87 and riding smoothly! Impressive effort sir. At 65, I’m a mere boy in comparison, but still get out on my bike everyday. You are as inspiring as your daughter. Respect
You had me sobbing watching the end of this.. I am sure it will touch the hearts of many that shared a passion with a parent that is no longer with us.. thank you for sharing this precious moment.. it was wonderful 🏆
Aw sorry to hear that you lost your Dad 10 years ago. Thank you for the lovely comment, yes let's cherish life, and hold on to all the good memories xxx
Over the years you have created wonderful videos to share with us all. I must tell you THIS one brought the warmth to my heart and a smile to my face. Watching you and your dad traveling together is such a gift. I thank you from America. You touch the world Susanna. Cheers to you and your dad.
I cried with happiness for you both. For you Susannah that you are well enough to have this adventure with your darling Dad. For your Dad, in that he is fit and well enough to create a magical memory. Blessed are you both to show us what a cherished, loving relationship exists between you both. So so happy for you both. So special. Greetings from sunny Australia.
What a lovely memory record to have of your time together on this trip Susanna - the physical likeness between you both and your shared joy in cycling is crystal clear!! 😍
This is beautiful. It hits my heart...my Dad is a very big part of my life. He's soon to be 93 and unfortunately has bad knees and can't do these kind of things anymore. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Vicky Lynne! thank you for writing. Sorry to hear your Dad's knees are not good. Yes Dad and me are both really lucky to be able to do such nice things still. Dad is being treated for cancer too but he is coping with it all really well. We are both very lucky. Glad you enjoyed our film! Sending best wishes to you and your Dad x
Just watched this Susanna and I loved it. Your Dad is so fit and healthy looking. I can only wish to be cycling my own Brompton if I reach 87 yo. What a brilliant adventure for the both of you. Best wishes to you both from Belfast, Northern Ireland 👍
Dads are Precious. What a wonderful holiday and great to spend time with your Dad. He's actually in very good nick for his age. The last time I went cycling with my Dad was back in 1969 when I was around 7 years old. My Dad developed rheumatoid arthritis when he was very young and wasn't able to do much active sport with us boys, there were four of us (brothers) and we all enjoyed sport and getting out and I know my Dad wanted to participate but he just couldn't, his body wouldn't let him. Sadly he passed away in 1988 but I still miss him and think about him every day. He was a Lovely Dad to us and did his Best despite his disability.
Aw Sandy thank you for watching. Yes youre right Dads are so precious. I am so lucky. I'm sorry to hear that your Dad wasnt able to do as much as he wanted, and wasnt able to join activities with you and your brothers. (gosh four boys!) But I am glad that you had a lovely Dad. Thank you for writing! sending best wishes x
Another lovely, heartwarming video Susanna! Watching it just now we commented on how nice it was to see someone in their 70s being so active and how good your dad looked, and then I went to read your description and was shocked to find he’s not in his 70s at all! I’m always so pleased when you upload a video, thanks for sharing.
Wonderful video of your lovely, short holiday with your Dad. I, like many others, look forward to your inspiring videos Susanna. Thank you for sharing them!
What a simply lovely video Susanna, great weather, company and wonderful countryside. Thanks for taking us along, on a very special minibreak (often the best) ATB Big Dave Scotland
Hi Active Towns! thanks for writing! yes it was brilliant to go a holiday like that, folding bikes and buses. Made it feel like we deserved all the cheesecakes and thing haha! I'd not done anything quite like that before, using the bus network actually. Having good info online re bus times and detailed bus maps etc makes quite easy really. Takes a bit of time to plan but then it worked nicely. And Brompton Bike Hire was brilliant. We'd not done that before either. £5 a day. Amazing really
@@susannathornton Yes, re: Brompton Bike Hire, sounds truly amazing. Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton mentioned the program in my interview with him, but I had not yet seen anyone document their experience. I typically have my Brommie with me at all times, but certainly see wanting to hire an extra one for a family member or friend like this. Very cool and conducive to building fond memories like this.
What a lovely Surprise to wake up to early on a Sunday Morning, Susanna AND her dad , thank you for posting your wonderful adventure. Lots of love and Brompton vibes from Australia 💞🌻🌅☕️
Thank you for making these videos I always enjoy them, this one was especially heartwarming. You inspired me to do my own Brompton trips and I did my first overnighter this last weekend. I drove my daughter off to college and let her keep my car and then rode A pretty long way and did some camping and then grabbed the train home. It was a completely different way to bike tour and I want to do more of it. Thank you for showing me that this was possible, I never would have suspected the little Brompton had any utility for this kind of use.
What a wonderful video! My dad, who is no longer with us, taught me how to ride over 50 years ago and I have not stopped. How I wish I could have had such a wonderful time like you!
