PLAY PODCASTS
A Bike Ride

A Bike Ride

Andrew Martin and his bike catch a train to Derby to enjoy a long leisurely country cycle.

The Essay · BBC Radio 3

March 30, 202312m 51s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Five Bicycle-Shaped Musings from writer, raconteur and life-long cyclist Andrew Martin

On a visit to bucolic Derbyshire, Martin pootles happily along a disused railway on a Sustrans National Cycle Network. Early cyclists resisted dedicated cycle lanes; today cycle lanes are regularly created to foster the new cycling boom.

Written and read by Andrew Martin Produced by Karen Holden