Brompton Bikepacking... and a Tern! Friends on folding bikes

[@timothywimborne1722]

Gosh, you’re hardy. That looked so cold. Good on you for getting out there and doing it.

[@MiriamKennedy]

A lovely cycle and adventure Susanna 🤗 Plenty of laughs, good and bold food and lovely scenery along the way! Nice to have company to share in it all too!! Roll on Wales 🤗😎 x

[@ceriedwards6315]

Hi Miriam… if you need somewhere to stay on your Cathedrals tour (one I’d like to do!), and/or a bit of company I have spare bedrooms. I’m in Nottinghamshire and can access the Southwell, Derby, Leicester sections. Happy to pick you up and re-drop you to stop/start point, so please just PM me! That applies to you too Susanna, of course!!! Have fun x

[@susannathornton]

Aw thanks Miriam! Yeh bold food haha that is a great way of putting it 😁 we sent a pic of our chips and burger lunch to my husband and he said hmm the only green thing he could see was the serviette haha xx

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@susannathornton brilliant 😂😂

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@ceriedwards6315 aw thanks Ceri - that’s very kind and sweet of you!! 🤗

[@susannathornton]

@@ceriedwards6315 Aw Ceri thank you, so lovely of you!

[@mithuharjani3620]

Excellent video, and with perfect images. 👍😊☘️

[@normantulloch3920]

Hi Susanna. Only yesterday I was wondering how you were doing, so it's good to see you lookng so apparently healthy and happy.

[@KarlOnSea]

Yay! - Glad you're back again, and seemingly continuing to be on the mend!

[@susannathornton]

Hi Karl! thank you for writing! Hope you are doing OK!

[@davidhale1568]

Youth hostels have changed a bit looks like they even have hot water now 😊 Good to see you cycling with a friend 🚲

[@richardbarrett4104]

Great to see you back on the Brompton Susanna, keep well. Richard. Bromptonpensioner.

[@stuartsutherland7664]

Another great wee adventure from the big city! That youth hostel looked very comfy, especially for a February night. Last Time I cycled alongside a canal my front wheel hit a tree root and knocked me off, thankfully into the bushes rather than the canal. Thanks for sharing Susanna.

[@andrewmuirhead86]

Super to see you Susanna,miss your videos,lovely friend you have.

[@lsismeiro]

New video! Thank you Susanna for taking us in the ride. :)

[@ianmedium]

Wonderful adventure, I’m also very much looking forward to the next which looks like an extreme adventure! Nothing like getting into a nice warm sleeping bag in a well secured tent with the wind and snow blowing!

[@Curlew-Corner]

Lovely to see another of your super films. Hope all going well with you. Look forward to your upcoming Wales film. Take care.

[@rogberube6422]

So glad to see you again, Susanna. 🤗

[@pauljenkins2501]

It was only a couple of days ago that I realised I hadn't seen any new videos from you for a while, and I hoped that everything was OK with you. And now, your lovely new video has popped up, and there is the promise of more to come. I am SO pleased that you are out and about. Thank you for your video. And haven't youth hostels moved on a bit!!!!

[@leroygee2902]

So happy to see your post today. Been wondering how you were doing. Hope all is going well health wise and otherwise! Loved the scenery and music. Thankyou

[@susannathornton]

Thanks Leroy! glad you liked the film!

[@Fahrradkanal]

Hello Susanna, I was very happy to see you on a bike trip again. Heading north from London this time. I find the riverside bike trails I saw in your video very romantic. Thank you for sharing the video. Best regards, Kurt

[@robertbryant9154]

Great video again Susanna 😊 Nice to see you looking so well, I found it interesting as I own a Brompton and the same Tern as your friend Lynne 👍

[@davidsaxby5400]

I’m looking at getting a Tern. Which model are you mentioning here?

[@robertbryant9154]

@@davidsaxby5400 I have the Link D8 It looks exactly like the one in this video

[@stephenlawrence8991]

Love vlog thank you I keep you in my prayers and thoughts

[@pootlingalong8928]

At my desk at work when “ping!” a Susanna video landed AND only 12 or so minutes so I could enjoy it during my lunch break! Good to see both you and Lynne looking so well. Thoroughly enjoyed the film of course and looking forward to seeing Wales, thank you for sharing 🤗

[@susannathornton]

Hello Pootling along! thank you for the lovely comment! Hope you are keeping well!