Lovely video to watch! You know what I liked (although it's not the done thing to say it)? That neither of you is wearing a helmet! And your dad is wearing such nice normal clothes!! And I love his trousers tucked into his socks.... A proper cyclist.
Hello Lizzie aw thank you, Dad and I are sitting together reading through all the lovely things people said again this evening. Thank you for writing x
Susanna, Absolutely wonderful. You have done a great deal of cycling, but I imagine this experience is tops. There is nothing I like better than taking cycling trips with my sons and grandchildren; precious moments. P.S. Your dad is my new hero. Peter Forde
Aw Peter thank you for writing. That sounds so nice, cycling with your sons, and their children... Aw my Dad is my hero too!! best wishes and see you guys on the road!!
Huge congratulations for being recognised as one of the Cycle Uk 100 women in cycling. I couldn’t think of a more worthy person to be on that list. Hope all is well. Sharon.
Hi Sharon! thank you for writing! yes it is an honour!! It is amazing to be on that list with all those super and diverse and interesting people. Hope you are well and having a good day today. More films coming soon! I have been out a lot and feel good, so glad and lucky! x
Just beautiful! What better way to spend Dad and daughter time than a bus and Brompton tour of historic churches 😀 and your dad looks so fit and healthy for 87, I’m sure the cycling has helped.
I really enjoyed the content of this video having taking up riding a folding bike in my retirement three years ago. You have produced enough content to keep me going over winter, I ride gravel tow paths alongside the river here. When you show routes and maps I find that so helpful.
Wowwwww! Susanna, u r such an inspiration! I am travelling vicariously through u really! And this trip with your dad made me wish I had a chance to do it with my dad & mum too... Been a year since their passing... U rock for celebrating life, your dad & mum! :)
Hi Cara, aw thank you for writing. What a lovely message. I'm sorry about your Mum and Dad. I am so lucky to be able to do a ride with my Dad. Sending best wishes x
I loved watching this. So lovely to see you and your dad cycling together and the smiles on your faces. I see your dad has still got his cycling legs, a fair speed up that hill! Thanks for sharing!😊🚴♀️🚴🌞
Oh that is great. About buses, I found these brilliant maps, that highlight frequent buses on radial routes, it is a non-commercial website, and super helpful info, best thing I have found www.globestudios.co.uk/busatlas/index.html anyway just in case that is helpful! it is for the UK
What a super trip. Beautiful churches, wonderful stained glass at the end and your lovely dad for company. And the meals! I’ve enjoyed this trip very much. Thank you.
aw thanks Timothy! glad you enjoyed it. Dad and me have been out again actually, exploring different areas of the UK, we love it. New film of that coming soon! and more from me solo, as well as with other long suffering companions too haha. Thanks for watching!
Greetings!! That trip with your father was spectacular!!! The routes, the stained glass windows, sculptures and architectures... amazing!!🎉 I remembered when I used to go out with my father on a bicycle. The truth we ran to motor, everything that had wheels 😂. Thank you so much for sharing the video and taking me back 35 years.
Hi Carmen! thank you for the lovely comment! We saw super things, lovely trip. Aw so nice that you and your Dad used to go out on bikes together too! I remember Dad teaching me to ride a bike, running on foot and pushing me, until I could pedal by myself, crikey must have been exhausting!!! I am so lucky we are still out there on two wheels together. Best wishes!!! xxx
@@susannathornton Very true, we are lucky to still have them. My father can't ride a bike anymore. He has had two strokes and has lost a bit of his immediate memory, which would cause him to lose or miss my mother or any of the children if we are not around. Even so, I thank God that he is still alive just like my mother. This is my tribe and we celebrate until the last moment of life. These days I have been looking at the Vespa (motor) that comes with a side seat. For me it's a bit of an inappropriate expense, but I would like to see my father enjoy the breath of the wind on his face, it would be like riding a bicycle but sitting down. He was the one who also taught me to ride a bike, ride a motorcycle, drive a car and be a firefighter. Today I am the fire chief of an airport in PR and believe me it is not easy to be in a man's world, but at the moment I have achieved it. My grandfather was also a fire sergeant like my father, when here on the island they did not accept women in the organization, so I know that he would also be very proud to see me grow in that field of work. In short, seeing your father sharing those moments with you gives me great joy. Enjoy it to the fullest Susanna, the valuable thing about living, are the experiences lived and knowing how to connect with nature and what surrounds us, leaving the least possible trace of contamination, the rest does not matter. These experiences are what make us happy and wise. Be well, lots of health for you and all your tribe!!! a big hug from the tropics!!🌻🌞🏝️ Nota: Es realmente sorprendente cómo funciona todo en tu país, la gente, el transporte público entre muchas otras cosas…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Aw @@Vacaverde787 you are amazing and inspirational, your career and your work, and your family story. Oh that sounds great about the Vespa! how lovely to think of you and your Dad, going around by Vespa and side car, with the wind in your hair!
