It may have a way to go before it rivals Amsterdam but Plymouth has been named as the UK’s most bike-friendly city. Big cycling cities like London and Cambridge, however, languished in towards the bottom of the list.
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Sunday 27 May 2012
Pitch up at the new luxury campsite at Dromquinna Manor (00 353 64 664 2888; dromquinnamanor.com) on the south-west coast of Ireland. A dozen safari tents, including five suitable for families, are the latest accommodation on offer at this waterside estate in Co Kerry. Swimming, cycling and horse riding are among the activities on offer and there's a daily water-taxi to nearby Kenmare. Two-bed family tents cost from €150 (£120) per night for two adults; children under 16 pay €15 (£12) per night. Return ferry crossings from Pembroke to Rosslare cost from £330 with Irish Ferries (0818 300 400; irishferries.com).
One Minute With: Shirley Hughes, author & illustrator
Saturday 26 May 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
Alan Oakley: Designer whose Raleigh Chopper bike was a defining image of the 1970s
Saturday 26 May 2012
Oakley had an envelope, his wife said, 'and he just drew this bike on the back of it – and that was it'
Cycling: Youthful Basque breakaway claims maiden win
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Little-known rider Jon Izagirre escaped under the radar this afternoon as he shot away to claim stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia.
Cycling: Giro d'Italia has shown Mark Cavendish's Team Sky have work to do
Monday 21 May 2012
Having taken three wins in this year’s Giro d’Italia, despite suffering just as many crashes, Mark Cavendish looks as strong as he ever has.
Cycling: Swift forced out of Giro by crash
Friday 04 May 2012
Great Britain's Ben Swift has suffered a major setback to his Olympic hopes after sustaining a fractured right shoulder in a crash during a training ride.
Divers help in river search for missing eight-year-old boy
Saturday 28 April 2012
Police divers were today helping in the continuing search for an eight-year-old boy who fell into a swollen river while playing with friends.
Robert Redford the Sundance Kid shoots down a PM 'in trouble'
Thursday 26 April 2012
Robert Redford says PM has underestimated public appetite for innovative film-making
Tories' favourite cab tycoon blasted for attack on cyclists
Saturday 21 April 2012
Addison Lee chief forced into a hasty retreat after blaming bikes for accidents
Cycling: Riccardo Ricco banned for 12 years
Thursday 19 April 2012
Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been banned for 12 years by the country's anti-doping tribunal for his second doping offense.
Desert nation Turkmenistan to create ice hockey league
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Ice hockey is hardly the most suitable sport for a desert nation where temperatures can soar as high as 50C.
Police issue online plea to find schoolboy's killers
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Police investigating the murder of a schoolboy used the first anniversary of his stabbing to issue an online plea for information.
Paul Guest: Climber who was first to conquer the great Changuch peak
Tuesday 10 April 2012
In the Cordillera Real range in Bolivia he came down some slopes by bicycle
The power of spin: Hula hoop your way to happiness
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Hula hooping is this summer's fitness fad, promising not just to firm your abs but boost confidence, mood – and even sex drive. Harriet Walker discovers it's trickier than it looks
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