Leverington, Cambridgeshire

Hi all and what a fantastic forum. I really like the commuting guide

Having just taking up riding a bike after 20 years from being in the saddle I am starting out slowly. Only riding about 3 miles a day but even that is hard going for me in the wind lol.

Looking forward to getting fit and reading up on everyones exploits

Paul

Hi Paul - welcome, good to have you here. cambridgeshire - what a nice part of the world.....not too many hills

Thanks mate. Cambs is flat but living on the fens means the wind really wizzes but not quite the same as when I lived on the Isle of Lewis

welcome Paul J we are not to mad all the time but sometimes we are

Cambridgeshire is full of hills... you just have to look really, really hard to find them. Not much your end of the county though, but if you fancy some respite from the wind, here's my guide to them... http://velorichard.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/the-top-10-cambridgeshire-hill-routes/

Happy riding!

Great to have you on board

Hi Paul! I'm Cambridgeshire too (and new here)... there's nothing quite like inching your way across a fen into a headwind while beet lorries thunder past on the other side of the road to make you feel slow. When I started in October even ploughing tractors overtook me...

Hi Kate,

I know the feeling as they scream passed, narrowly missing you while on the mobile phone.

Nothing wrong with being mad, only a problem when it becomes crazy....Now where did I put those pills

I know of two in quick succession in Peterborough.. A47 slip roads both of them!

Which is worse though.. the scarily close ones that give you a momentary respite from the wind or the ones going the other way that send a rocketing gust sideways?

welcome

The only hills I come across are those annoying round green grassed things that the council cover in flowers in the warmer months

Welcome Paul, I have actually been to Leverington. I always think Cambs should be split into two halves as far as hills go, north and south of the A14. Last weekend I rode with Cambridge CC on their 75 mile Reliability Ride and that included 900m of climbing, so definitely not flat. Keep at it and hopefully you will be doing forum rides before too long.

There's some lovely riding west of the A1 around Oundle though...and it does get pretty hilly up towards Rutland.

Pilsgate Hill from Stamford (inside Cambridgeshire) Climbs 140 feet in just under a mile... Actually the North East corner of Cambridgeshire above Peterborough isn't quite as level as I first thought!

hi

Welcome from Liverpool

I try to do a few of the Cambs "mountains" every week. Living in Cambridge the Beechwood hill up to the Roman Rd is the one I ride most, Coploe hill near Ikleton is one to get you nicely warmed up on a cold day. The lanes around the Cambs, Suffolk and Essex borders are quite lumpy and I love riding this area. Some nice pubs for a lunch time stop as well.

Welcome there are lots of us born again cyclists on here and lots of very helpful people on board