Greetings Susanna! Hope you are well. I was watching that last video you uploaded with your father and it really is fabulous, watching it gives me peace and a feeling of freedom. May you be well and in good health!!!!
What a fantastic trip! I lived in Hereford for a little while, and you've introduced me to places I've not seen - always a great excuse to go back. And lovely to see you with your dad; I was lucky enough to have that good a relationship with my mum, and it's great to see you enjoying your time together.
Well impressed with your Dad, like the saying goes, ‘You don’t stop cycling when you get old, You get old when you stop cycling’ I. 65, been out this morning for my 25 miles, I hope I can still cycle when and if I get to your Dads age. I love the area around the Marches, would have been nice to see Cwmyoy Church and Capel y Fin, I try to get up to Hay on Wye at least once a month, planning on cycling to the two churches in September over the Gospel Pass, it won’t be on my Brompton though, look forward to your next trip.
The fact that one can take small foldable bikes such as the Brompton on UK buses as "luggage" is something that makes our rather patchy bus network so much more useful! When combined with lifts in cars and trains it's a really practical and efficient way to get around.
Hi Stephen! yeh it was great to try out a little bus-and-folding bike holiday, and disvoer that it can actually work, despite the patchy bus network. Before we did this trip, I didn't know what apps etc to use for bus timetables and route maps etc, but I found some really good bus websites actually, once I looked into it. Actually about cars, Dad and I met a chap who was on holiday visiting villages and churches etc by car, and he said he had had a nightmare driving and navigating and not being able to stop on small roads and feeling stressed etc. That did made me think yeh, it was really enjoyable to ditch the car and use bikes and buses like that. We had taxi numbers too so if necessary we could always call a taxi too, and just put the folding bikes in the boot.
@@susannathornton Indeed! And these hybrid journeys are also so important in encouraging people worried about their fitness to get on a bike for the first time. I must admit I had a cycling gap of a couple of decades. Buying a folding a bike initially gave me the confidence to try things knowing that if the worse happened I could always take the bus home up that big hill!
Oh thats the same as me, after I recovered from a big operation a few years ago, I was really unsure about my fitness etc. I went on a solo overnight camp (super happy!!!), and it was the Brompton that gave me confidence to set out, cos I knew that if I needed to bail out, I could just fold up, and get a bus, or ring for a taxi. You're right, the ability to fold up definitely helps lower the barriers to heading out there
Thanks as Susanna for another lovely video, great to see your Dad joining in, only spoilet with that dreadful music, so nice on the parts without it, so we can here you chat to Dad.
I have always believed that cycling does not make you live long, it makes you live well. I need to rethink that. It seems to do both. This was very moving, Susanna, thank you.
Hey Susanna. Lovely video. Your dad! What an amazing gent he is. 87! Incredible example to us all. I love Herefordshire, especially that area. My in laws used to live near Weobley so we often went up there. Those churches are fantastic and the roads really are pretty quiet. Pembridge and Eardisland are well worth a visit if you are up there again. Both beautiful villages with lots of timber frame buildings and Pembridge has a separate bell tower from its church.
Hi Vin! Aw thanks for writing! How nice that you know that area from many visits and family connections. I loved the bits Dad and I saw on this visit. I was surprised about how much timber framing there was round there actually. I thought of timber frame as a Cheshire thing - which is kind of where I am from - and obviously I am wrong!
Yes. They even have the black and white house trail round there. As with the churches, the other border architecture is great and very historic. When we first went up there about 35yrs ago some of the neighbours still didn’t have mains electricity or water.
Wishing you a beautiful Christmas and may 2024 see you in remission from C and out there having more fun adventures and..selfishly..sharing them with us. Greetings from a hot, sunny and humid Australia. 🥳🥂🥳
What a wonderful video Susanna. Please thank your Dad for joining you on yet another excellent trip. Stockport is dear to my heart. I was born there and all my Mum's side of the family lived in Edgeley. Your Brommy trips are legendary. Stay safe.
Thank you so much for sharing this delightful and memorable slice of your life. Your dad is a superstar, inspiring! You're looking very fit and in bloom, full of life. It's so good to see you thriving and taking advantage of the good times. 🥰💪👏🙏
Whenever I come across your videos, I feel compelled to watch until the end. But this one was especially delightful, and reminded me of cycling with my own father, many years ago. Thank you for sharing this; it was the highlight of my day.
I can't improve upon the raft of lovely comments that you have already received for this video. They were well deserved. Thank you for another wonderful video.
Lots of pretty little churches, I like the stonemason designs, especially the dog and cat. I think Mocca was the best, just imagine living on that estate with that lovely little church in the grounds. My dad regaled me of his cycling days, he’d think nothing of riding from Fareham to Arundel Castle and back when he was a teenager. I tried to teach him to ride my Brompton during lockdown, but his riding balance has gone unfortunately. You’re the spitting image of your dad.
