BBC 4 tonight 8.30pm - Britain by Bike
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4lqf
An antidote to your stressful day
Clare Balding sets out on a two-wheel odyssey to re-discover Britain from the saddle of a touring cycle.
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.
An antidote to your stressful day
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh good spot!
Sky+ duly textededed.0 -
Cool, I'll try and catch it on iPlayer at some stage.
Plotting some touring action next summer, should be a good incentive0 -
TailWindHome wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4lqfClare Balding sets out on a two-wheel odyssey to re-discover Britain from the saddle of a touring cycle.
Clare Balding in lycra eh? Phwooar! No wait...0 -
I think there's a book to accompany this. My flat mate bought it a few weeks back...
Here it is - http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1187 ... oduct.htmlFCN Daily commute = 11
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Virgin+ box set to record - ta very much. And hurrah for slingbox...http://www.georgesfoundation.org
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DevUK wrote:I think there's a book to accompany this. My flat mate bought it a few weeks back...
Here it is - http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1187 ... oduct.html
Is it good?0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:DevUK wrote:I think there's a book to accompany this. My flat mate bought it a few weeks back...
Here it is - http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1187 ... oduct.html
Is it good?
It's OK, I didn't get the impression it was written by someone who knows a lot about bikes. Not sure it's worth the money.0 -
I would guess that Clare Balding is going for the tweedy lesbian look seeing as this is supposedly a wistful trip down memory lane about cycling in the 20th Century
When she goes down the hill to Hunters Lodge, think of me. Last time I went down that hill I broke my collar bone and spend 3 months off the bike0 -
Tramdodger wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Is it good?
It's OK, I didn't get the impression it was written by someone who knows a lot about bikes. Not sure it's worth the money.
That's the impression I got, but I've only flicked through it to be honest. It's printed in an old fashioned style (much like those children's action/activity books which were popular last year), which is quite nice.FCN Daily commute = 11
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When she goes down the hill to Hunters Lodge...
Now there's a euphemism I've never come across before vorsprung"Consider the grebe..."0 -
Why is it the BBC insisting on spoiling potentially great programmes with irritating presenters? First Julia Bradbury smugly tramping through the Wainwright walks, now Clare Balding pedalling her way across Britain... :roll:FCN 100
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Anyone watch that ITV4 documentary on the guy who did the America coast to coast race? That was very interesting.0
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Thought I'd watch the repeat of this before I went to bed.
Wish I hadn't bothered, for one I hate Clare Balding and still fail to see how anyone likes her as a presenter.
The show seems to loosely be based on the history of the guy writing original cycle touring guides, but it mainly just focuses on whatever scenery or what have you is in the area, much in the same way existing BBC documentaries do, like Coast for example.
The only thing I liked was the fact that some of those Devon places they visited reminded me of when I went there in my youth.
What annoyed me most though is it's obvious she isn't really touring, she is just riding a bike in the various shots where they need to be. Would have been a better show with a better, younger presenter who was actually really cycling Britain fully.0 -
Weii, it's certainly not much about the bike.
If she's really doing all of it then she might get into better shape than she seems to be at the start.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
Rich_E wrote:Wish I hadn't bothered, for one I hate Clare Balding and still fail to see how anyone likes her as a presenter.
ITs a bit like US politics and that works great too.0 -
So much hate
Where will it all end?
Didn't watch it in the end, watched TDF highlights on ITV4 +1, will try to catch it on iplayer.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
pigeon42 wrote:Why is it the BBC insisting on spoiling potentially great programmes with irritating presenters? First Julia Bradbury smugly tramping through the Wainwright walks, now Clare Balding pedalling her way across Britain... :roll:
You forgot Michael Portillo's train journeys....
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TailWindHome wrote:So much hate
Where will it all end?
Didn't watch it in the end, watched TDF highlights on ITV4 +1, will try to catch it on iplayer.0 -
I tuned in briefly when she was talking about water damage to somewhere.
I had hoped it might be more about cycling and less about history. Nonetheless I shall give it another go on the old sky+ this weekend.0 -
I watched this it was much more about the points of interest in the area rather than cycling. There were some comments from the authors (Brierfield ?) old cycling club and a brief naming of his bike - which could have been interesting to some.
it felt more like a travel show to me.No Babbit No, Look what Birdy doing0