http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Clare Balding Britain - Recent Posts en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:54:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13168#post-160061 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:41:45 +0000 Stickman 160061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The whole series has been repeated recently on BBC4 and I think I've watched them all now through the miracle of iplayer. </p> <p>It's a pleasant enough half-hour, in a similar vein to Portillo's Great Railway Journeys (which is far superior, IMHO). </p> <p>What is very interesting though is the accounts and photos of the touring club outings from the 40s and 50s. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13168#post-160059 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:20:02 +0000 HankChief 160059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just spotted this was on the telly earlier tonight (BBC4).</p> <p>Anyone watch it? Any good?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4lqf">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4lqf</a></p> <p>Clare Balding sets out on a two-wheel odyssey to re-discover Britain from the saddle of a touring cycle.</p> <p>In a six-part series, Clare follows the wheeltracks of compulsive cyclist and author Harold Briercliffe whose evocative guide books of the late 1940s lovingly describe by-passed Britain - a world of unspoiled villages, cycle touring clubs and sunny B roads.</p> <p>Carrying a set of Harold's Cycling Touring Guides for company and riding his very own bicycle, Clare embarks on six iconic cycle rides to try and find the world he described - if it's still there.</p> <p>Her first journey takes Clare to the rugged and beautiful Atlantic coast of north Devon - from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster in the early 1950s, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland, and a hidden silver mine whose riches probably helped England win the Battle of Agincourt. </p>