Yeh I liked Moccas a lot too. Imagine living there. Your own cricket pitch and everything. Amazing. Sounds like your Dad enjoyed his bike a lot. Sorry to hear his balance has gone. Dad and me know we are are super lucky. We were just on the phone chatting about it now. Nothing is to be taken for granted is it, so much to be thankful for. Anyway, best wishes! thanks for watching!
Another good video Susanna, many thanks for sharing the holiday with your father with us all. Your father is a very fit gentleman for his age and I am sure he enjoyed your company, my Best Wishes to you both. Andrew.
I’m so pleased your looking so well Susanna and I really enjoyed seeing you and your Dad out together, such a great thing to do and what a fit chap. Wishing you both all the best. ❤❤
Hello Dave, aw thanks for writing. Glad you enjoyed the film. I am lucky - we are lucky! Dad and me - to be able to do a trip like that together. Wishing you all the best too x
Thank you for your videos and the inspiration that you and your dad have given. I caught the train to Hereford yesterday and cycled to some of the castles and churches in your video. Beautiful and interesting ride. Thank you for the idea. I hope to catch the train to Hereford again and cycle home to Newport.
Hi Susanna My little Patterdale terrier died this morning (of old age). Your video filled my sad heart with joy. I always admire your positive attitude. Best wishes to your Dad and take care, Jamie
This brings tears. It's clear your dad is a big part of who you are. Wonderful video!
I too was much moved by seeing Susanna with her Daddy...
All the best to both of you..
.... (and thanks for taking us along... again).
87 and riding smoothly! Impressive effort sir. At 65, I’m a mere boy in comparison, but still get out on my bike everyday. You are as inspiring as your daughter. Respect
You had me sobbing watching the end of this.. I am sure it will touch the hearts of many that shared a passion with a parent that is no longer with us.. thank you for sharing this precious moment.. it was wonderful 🏆
aw thank you David what a lovely thing to write, it is very nice thing you said
With 87 years old still biking? God bless him!
I lost my dad 10 years ago and this film made me both sad and happy. It looks like you both had a great trip.Cherish every moment. ❤
Aw sorry to hear that you lost your Dad 10 years ago. Thank you for the lovely comment, yes let's cherish life, and hold on to all the good memories xxx
@@susannathornton thank you x
Over the years you have created wonderful videos to share with us all. I must tell you THIS one brought the warmth to my heart and a smile to my face. Watching you and your dad traveling together is such a gift. I thank you from America. You touch the world Susanna. Cheers to you and your dad.
Aw Erick thank you for the lovely comment, glad you enjoyed our film! Cheers to you too
I'm new to your channel. These videos are outstanding. What a joy to be together with your Dad. Amazing to be riding at 87 years young :)
I cried with happiness for you both. For you Susannah that you are well enough to have this adventure with your darling Dad. For your Dad, in that he is fit and well enough to create a magical memory. Blessed are you both to show us what a cherished, loving relationship exists between you both. So so happy for you both. So special. Greetings from sunny Australia.
Aw Carol thank you for the lovely comment! sending greetings flying over to you there in Australia x
It's a gift of life to have the possibility doing such travels with your loved ones. Absolutely amzing.
What a lovely memory record to have of your time together on this trip Susanna - the physical likeness between you both and your shared joy in cycling is crystal clear!! 😍
AW thanks Miriam! yeh it was a lovely trip! we are really lucky
This is beautiful. It hits my heart...my Dad is a very big part of my life. He's soon to be 93 and unfortunately has bad knees and can't do these kind of things anymore. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Vicky Lynne! thank you for writing. Sorry to hear your Dad's knees are not good. Yes Dad and me are both really lucky to be able to do such nice things still. Dad is being treated for cancer too but he is coping with it all really well. We are both very lucky. Glad you enjoyed our film! Sending best wishes to you and your Dad x
What a great trip. I loved seeing you combine the touring with the bus. Perfect. Your dad is amazing, as are you. Once again, I am in awe.
Aw thanks Jo, glad you enjoyed it!
Just watched this Susanna and I loved it. Your Dad is so fit and healthy looking. I can only wish to be cycling my own Brompton if I reach 87 yo. What a brilliant adventure for the both of you. Best wishes to you both from Belfast, Northern Ireland 👍
Dads are Precious.
What a wonderful holiday and great to spend time with your Dad. He's actually in very good nick for his age.
The last time I went cycling with my Dad was back in 1969 when I was around 7 years old. My Dad developed rheumatoid arthritis when he was very young and wasn't able to do much active sport with us boys, there were four of us (brothers) and we all enjoyed sport and getting out and I know my Dad wanted to participate but he just couldn't, his body wouldn't let him. Sadly he passed away in 1988 but I still miss him and think about him every day. He was a Lovely Dad to us and did his Best despite his disability.
