Author: Tim Moss

With a heavy heart we have taken the decision to cancel the Cycle Touring Festival 2020 (although read on for details of a virtual alternative). It seems highly unlikely that the current crisis will have calmed down by the end

For the next festival, we are focussing particularly on adventures close to home.   The climate emergency we are facing in the world means it is becoming increasingly hard to justify frequent flying.  The bicycle offers a perfect low-carbon means

Thanks to all those who responded to the survey questionnaire about the 2019 festival. In general, feedback was overwhelmingly positive and we are so glad people enjoyed the event. A lot of hard work goes into it and giving up

At the Cycle Touring Festival in 2019, we ran a camp stove cookery session. We asked participants to contribute their recipe ideas and tips. Here are the crowd-sourced recipes we collected. 1) Ziplock bag omlette roll Put eggs in a

At the Cycle Touring Festival in 2019, we ran a camp stove cookery session. We asked participants to contribute their recipe ideas and tips. Here are the tips people contributed. The next blog post will be the recipes. 1. Carry

Festival regular, John Metcalfe, is planning to ride to the festival from Kendal and is inviting you to join him. Here are the key details: Meet: 10am, Friday 24 May 2019 at Oxenholme Station or at John’s house, 4 miles

The festival weekend is the beginning of half term for many people, which means traffic can be terrible. In previous years, there have been horror stories of people stuck on the M6 for 10 hours. Why not avoid all this,

Looking for a Christmas present for the cyclist in your life? Consider buying them a ticket to the only festival in the UK which is dedicated to cycle touring. The dates are 24 – 27 May 2019 and it will

We have announced the full programme of events for the 2018 Cycle Touring Festival. Click here to download the programme The itinerary is as ram-packed as ever, and you can’t go every session, so now is your chance to start

Do you think your local bike shop would display a poster for us? We’re really keen to expand our reach and get more, new people at this year’s Cycle Touring Festival so have had a fancy flyer designed to help