hall. The hall is open throughout the year, but we arrived a little early. That didn’t stop us taking time to admire this beautiful old building. The hall was built in 1460 by a rich and powerful family. It was a demonstration of the family’s
wealth and prominence in the area at the time. Inside there are a number of witches marks thought
to prevent against evil. There are also curses carved into its walls as well as a number of burn marks to protect against fire. On the outskirts of Gainsborough. Few raindrops in the sky Willingham Gainesburgh. Got William Gainesburgh. Another church. Nice design. Still lead on it as well amazingly We’ve rode 26 miles just short of two hours.
Currently heading towards Lincoln. We didn’t stop for any breakfast in Gainsborough. So been a little
bit hungry, but nothing can’t handle. So, since we’re in Gainsborough, I’ve been on
country lens, quite a country lanes. We just spied Lincoln, which is to my left now, so I should
be able to see it very shortly. It’s very much in the distance, probably about 8 miles away. See
that white house, cream house in the distance just behind it? That’s where I can see. So, that’s
where we’re heading towards in the the ground that looks a little bit higher. Until then,
we’re going to battle on with this headwind. Any chance this could be a Roman
road? It certainly feels like it doesnt it. They don’t know how to put corners in it. just riding along. the
canal path into Lincoln. Now just letting my food settle down. That’s where we’re headed in the distance. In front of us is a bridge. If we stuck to the original route, we wouldn’t go into Lincoln.
So, I plotted a little route separate. It’s about seven miles in and around Lincoln and back
out. And it will rejoin this part of the route. SNAKE!!! the nice barges. And this was our detour to see the
city of Lincoln, mainly the castle and the cathedral. Steep hills. But first,
we had a few cheeky gradients to deal with, which I ended up riding twice because
I forgot to restart my GPS. What a rookie mistake. And I couldn’t
leave it just like that. 14%. Thank you, mate. Thank you. Come on. Do it. Keep going. The early part of this majestic cathedral
dates back to 1072. An earthquake a century later seen it severely damaged. After this,
it was rebuilt in phases with an abundance of Gothic architecture that we can see today,
making it the magnificent beauty it is. Is the UK’s fourth largest cathedral by floor
area, falling behind Liverpool, St. Paul’s, and Yorkminster. It also boasts to hold one of
the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta which can be seen in the castle. Closely situated next to the cathedral is Lincoln Castle which creates a visually striking relationship at the city’s high point. The castle is of medieval design constructed during the late 11th century by no other than William the Conqueror, a man of many talents I hear. This castle
is one of only two castles in the country that has two mottes. It was used as a prison
and court until modern times which help preserve it. On the day we visited, it
was ready to be used as a concert venue. So, behind these houses is the castle walls. We’re
just going to circumn around the castle walls, find a few arches, the town hall,
and know we have back to the route. Still quite old worldy down here, with a modern face. Although Lincoln was beautiful and quirky, we
didn’t hang around too long. Many parts were too busy for our liking. It was nice to look at and
enjoy, but we also enjoy the tranquility of the countryside so much more. So once we had seen what
we had wanted to see, we’re back onto the route.