Aw Sandy thank you for watching. Yes youre right Dads are so precious. I am so lucky. I'm sorry to hear that your Dad wasnt able to do as much as he wanted, and wasnt able to join activities with you and your brothers. (gosh four boys!) But I am glad that you had a lovely Dad. Thank you for writing! sending best wishes x
Oh how I wish my dad can do this with me! You two are so lovely together ... Thank you for sharing this with us x
Aw Eva thank you for the lovely comment. Sending you best wishes xx
Another lovely, heartwarming video Susanna! Watching it just now we commented on how nice it was to see someone in their 70s being so active and how good your dad looked, and then I went to read your description and was shocked to find he’s not in his 70s at all! I’m always so pleased when you upload a video, thanks for sharing.
Hi Laura! aw thank you, glad you liked the film! thank you for writing!
Wonderful video of your lovely, short holiday with your Dad. I, like many others, look forward to your inspiring videos Susanna. Thank you for sharing them!
Your dad is amazing for his age. Well done both of you
What a simply lovely video Susanna, great weather, company and wonderful countryside. Thanks for taking us along, on a very special minibreak (often the best) ATB Big Dave Scotland
Aw thank you Big Dave! yep, you put it perfectly... ATB to you too!!
Yay! So very cool. Bus and Brompton Bike Hire holiday for the score. Brilliant! Thanks so much for bring us along for the ride. Cheers! 😊
Hi Active Towns! thanks for writing! yes it was brilliant to go a holiday like that, folding bikes and buses. Made it feel like we deserved all the cheesecakes and thing haha! I'd not done anything quite like that before, using the bus network actually. Having good info online re bus times and detailed bus maps etc makes quite easy really. Takes a bit of time to plan but then it worked nicely. And Brompton Bike Hire was brilliant. We'd not done that before either. £5 a day. Amazing really
@@susannathornton Yes, re: Brompton Bike Hire, sounds truly amazing. Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton mentioned the program in my interview with him, but I had not yet seen anyone document their experience. I typically have my Brommie with me at all times, but certainly see wanting to hire an extra one for a family member or friend like this. Very cool and conducive to building fond memories like this.
I would have loved to ride with my father. You're lucky, Susanna. Make the most of it. 🤗
Thank you for taking us with you in this trip.
What a lovely Surprise to wake up to early on a Sunday Morning, Susanna AND her dad , thank you for posting your wonderful adventure.
Lots of love and Brompton vibes from Australia 💞🌻🌅☕️
Hello Julie! Thanks for writing! Hope you had a nice weekend! Best wishes from Dad and me winging over to you there in Australia!
Hi Susanna,lovely to see you out again,those memories created with your dad are priceless that no money can buy,atb Colin P.
Thank you for making these videos I always enjoy them, this one was especially heartwarming. You inspired me to do my own Brompton trips and I did my first overnighter this last weekend. I drove my daughter off to college and let her keep my car and then rode A pretty long way and did some camping and then grabbed the train home. It was a completely different way to bike tour and I want to do more of it. Thank you for showing me that this was possible, I never would have suspected the little Brompton had any utility for this kind of use.
Hi John! oh that sounds great! Bravo you, sounds brilliant to ride part way home like that
Beautiful film and what a wonderful way to spend time with your father having an adventure on your bromies 😊
Wonderful , thanks for taking us along .
What a wonderful trip. Your dad does better than me!
Oh, these .... hedges. Blocking the view.
I hope my daughter rides with me when I'm 87.
Thank you for taking us along. ❤
Love to see the Old Historic Churches.
Lovely scenic views on your travels.
The Scramble eggs looked very good.
So lovely to see you doing this with your dad.
What a wonderful video! My dad, who is no longer with us, taught me how to ride over 50 years ago and I have not stopped. How I wish I could have had such a wonderful time like you!
Lovely video to watch! You know what I liked (although it's not the done thing to say it)? That neither of you is wearing a helmet! And your dad is wearing such nice normal clothes!! And I love his trousers tucked into his socks.... A proper cyclist.
Hello Lizzie aw thank you, Dad and I are sitting together reading through all the lovely things people said again this evening. Thank you for writing x
Susanna,
Absolutely wonderful. You have done a great deal of cycling, but I imagine this experience is tops. There is nothing I like better than taking cycling trips with my sons and grandchildren; precious moments.
P.S. Your dad is my new hero.
Peter Forde
Aw Peter thank you for writing. That sounds so nice, cycling with your sons, and their children... Aw my Dad is my hero too!! best wishes and see you guys on the road!!
Huge congratulations for being recognised as one of the Cycle Uk 100 women in cycling. I couldn’t think of a more worthy person to be on that list.
Hope all is well. Sharon.
