British Bicycling Videos and Pictures from the DesPlaines River Trail

I found these videos by way of a comment on the website of Acorn Bags. It is one film presented in two sections via YouTube. This just make me giddy and want to move to the UK in the 1950's.

Part 1:

Part 2:


This is the person who posted these clips.

Last weekend, after totally failing to keep up with a group ride out to a northwest suburb, I decided to take the afternoon and try a trail out west. The route is the DesPlaines River Trail- I got to take my bike off pavement for the first time! Here are some pictures:

Here is where I entered from Higgins road:

I almost missed it, here is Higgins road from inside:


Once the trail opened up, it was quite spectacular- especially since I don't get to see the inside of woods very often:


I stopped off where the trail ran right along the river and posed my bike to look quite adventurous!:


And finally, a horrible, horrible picture of a young buck that didn't seem to know what to make of me and my bike: