Used to be a running joke about how you could tell US Embassy wives 'cause they'd drive Jeep Cherokees
Me, I biked pretty much everywhere on my visits: the Ridgeway to Avesbury, Hadrian's Wall, the Lake District, Loch Ness, Donegal in Ireland. Much more fun than driving - except, I must admit, for pedalling between Windemere and Ullswater in a driving rainstorm. That part, I could happily have driven