[@tonypaddler]

It’s great to see you out again Susanna 👍🙂

[@ThePensionerAdventurer]

Hello Susanna, Good to see you looking so well and spending time on your bike... I am sure it's nice to do the occasional adventure with a friend. That Youth Hostel look really nice, I think it was the 70's the last time I stayed in one. See you on the next one. Take care. Paul,,

[@susannathornton]

Hi Paul! yeh, was kind of the 80s for us, the last time we were in a YHA. Remember those little membership cards? collecting stamps from each hostel and things like that. Ah the old days! Interesting to see what it is like now. We enjoyed it. Nice kitchen, nice to meet people and natter, and the staff were chilled about us putting our bikes in the room etc. Anyway, hope you're doing OK!

[@philipmartin9599]

Another lovely escape 🚴😀

[@yoohoo909]

Nice! Your vids make me really regret that I didn't venture across the channel to taste that beautiful English countryside when I cycled from France to the Netherlands. Glad your 'back in the saddle'!

[@TR4zest]

What a lovely tour. I was waiting for the scone-spread-jam vs scone-jam-spread debate. Thanks for the video. I'm looking forward to your Wales trip.

[@GOBBYBOY333]

Hi Susanna, what a lovely wee trip (by your standards) I do love the way you film and edit, I'm guessing you are a professional or you certainly know how to make a lovely film. I hope the treatment is going well, you are certainly doing all the right things and I trust the prognosis is good. I'm already looking forward to the next, thanks for sharing. ATB Big Dave Scotland

[@craiglouw4057]

Brilliant ❤️ so good to see you out and about again

[@218colin1]

You make it look so easy. Thank you Susanna

[@kaylaquaqualezzi711]

Great to see you, hope all is well 👍😊🙏❤

[@loulloyd628]

Lovely to see you on the bike again, I have missed your vlogs. I must get my Brompton out again, I miss riding

[@jasonloke2219]

Glad to see you are taking a friend on your ride. Cheers!

[@susannathornton]

Hi Jason! thanks! yes I am lucky. Such a lovely friend! Someone to eat burned scones with is hard to find

[@jellyartist]

Hey Susanna - looks like a lot of fun. Great weather too for that time of year, you were lucky considering how wet it’s been generally. Some interesting buildings featured like that tower. Unusual! Hope you are okay and having fun. Cheers Vin

[@wilmadegraaf4753]

So intrigued by the “Tern” and the luggage setup on the Tern. Looks like you could pack tons of stuff in those panniers and I’m not one for packing light 😒. So glad you are on the Bromp in February having a wonderful time with a friend and I’m looking forward to what you get up to in Wales. Cheers from Canada 😘

[@44950]

Another lovely adventure for you and with company for a change. :-) Good to see you out and about and smiling. Good luck for future adventures.

[@peterforde9513]

Wonderful micro journey; wish we had that hostel in the US. I am looking forward to Wales. Glad to see you are doing so well.

[@colinpearce7079]

Hi Susanna,lovely to see your video,your drive and enthusiasm still amazes me,Hertfordshire is not a county I’m familiar with but it looks lovely,great YHA,we did a recent Brompton ride here in Notts & it’s amazing what local interest you see not far from home,atb & looking forward to more adventures,Colin P. xx.

[@Bokooda]

Nice to see your putting the miles in. Looked like a fun trip

[@julianhawker7672]

Great to see you out and about again. I nearly fell over when I realised it was you on R4 a bit back, was doing some bike repairs half listening and all of a sudden the penny dropped! I stayed in 2 youth hostels last year after a similar hiatus and really enjoyed it, lots of interesting characters to chat to in the evening. (which is always a highlight for me/chance encounters/conversations etc) Take care. 👍

[@susannathornton]

Oh that sounds good your hostel experience. We enjoyed meeting people too, then it was also nice we had a cosy room to ourselves. Aw god yeh Radio 4 that was a thing, amazing that they approached me. Hope you didnt drop an allen key and chip your top tube or anything! thanks for writing!

[@andrewsmith6674]

Always look forward to your videos. The youth hostel looks fab. Glad to see you looking well. Can't wait for the next installment.

[@fanfanlatulipe76]

Hi Susanna Thank you for your videos. You are so inspiring. I follow you from Rouen in France and watching your adventures is always a kind of boost. I look forward to your next video. See you soon 😘

[@psocretes8183]

I used to live in Enfield and Waltham Abbey area. I left about eight years ago, it's a great place for safe cycling and countryside too. I used to ride on my bike into Epping forrest before nightfall and go off the main paths to try and get lost. I would have a couple of beers and when it was dark would take a compass bearing and try and find my way out through the forrest in the dark with just a head torch. There are small brooks weaving through the forrest and the idea is you don't cycle into them in the dark. Hahahaha the stuff people do when bored.

