Too tired for a ride, the best thing you can do is get on and cycle. Even if you’re miserable when you saddle up, cranking through those miles will lift your spirits.

Three 30-minute sessions a week can be enough to give you a lift and make you happier whilst also burning a higher number of calories for a few hours after you stop as the body’s metabolic rate is not only raised during a ride, but for several hours afterwards.

Don’t own a bike or are unsure if cycling is for you? Worry not. We have the answer.

Hire a bike and explore! This way you don’t have to worry about your fitness levels or whether cycling is for you or not. Just a day’s hire starts from as little as £16.00 for an ordinary pedal bike and if you want to take it easy and go that little bit further try an electric bike from £45 and cruise around the countryside discovering those hidden gems you miss driving around in the car.

IWe have devised several easy to follow routes so you can explore at your leisure and not worry about loosing your way.

Best of all why not treat yourself and a loved one to a day to remember for Valentine’s day. St Valentine is a legend and story shrouded in mystery so what better way to celebrate this day than go for a romantic cycle out in Wiltshire’s countryside past Stourhead through beautiful woodland where you might see snowdrops, or bluebells or maybe even a daffodil depending on the weather. The Ponds View Tour is at a special price of £125.00 per couple. This consists of; the hire of two ebikes, a guide to take you around and finishing off with a warming hot chocolate and marshmallows around your very own fire pit at the Three Oaks Farm Campsite which is located on the edge of Wiltshires’s area of outstanding natural beauty .

Make your Valentine happy with this romantic tour for two and book now

The range of hire bikes available includes electric, foldable and mountain, all our bikes are very well maintained and checked over before every hire providing a first- class service ensuring that customers are happy with their hire.

Call 01256 353465 or email info@espokes.co.uk to discuss your requirements

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Valentine’s Day is a very old tradition; thought to have originated from a Roman Festival called Lupercalia held in the middle of February; the official start of springtime.

According to Noel Lenski; a classics professor at the University of Colorado; young men would sacrifice a dog or goat, strip naked and use whips they made from the skins to spank the backsides of young women in order to improve their fertility. They also drew the names of women from a jar spending the rest of the festival together, sometimes even getting married.

The legend and story of St Valentine are shrouded in mystery. It is thought that Roman Emperor Claudius II executed two Priests; both named Valentine on 14 February in different years in the 3rd century A.D.  This may have been because he had banned marriage in the belief that married men were bad soldiers. A priest named Valentine felt this was unfair and broke the rules by conducting marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was jailed and sentenced to death. There, he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter and when he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed “from your Valentine”.

The two priests became Saints and were honoured by the Catholic Church by the celebration of St Valentine’s Day as a day of romance.

Studies show that cycling makes you happy; what better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! In view of this, we are delighted to offer The Ponds View Tour at a special price of £99.99 per couple consisting of; the hire of the ebikes, a guide to take you around and your very own photo shoot by an award-winning photographer including up to ten digital images and a 9×6 print in a mount. Make your Valentine happy with this romantic tour for two and book now!

Give us a call on 01256 353465/07771 927354 or email info@espokes.co.uk

The Valentine’s Day tours must be booked before 14th February 2018 and taken by 31st May 2018.

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