Hi Sharon! thank you for writing! yes it is an honour!! It is amazing to be on that list with all those super and diverse and interesting people. Hope you are well and having a good day today. More films coming soon! I have been out a lot and feel good, so glad and lucky! x
@@susannathornton Excellent, glad you are well and I’m really looking forward to the next instalment.
Good story. I'm glad you had time with your dad on this journey.
Just beautiful! What better way to spend Dad and daughter time than a bus and Brompton tour of historic churches 😀 and your dad looks so fit and healthy for 87, I’m sure the cycling has helped.
I really enjoyed the content of this video having taking up riding a folding bike in my retirement three years ago.
You have produced enough content to keep me going over winter, I ride gravel tow paths alongside the river here.
When you show routes and maps I find that so helpful.
Sounds great! glad you are enjoying cycling and glad you enjoy the films! yeh I do love maps
It’s wonderful creating memories with parents ❤
What a fantastic video and a joy seeing your Dad still enjoying cycling at 87😃 Your videos so inspirational Susannah and again thank you❤
Lovely trip Susanna, you and your dad are amazing
What an inspiration. My deepest thanks to you both for sharing your adventure.
Very impressive riding with father. Brompton is conntecting the relationship more tightly and warmly. Good!!!
Wowwwww! Susanna, u r such an inspiration! I am travelling vicariously through u really! And this trip with your dad made me wish I had a chance to do it with my dad & mum too... Been a year since their passing... U rock for celebrating life, your dad & mum! :)
Hi Cara, aw thank you for writing. What a lovely message. I'm sorry about your Mum and Dad. I am so lucky to be able to do a ride with my Dad. Sending best wishes x
I loved watching this. So lovely to see you and your dad cycling together and the smiles on your faces. I see your dad has still got his cycling legs, a fair speed up that hill! Thanks for sharing!😊🚴♀️🚴🌞
Wonderful memories of Father Daughter Brompton cycling tour❤❤❤
Your dad is still strong. Got more hair than me. Great to be up and about!!
You have inspired me to get out there on my bike. Love the idea of using the bus to triangulate the different sites.
Oh that is great. About buses, I found these brilliant maps, that highlight frequent buses on radial routes, it is a non-commercial website, and super helpful info, best thing I have found www.globestudios.co.uk/busatlas/index.html anyway just in case that is helpful! it is for the UK
What a super trip. Beautiful churches, wonderful stained glass at the end and your lovely dad for company. And the meals! I’ve enjoyed this trip very much. Thank you.
Hi Emma! aw thank you! glad you enjoyed it!
Great trip. Love seeing your two wheeled adventures. You travel at just the right pace. 😊
aw thanks Timothy! glad you enjoyed it. Dad and me have been out again actually, exploring different areas of the UK, we love it. New film of that coming soon! and more from me solo, as well as with other long suffering companions too haha. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Susanna for the wonderful video it made my day. Your Father is a total inspiration as is his love of Churches. Stay well please.
Dad's right into it. Great production as usual.
Greetings!! That trip with your father was spectacular!!! The routes, the stained glass windows, sculptures and architectures... amazing!!🎉 I remembered when I used to go out with my father on a bicycle. The truth we ran to motor, everything that had wheels 😂. Thank you so much for sharing the video and taking me back 35 years.
Hi Carmen! thank you for the lovely comment! We saw super things, lovely trip. Aw so nice that you and your Dad used to go out on bikes together too! I remember Dad teaching me to ride a bike, running on foot and pushing me, until I could pedal by myself, crikey must have been exhausting!!! I am so lucky we are still out there on two wheels together. Best wishes!!! xxx
@@susannathornton Very true, we are lucky to still have them. My father can't ride a bike anymore. He has had two strokes and has lost a bit of his immediate memory, which would cause him to lose or miss my mother or any of the children if we are not around. Even so, I thank God that he is still alive just like my mother. This is my tribe and we celebrate until the last moment of life. These days I have been looking at the Vespa (motor) that comes with a side seat. For me it's a bit of an inappropriate expense, but I would like to see my father enjoy the breath of the wind on his face, it would be like riding a bicycle but sitting down. He was the one who also taught me to ride a bike, ride a motorcycle, drive a car and be a firefighter. Today I am the fire chief of an airport in PR and believe me it is not easy to be in a man's world, but at the moment I have achieved it. My grandfather was also a fire sergeant like my father, when here on the island they did not accept women in the organization, so I know that he would also be very proud to see me grow in that field of work. In short, seeing your father sharing those moments with you gives me great joy. Enjoy it to the fullest Susanna, the valuable thing about living, are the experiences lived and knowing how to connect with nature and what surrounds us, leaving the least possible trace of contamination, the rest does not matter. These experiences are what make us happy and wise. Be well, lots of health for you and all your tribe!!! a big hug from the tropics!!🌻🌞🏝️
Nota: Es realmente sorprendente cómo funciona todo en tu país, la gente, el transporte público entre muchas otras cosas…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Aw @@Vacaverde787 you are amazing and inspirational, your career and your work, and your family story. Oh that sounds great about the Vespa! how lovely to think of you and your Dad, going around by Vespa and side car, with the wind in your hair!