[@sweetnawesome23]

Stay well dear one, loving your adventures!

[@rolfschattschneider]

Wonderful, but a little bit too cold for an old guy like me. 😂 Well, that is February. Best wishes from Lower Saxony, Germany.🚴

[@platypushatstand]

So pleased to see you out for another adventure. I’ll bet those scones were a warming pick-me-up on such a cold day. Looking for to your Wales trip. ❤

[@ceriedwards6315]

So brilliant to see another video Susanna… I’ve been looking out for one and thinking of you… you are SUCH an inspiration!!! I feel like a right wimp now as I’ve not been out in the cold 🤣x

[@BorderRambler]

Another great trip Susanna , very relaxing to watch .

[@frankhuxham9337]

Looking forward to Wales!

[@Merlin-fl7vy]

She's back! I have been hoping to see an update from you and hearing that you are doing ok. Your last video was incredible and but very emotional. I haven't stopped in a youth hostel since I walked the Pennine Way a long time ago 😂 I've also been getting out more, made it down the Mersey the other day to Didsbury which is beautiful this time of year. Still dithering between recording on my phone or investing in a gopro. Looking forward to seeing more of your exploits as we head into summer. Take care for now

[@meldefreitas2622]

Glad to see you back in action.

[@Oldie-onhisfoldie]

Youth hostel looks brilliant. Will be giving it a go this summer. Wishing you well with your recovery plan. Love the video's

[@susannathornton]

Aw thanks David! yep the hostel was great wasn't it. Perfect for what we wanted, wheeling in the bikes and clobber like that, brilliant. By the way I thought my Trangia must be the oldest Trangia still in active use, but yours beats it by a decade! I just watched your trangia film, great haha

[@EarfulOfTunes]

Another great view of the lovely countryside, and salute to the two of you for riding out and about in chilly February. I'm calling for butter reform, though ...

[@susannathornton]

Thanks for watching! Oh, what is butter reform!??

[@EarfulOfTunes]

@@susannathornton Just a tease about the margarine ... you eat pretty well on your bike

[@Rosie1381]

Yes! Susanna is out again and it’s lovely to see more videos. Inspirational 🚲🏕️ thank you

[@jeetts59]

Hi just found your channel, im in Australia, loving your channel. I've subscribed

[@homeiswhereyoupitchit.]

I always have a smile on my face and get excited when I see you've uploaded Susanna. Great vlog 😊.

[@IanBays]

Another lovely video. Hope you are well.

[@ToastandJam52]

I'm really enjoying your videos. I was more than a bit shocked to see the YHA Hostel. I used to hostel and cycle a lot in my youth back in the late 1960s/70s. Hostel then were extremely "rustic"! Thanks for your videos. Trying to get to them all. Planning a cycle trip in Europe next spring.

[@susannathornton]

Hi toastandjam, ah yeh about the YHA hostel we were quite surprised too! thanks for watching! sounds good about the Europe cycle trip, lovely

[@alextr3a640]

What a lovely ride, these cold but sunny days gives great views, live to see you back again thanks for sharing with us!

[@jeffpatching4417]

Great video, thank you

[@char5477]

Great seeing your video this morning as I start my workday! Interesting about the 2000 mile Cathedral Route around England! I'll have to check on that as a possible retirement ride! :)

[@susannathornton]

Yeh it is a nice idea isn't it the cathedrals ride. We went to evensong at St Pauls the day before, which made it even more nice. At St Albans we were there at the wrong time for any music or anything so just looked around then chilled out in the cathedral cafe, super nice. The staff let us lean our bikes inside too. Would be alovely retirement project. Or do chunks. Lynne is doing it in chunks, fitted around work and family and everything. Thanks for writing!

[@SineadOReilly-x7g]

I was thinking of you the other day Susanna & wondering how it was going for you. So lovely to see you looking well and enjoying another adventure. Thanks for sharing it! Your sometimes neighbour.

[@susannathornton]

How lovely! Hi Sinead!!! x hope to see you soon!

[@pshearduk]

What an adventure Susanna 🙌🏼 thanks for the journey with you x

[@ricardoaveledo5634]

Lovely!

[@aidm3462]

Thankyou for sharing your adventures,they're really inspiring. I enjoy riding to St Albans, it passes through some lovely countryside.

[@newbeginnings8566]

So great to see you.... I wish you a massive hug for strength... You are a very special person... We all love your videos - thanks...

[@goldilocks913]

Keep up the warming coffees, it’s gone back to winter again 🥶 All the best with your treatment 🙏♥️🙏

[@susannathornton]

Thanks mihai! keep warm you too!

