If anyone fancies some shorter historical based Time Travel Gravel day routes I've just started a new channel at kzfaq.info/love/gB0GZ1kKDGGy2wS_awiRXg

Completed the entire route this last June weekend. 3 nights camping in pre-booked campsites. Did on a Vitus Gravel bike with full bike packing bags (Ortleib). 22 hours of ride time. Very hard work. A lot of overgrown tracks where stinging nettles were the main challenge (wore arm warmers for protection!). The ruts were a nightmare. Came off at slow speed a few times as wheel came out of the rut. Gravel military road on Salisbury Plain was amazing - flat wide, not rutted and very fast. Awesome. Overall a very hard but thoroughly enjoyable trip.

I really can't see how you can just keep talking and talking and talking throughout your whole ride. You are something else. What a great talent you possess. By your being able to talk constantly, even through the roughest terrain,, it makes your videos the most interesting and informative on youtube. I hope and pray for your continued success and growth..

I've been reading articles from Guy Kesteven since before the rise of the internet, and certainly pre KZfaq. Jolly good!

Landscape archeology from a bike saddle, brilliant concept Guy👌

History, Geography and cycling. Loved it! 👍

Time Team on a bicycle. Nothing could be better. Tremendous history and scenery! Thanks Guy.

Fascinating content, thanks Guy

I'm doing it for the second year in a row. The first part of last year turned into a pub crawl, which was great and the whole trip was under a tarp. This May we are going light with B&B over 3 days and training hard. Great ride and would recommend.

Great first episode. This really would make a brilliant TV series.

Fantastic trail i enjoyed it

Inspired for next summer - thanks for this!

We did it last year, the weather had been very wet in the previous weeks so the going was really tough and very slippery interspersed with deep water filled ruts, some areas were like full on MTB sections, As we were traveling with our luggage for a week it was tough going. So the going is very dependent on rain, if it's raining give it a miss unless you're only doing small sections

My old boss Russell Burton, pleased to see he's still doin' it!

Just fantastic Guy. Reminds me of watching Tony Robinson doing his story time thing. I am looking forward to the rest of the tour. Thanks for creating interesting and engaging content

As someone who has an archaeology degree and a mountain bike, count me in for this section of the route! I like that you stopped for a brew at the Red Lion, the food is excellent there too (when it’s serving!)

Really enjoyed that. I walked the Ridgeway about 50 years ago. I met an old man who had see sheep driven along the Ridgeway, when he was a boy. Keep well.

What a great review of the KAW. Looking forward to when I do this at the end of May '24.

Great video. Your knowledge and passion really brought the history of the route to life. Looking forward to the next one.

Absolutely fascinating, a real lesson in the history of this amazing part of the country, thanks so much, must get there on the bike myself one day

Love this series. I’m off to do this next year. Thank you all for this route 👍

Your enthusiasm is infectious Guy! Thanks so much for a wonderful video. I'm going to watch the others now!

Bloody brilliant. Really really enjoyed that. Starting to really like you and your channel 🤣. Excellent stuff guy...

Mr Guy great video, live just outside Salisbury and good to see local trails in this beautiful part of the country!

Absolutely making me so jealous thanks so very much for taking me along

This is bloody excellent. Love it

Guy, a fantastic commentary at speed. Well done to you for your review and Cycling UK for setting up the route...desperate to ride it !

Amazing. Good job

Great video! I love that part of England! So much history! Riding in Canada is a little different!

Thank you for another great video. I've been saving for 2 years for a stigmata.

So inspired by this man.

Loved this journey, I lived in Royal Wootton Bassett and have cycled the Ridgeway, Roads and Tracks in that area for years throughout the seasons Really glad you enjoyed passing through there. I now live near the coast in Porchester so will be joining up the dots from there to Barbary Castle. I might even do the whole route if I am fit and plan for those lovely long summer days. I love your enthusiasm and knowledge for the land and cycling. Regards and safe cycling Patch Swindle

I'm looking forward to cycling the route, but I feel exhausted just watching you and the speed that you travel at! Great insightful video though!

What a great video series. I am inspired to ride it. I have a Gravel bike, so this and the Trans Cambrian are on the to do list.

I will do this year King Alfred way on my trek 1120 👍🏻

Thankyou. Have been inspired doing it the beginning of Oct on the fatbike.

Superb guy informative and interesting and done with you’re usual enthusiasm

Just watched your talk on the Bike touring festival. You really brought the ride to life

It's nice to know what Martin the sound man does in his spare time.

Thanks really enjoyed that looking forward to parts 2 & 3. You should start a sideline in historical cycling videos.

Great video Guy, got the guidebook with my cycling uk membership. Also hugely enjoyed your commentary, makes it so watchable. Have you seen the post on Facebook/Strava of the fellas who did the loop in 16 hours this week?! Madness!

I’m in Canada but heading to UK December. LOVE to do this ride early spring!

I NEED to have a go at this

Binge watched the whole lot, brilliant. I know sections having lived in Surrey and Hampshire for 30 years but still learnt so much. Route passes my parents house in Kings Sombourne, church has a stained glass window commemorating Sopwith of WWI aircraft fame. Was fun watching with gpx route on tablet at same time. Guide book ordered let’s get this done 😀

I ordered the guide and joined Cycling UK. I hope to tackle An Turas Mor if I can hack Alfred’s Way.