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Greetings Susanna! Hope you are well. I was watching that last video you uploaded with your father and it really is fabulous, watching it gives me peace and a feeling of freedom. May you be well and in good health!!!!
We loved this video ❤ So much respect for your Dad wow what an inspiration 😅
What a fantastic trip! I lived in Hereford for a little while, and you've introduced me to places I've not seen - always a great excuse to go back. And lovely to see you with your dad; I was lucky enough to have that good a relationship with my mum, and it's great to see you enjoying your time together.
Some sunshine you are and so well read too😊
What a lovely trip, thanks for sharing this. Well done
Marvellous trip. And the weather! Amazing. Music was a bit loud at times. Keep cycling, Suzanne.
Wonderful ! Precious times together for Dad and Daughter 😊
Well impressed with your Dad, like the saying goes, ‘You don’t stop cycling when you get old, You get old when you stop cycling’ I. 65, been out this morning for my 25 miles, I hope I can still cycle when and if I get to your Dads age. I love the area around the Marches, would have been nice to see Cwmyoy Church and Capel y Fin, I try to get up to Hay on Wye at least once a month, planning on cycling to the two churches in September over the Gospel Pass, it won’t be on my Brompton though, look forward to your next trip.
Hi David! oh that is a good saying! I like that, and never heard it before. Thanks for writing! Happy cycling! keep going!!
Wonderful! What a pleasure to watch. Your dad is fab!
yes he is x
You're right about that, you're never too old to go bike touring. I just finished my tour.👍
The fact that one can take small foldable bikes such as the Brompton on UK buses as "luggage" is something that makes our rather patchy bus network so much more useful! When combined with lifts in cars and trains it's a really practical and efficient way to get around.
Hi Stephen! yeh it was great to try out a little bus-and-folding bike holiday, and disvoer that it can actually work, despite the patchy bus network. Before we did this trip, I didn't know what apps etc to use for bus timetables and route maps etc, but I found some really good bus websites actually, once I looked into it. Actually about cars, Dad and I met a chap who was on holiday visiting villages and churches etc by car, and he said he had had a nightmare driving and navigating and not being able to stop on small roads and feeling stressed etc. That did made me think yeh, it was really enjoyable to ditch the car and use bikes and buses like that. We had taxi numbers too so if necessary we could always call a taxi too, and just put the folding bikes in the boot.
@@susannathornton Indeed! And these hybrid journeys are also so important in encouraging people worried about their fitness to get on a bike for the first time. I must admit I had a cycling gap of a couple of decades. Buying a folding a bike initially gave me the confidence to try things knowing that if the worse happened I could always take the bus home up that big hill!
Oh thats the same as me, after I recovered from a big operation a few years ago, I was really unsure about my fitness etc. I went on a solo overnight camp (super happy!!!), and it was the Brompton that gave me confidence to set out, cos I knew that if I needed to bail out, I could just fold up, and get a bus, or ring for a taxi. You're right, the ability to fold up definitely helps lower the barriers to heading out there
So excited to watch this and im so sure you and dad were excited for the trip. Thank you for this. Family is ✊️👏👍🏼✊️❤️❤️
Aw thanks Fraser. Glad you liked it! Dad and I just did another little adventure together actually, film coming soon!!
Thanks as Susanna for another lovely video, great to see your Dad joining in, only spoilet with that dreadful music, so nice on the parts without it, so we can here you chat to Dad.
Very moving. You did a wonderful thing for your Dad
Aw thanks - it's the other way round really
Loved the Churches. Loved the scenery. Loved seeing father's love for daughter. Loved seeing daughter's love for father. Loved this video.
I enjoy watching your trips. Im very impressed with your farther striding on up the hill not wishing to walk. You're both lovely people.
Thank you again for sharing.
Take care, all the very best.
You are so amazing.. absolutely adorable. This is the way to celebrate life. Greetings from Lithuania
Rarely I comment on your videos but this is lovely 🧡🧡🧡👌
Aw thanks Vijaybose, glad you like it
I have always believed that cycling does not make you live long, it makes you live well. I need to rethink that. It seems to do both. This was very moving, Susanna, thank you.
What a heartwarming video Susanna, absolutely beautiful 🚲🙂👍
Wow, so sweet!! you're amazing, cheers from Uruguay 🏆👏
If this wasn't a special trip I don't know what is. Thank you so much for sharing, Susanna
Hey Susanna. Lovely video. Your dad! What an amazing gent he is. 87! Incredible example to us all. I love Herefordshire, especially that area. My in laws used to live near Weobley so we often went up there. Those churches are fantastic and the roads really are pretty quiet. Pembridge and Eardisland are well worth a visit if you are up there again. Both beautiful villages with lots of timber frame buildings and Pembridge has a separate bell tower from its church.