[@maureenarnold-hc4sg]

Lovely to see you back Susannah - keep well and keep Posting!!❤

[@colinwellman9480]

Glad to see you're out and about again. Spring is on the way so your planned rides will, hopefully, be in warmer weather. Never ever feel bad about having a calorie rich meal or cakes when out on a ride, I don't.😄 Thanks for sharing , I'm really looking forward to your next video, it looks like it was cold!

[@reinhardgress8200]

Hi Suzanna, love your sooo relaxed bicycle touring style. The way to go, Fingers crossed, for a swift way back to full health for you. Just bought another couple of James McCumiskey's books (for gifts), The Ultimate Conspiracy and the biomedical paradigm. The info came as a god send for my dads cancer stint. best wishes & safe biking! Reinhard

[@michellemybelle6125]

It's so good to be alive and it's so good to ride and all the other stuff. Thank you for sharing your lovely videos.

[@marciacambraia5913]

Amazing bicycle ride! Thanks to share with us.

[@7360451]

So nice to see a Brompton owner & a Tern rider together.Nice to see you on the road again.Hope you get back to 100% again.I have a Bickerton/Tern and love it.All Tern luggage fits straight on.Stay safe.Jim

[@philipbowen3932]

Lovely seeing you out and about Susannah, your videos are such a joy❤ Can't wait to see your Welsh adventure video😁

[@penny6658]

So lovely to share your adventure in this little film. As always a totally feel-good positive experience. The YHA looked great - and the breakfast - wow! I think they have changed a good deal over recent years. So good to hear your latest news on the cancer front. I am crossing everything and praying that the hormone treatment works in the long-term. You have so much more living to do yet!! Looking forward to Wales :-) Thank you for sharing with us despite the health challenges that you have had along the way x

[@susannathornton]

Thank you Penny!! for watching and for your kind words and support! x

[@brownsauce30]

Well done girls. The clear winter light looks amazing.

[@hughjaars2285]

Thought “ this is the sort of place people like Suzanna camp” the other day whilst lifting my bike over a gate to try and find a rideable bit of track.

[@tonypaddler]

Every time I pass a gate in a hedge I think of Susanna camping! 🤣

[@susannathornton]

🤣 haha oh dear, funny to be known for going over gates and stiles and things. actually do you remember the Rough Stuff Fellowship? I was into that when I was a girl in the 70s, roaming round the Peak Distrcit lifting my bike over massive deer stiles and whatnot. Started young haha

[@davidharris4062]

Nice film again, looking forward to your film from my home country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@c0tychan]

Yeah!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ finally! Love from HK and SG. Every video is a victory ✌️. So happy to see you. 💪💪💪💪💪

[@user-ng3ww2dd2q]

So great to see you out riding and having fun, Susanna! Looking forward to Wales!

[@juliewerner9592]

Thank you so much Susanna, I really enjoyed sharing your adventure and the jaunty music was perfect. Very happy to see you looking and sounding like your old chirpy self 🌅🌅 All the best from Australia❣️

[@susannathornton]

Aw thanks Julie! glad you liked the film, incl jaunty music! the second track reminded me of the theme tune of HERE COME THE DOUBLE DECKERS actually, a 70s kids TV series, did you have that? had a really jaunty theme tune, I loved it haha. Anyway, thank you for watching! Best wishes to you in Australia!

[@geoffbrompton822]

Brilliant, I've been waiting for another xxx

[@jonathanmellish4439]

So lovely to see your latest adventure. I am glad to see the gravel/off road tracks don’t stop you. I find my Brompton (on original factory tyres) is very uncomfortable on stony terrain.

[@susannathornton]

Hi Jopemel, Yeh many medium tracks that are not too muddy etc are doable on a Brompton I find, but on stony bumpy terrain I have to slow right down, and same on cobbles etc etc. I don't think different tyres make much difference (sadly!). It is just that small wheels go into the divots and bang on the bumps more than a big wheel bike. I think that's prob the main downside of any small wheeler.

[@jonathanmellish4439]

@@susannathornton thank you. I was thinking of fitting shwalbe ones next to try but i fear you are correct as you travel so many miles on varied terrain.

[@mardiffv.8775]

🌺🌼🌻 Wonderful tour of the English countryside: the old churches, cottage houses and narrow boats. As a Dutchman I love to see England.

[@susannathornton]

Thanks for writing mardiffv! glad you enjoyed the journey - as Lynne and I did

[@GaryBarkley-gl8bi]

Greetings from Alberta Canada Suzanna. Wonderful to see you on another adventure touring around this beautiful country. Love and best wishes and safe travels 🙏🇨🇦

[@garethdent]

I love the fact that she says ‘we are fair weather cyclists’….in February!

