CYCLING
Bring your own bikes or hire from us. Hire rates, per bike, £12.00 for the first day and £8.00 for subsequent days. We will make sure the bike is adjusted to your height and we provide safety helmets, high visibility vests and maps. In the event of a puncture, mechanical breakdown or mishap we will collect you and the bikes from the nearest road. The Taplow area is popular with cyclists – many pass our house on summer weekends. However, we are on a hill – if you wish, we will deliver and collect you and your bikes to and from a flat and traffic free location.
The following areas are suitable for cycling:
- LOCAL RURAL ROADS. An excellent way of seeing the countryside, ideal for confident cyclists who can cope with hills.
- THE THAMES PATH. An ideal traffic free environment for cycling. See our favourite parts of the Thames.
- THE JUBILEE RIVER. This is a manmade flood relief river that leaves the Thames at Taplow and rejoins it at Windsor. Imaginative landscaping has created a watery haven for wildlife. Most of the riverbank is part of the National Cycle Trail.
- WINDSOR GREAT PARK. Easy cycling and great fun for the inexperienced cyclist. Click here for more info on the Great Park.
For an unforgettable day try our ESCORTED CYCLE TOUR OF LONDON. The roads of central London are perhaps safer than country lanes thanks to the relatively slow traffic speeds, cycle routes and the right to use bus lanes. Also, congestion charging has reduced the number of cars in central London. We take our bikes by train to London Paddington and then cycle at a very gentle pace to all the major sights, we usually include Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, St Pauls, Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the South Bank. The distances are relatively short, there are no steep hills, the route is flexible - you dictate the pace and your guide knows the way! Interested? Ask us for more info.