Hi Vin! Aw thanks for writing! How nice that you know that area from many visits and family connections. I loved the bits Dad and I saw on this visit. I was surprised about how much timber framing there was round there actually. I thought of timber frame as a Cheshire thing - which is kind of where I am from - and obviously I am wrong!
Yes. They even have the black and white house trail round there. As with the churches, the other border architecture is great and very historic. When we first went up there about 35yrs ago some of the neighbours still didn’t have mains electricity or water.
What a great ‘Peter pan ‘ of a father you have . Fantastic trip
De iglesia a iglesia. ¡Qué buena idea para hacer una ruta en bicicleta! 👍
Wishing you a beautiful Christmas and may 2024 see you in remission from C and out there having more fun adventures and..selfishly..sharing them with us.
Greetings from a hot, sunny and humid Australia.
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Hi Carol! thank you for the lovely message! best wishes for the New Year!
What a wonderful video Susanna. Please thank your Dad for joining you on yet another excellent trip. Stockport is dear to my heart. I was born there and all my Mum's side of the family lived in Edgeley. Your Brommy trips are legendary. Stay safe.
Absolutely fantastic. Kg.
Aw thanks Kieron! Glad you liked it x Dad and I are lucky that we can do things we enjoy
Lovely ❤. So heartwarming. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for sharing this delightful and memorable slice of your life. Your dad is a superstar, inspiring! You're looking very fit and in bloom, full of life. It's so good to see you thriving and taking advantage of the good times. 🥰💪👏🙏
Hi Helene! thank you for watching!!! and for the super lovely comment. Best wishes!
Whenever I come across your videos, I feel compelled to watch until the end. But this one was especially delightful, and reminded me of cycling with my own father, many years ago.
Thank you for sharing this; it was the highlight of my day.
Aw thanks flatability, glad you liked the film! thank you for the lovely comment x
Well done Dad for your effort at a grand age !
I can't improve upon the raft of lovely comments that you have already received for this video. They were well deserved. Thank you for another wonderful video.
Lots of pretty little churches, I like the stonemason designs, especially the dog and cat. I think Mocca was the best, just imagine living on that estate with that lovely little church in the grounds.
My dad regaled me of his cycling days, he’d think nothing of riding from Fareham to Arundel Castle and back when he was a teenager. I tried to teach him to ride my Brompton during lockdown, but his riding balance has gone unfortunately.
You’re the spitting image of your dad.
Yeh I liked Moccas a lot too. Imagine living there. Your own cricket pitch and everything. Amazing. Sounds like your Dad enjoyed his bike a lot. Sorry to hear his balance has gone. Dad and me know we are are super lucky. We were just on the phone chatting about it now. Nothing is to be taken for granted is it, so much to be thankful for. Anyway, best wishes! thanks for watching!
Well, I hope I can do what your dad has done when I'm his age! Inspirational.
That was lovely. Thanks for sharing. ❤
What a gent, chinos and shirt, love it
What a great video! Loved watching it. Greetings from Rotterdam
Love it! Wish I can do the same with my kids when I’m older. He is 3 and he asked if he can have my Brompton when he is tall enough 😅
Another good video Susanna, many thanks for sharing the holiday with your father with us all. Your father is a very fit gentleman for his age and I am sure he enjoyed your company, my Best Wishes to you both. Andrew.
Another great adventure 🎉 Great to see your Dad 😊 Hope you are keeping well. Hugs and prayers ❤
Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.💖
I’m so pleased your looking so well Susanna and I really enjoyed seeing you and your Dad out together, such a great thing to do and what a fit chap.
Wishing you both all the best.
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Hello Dave, aw thanks for writing. Glad you enjoyed the film. I am lucky - we are lucky! Dad and me - to be able to do a trip like that together. Wishing you all the best too x
Keek the wind on your back for a long time yet. Many thanks.
Thank you for your videos and the inspiration that you and your dad have given.
I caught the train to Hereford yesterday and cycled to some of the castles and churches in your video. Beautiful and interesting ride. Thank you for the idea.
I hope to catch the train to Hereford again and cycle home to Newport.
Hi Martyn! how lovely, glad you enjoyed it too! Hope you had some nice good etc too like we did, cheese cake and things
What a lovely way to spend time with your Dad exploring such beautiful places
Hi Susanna My little Patterdale terrier died this morning (of old age). Your video filled my sad heart with joy. I always admire your positive attitude. Best wishes to your Dad and take care, Jamie
Aw Jamie sorry to hear about your little dog. Glad you enjoyed the film and glad that despite being sad you could smile a bit