[@jabozeo]

great video as usual, all the best!

[@JeronPlas]

Great Susanna! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏻✨

[@yvonnethorpe5224]

Thanks for taking us on this journey with you and Lyn. Loved the countryside you cycled through.

[@evaclarke-24]

Thank you, its lovely seeing a video from you - relaxing and inspiring as always! ... ps. thanks to you -just booked our folding bikes into service and hoping to get out on our own adventures this year 😃x

[@susannathornton]

Oh that's exciting Eva! Woo! Happy cycling!!

[@TomGrantIrl]

Great video as ever Susanna, thanks for sharing

[@dooley-ch]

Excellent as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@BBnakrak]

good to see you bike with friend

[@hrhbucket4268]

Thanks. I love your videos. The musical interludes are my favourite parts.

[@susannathornton]

Yeh I really like the music bits too haha, I waste loads of time hunting for music that I like. But its nice, a nice thing to do. Glad you like them too

[@keithdainton6043]

Hope your feeling better I have finally ordered a Brompton it's only the A line 3 gears will be my 3rd bike I just like the idea of being able to take it anywhere. love your video as always.

[@susannathornton]

Hi Keith, oh that is exciting that you ordered Brompton. Hope you enjoy it. Mine is 3 gears too.

[@keithdainton6043]

@susannathornton how do you find the 3 gears it will be a bit like the old days that's all we had back in the day 😅

[@rizalsapi007]

Nice one ☝️👌

[@susannathornton]

Thanks Rizal!!

[@kathrynhall4775]

❤

[@peterschoen841]

😊

[@songqizhang6687]

能和朋友在一起骑车旅行很惬意👍

[@susannathornton]

aw yes really cosy and lovely, I am so lucky to have Lynne as a friend

[@lynnef4228]

What a fun trip. Lots of food, including your trademark homemade scones! How did you find the youth hostel experience? I’ve been wondering about using them for longer rides as I don’t have a lightweight tent. Looking forward to the Wales film.

[@susannathornton]

Hi Lynne! Yeh we were curious too, about hostels. It was a good experience, basic, but that's OK, everything was clean, and it was warm and cosy, value for money, you can cook own food, we enjoyed meeting other people in the kitchen and nattering away all evening, and the warden (is that what they call them these days haha dont know) didn't mind about bikes in the room - no raised eyebrows about clomping in with loads of clobber. Oh and the breakfast was brilliant. There are fewer hostels these days it seeems, compared to when I was young but could be a good option I think - hostels on their own, as you say, so you dont need a tent, or a good option in between camp nights...

[@lynnef4228]

@@susannathornton Thanks Susanna,that’s very helpful. There are still plenty of hostels in the Peak District which is right on my doorstep so I think I’ll give it a try. Those hills though !

[@martynpearce4754]

Youth hostels are great these days and very cheap to share a single sex dorm, more expensive if you want your own room though.

[@chasjm21]

I missed the Tern, next comes the fun bit, what sort of Tern.

[@susannathornton]

Oh I don't know... I'll ask Lynne

[@ljd8520]

Salisbury next ?

[@martynpearce4754]

Great channel. I wondered if that is a 6 speed brompton with original chain ring(50)?

[@susannathornton]

Hi Martyn! Thanks for watching my channel! about my Brompton, it's a three speed, and I took off the ginormous original chainring and put on a 38T one, which gives me one gear for uphill, one for downhill and one for flat haha. Simple is good!

[@martynpearce4754]

@@susannathornton Wow! That is amazing! Even with a 38T, with that load on those welsh hills. Must have thigh muscle like He-Man💪😁 If you do get chance try a 6 speed just to see the difference on hills. Stay well!

[@susannathornton]

Ah yeh I have ridden 6-speed Bromptons, quite like it - sometimes the 6-speed gives you exactly the gear you want, whereas a 3-speed obviulsy you make compromises - riding with cadence a bit higher than you want sometimes, and other times a bit slower than you ideally want. When I raced time trial and road, I obviously wanted close ratios, ie a larger number of gears with smaller differences between, for performance purposes. But for tootling around on these easygoing tours, the simplicity of 3 gears (with a small chainring) wins out for me - I just want a trouble-free ride, less to go wrong, easier to fix if it does!

[@zawawiyahya1512]

Done ✅ subscribe 👍🏽

[@susannathornton]

Hi zawawi yayha! oh thankyou! welcome!