Hi Guy, great video, can’t wait to give this a go. Do you know when the book you’ve written is going to be back in stock? Many thanks.

great video,you've earned a sub and you've inspired me to do the route to raise money for a mental health charity

amazing video, i was lucky enough to get over there last year and was cool to see you riding past areas I walked through! best history lesson :D

Hi Guy. Really enjoyed watching this and will definitely be attempting the King Alfred's Way next Spring. I live in Marlborough and ride to Stonehenge, across Salisbury Plain, the Ridgeway, Silbury Hill, Avebury, etc and you are right about a connection with Avebury, I feel it too which is one of the reasons I am drawn to the area as am originally from Bolton. Keep up the great work, I'll be watching the second leg tonight. Cheers, Gavin PS. Quick question - I am mostly a xc rider on a ht (Whyte 29CS) but am looking for a full sus xc / trail / 'downcountry' bike and have narrowed it down to the Whyte S120, YT Izzo or Canyon Neuron? I've seen your videos on the S120 and the Neuron but out of those three, which would you go for or would you go for something else? Hope you can help.....

Ooh, thanks. Doing this in 2 weeks time . . . Hoping for dry . . .

Fantastic video. Do you have a GPX of the slight detours/additions to the Cycling UK route you did out of Winchester and also jsut before Stonehenge (after Upper Woodford), please?

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Looking at planning my 1st bikepacking ride this year and this route is tickling my fancy. This will test my fitness as normally riding only about 30miles at a time and will be doing it solo. What do for for food? Along the route

Hi. What would say is ideal tyre-wise? Size/tread? What were you running? Thanks.

A bell is always a good idea when riding off road....but then again a Zipp freewheel seems to suffice!

I would like to ride it with you... Covid and other things in life...

If someone was doing this and camping, where/how do you store the bike while you sleep in the tent please?

I had a crack at this, but it quickly became apparent I was on the wrong kind of bike, and with over optimistic expectations. So I had to jack it at Salisbury. Guy, that diversion through the woods you took, do you have the GPX or the grid refs for the diversions? Cheers, great video! Tim.

What sat nav are you using? as looking to do this and it looks like it works a treat, thanks

Grew up right near Stonehenge before moving to London. How much of this is on road do you think? Have a trail bike.

Thank you for sharing, this and GDMBR is on my bucket list. At 22:19 , what is the red flag for please?

Great vid Guy, looks a lovely route. Will it be available in a gpx file??

Hello Guy, can't wait to do this route next spring. How long did teh ebike battery last please? I'm going to have a 625 Whr battery on a MTB with XC tyres. Did you partnet in the video have to rechanrge? Thanks. Right, off to watch the other videos now.

I wonder what it's like riding in the wet/winter? By the way, how do you find the Wahoo Roam on long rides? Do you have trouble charging it whist it's recording? And how did you get the scratches on your right arm that appear after Stonehenge?

Damn it Guy, if I'd know you were passing through Salisbury I could have taken you for a beer. You cycled quite close to a small brewery that sells 1/3 of a pint measures - perfect for you :-D

Cheers Guy enjoyed these videos ,well done What gps unit are you using ? I fancy this route without my paper os maps 👍

I'll be riding this route on 1st June 2022. going from riding 20miles a day to pushing myself. Hopefully planning on a 3 to 4 day time frame.

Looks fabulous. Today I've bought the guide book! What camera/microphone set-up did you use for this as it's great - it felt like I was actually riding it!

Guy, it looks like you cut the inside of your right arm and a bit of a nick on your left? Did you end up in some briers at some point? Get caught on a fence passing the bike over? This is now a bucket-list route for me and I have just sen the beginning. As usual, nicely done.

Would you say that a gravel bike would be best to do this route or mountain bike such as the silk road from Titus?

Hi Love the videos Can I ask what make and model re your bike computer Would you recommend Battery life on trip - how many hours say Appreciated

Nice video - thanks for making the effort. I was working locally last week and rode a bit of the Ridegeway on my Fairlight Secan with 38mm slicks - defo the wrong tyres. The surface was constantly changing - white chalky stuff, single track / ruts etc. What tyres would you recommend? Next summer I wouldn’t mind doing the King Alfred’s Way Cheers

On the first climb away from Avebury be careful of the ruts

What tyres did you use?

rather more road than I was expecting. I was under the impression that this was an off-road route. I guess that some road is unavoidable to join everything up.

Tips of where to stay overnight? Im planning to try and cover 100km each day

If only people would please remember we use Miles not Km, for roads and routers in the UK just like the USA does.

Road Bike/Gravel Bike Guy Nooooooo.

Loved this - but you've got try and stop keep saying 'ya know'.... it does get irritating after a bit.

I appreciate the effort to make a video... but what a lot of hot hair commentary. Shouting over noise and all you see is this guy knees popping up and his arms framing same, same shots!? Seems unedited, mindless... like going for a ride with a boring mat that never shits up LOL.