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Hello!

I am currently riding my bike to all of the League and Blue Square Premier (Conference National) grounds in England and Wales.

Here are the photos from the #FootballGroundTour (Twitter hashtag). Follow me @stevenrittey to find out where I am going next!

I am taking a picture of my bike, trainer or scooter in-front of the stadium as proof of each visit.

Here are the rides, scoots and runs so far...

Start date: November 2011

Ride 1: Wigan - Bolton - Bury - Rochdale - Oldham - Manchester City - Manchester United - Stockport (100km)

Ride 2: Stoke City - Port Vale - Crewe - Macclesfield (98km)

Ride 3: Southport - Preston - Blackburn - Accrington - Burnley (95km)

Ride 4: Nottingham Forest - Notts. County - Derby - Alfreton - Mansfield - Chesterfield (107km)

Ride 5: Bradford - Leeds - Huddersfield (56km)

Ride 6: Sheffield United - Sheffield Wednesday - Rotherham (Millmoor) - Barnsley (59km)

Run 1: Blackpool FC - Fleetwood Town (20km along the Lancashire Coastal Way)

Ride 7: Brighton (Falmer) - Portsmouth (114km)

Run 2: Southampton - Portsmouth (35km)

Ride 8: Bath - Bristol - Newport Gwent - Cardiff (138km via the Severn Bridge)

Ride 9: Swansea to Port Talbot (33km)

Run 3: Morecambe Bay (10km)

Ride 10: Cheltenham to Swindon (70km)

Ride 11: Manchester to Wrexham via Nantwich (91km)

Scoot 1: Tranmere - Liverpool - Everton - Manchester (61km)

Ride 12: Scunthorpe - Grimsby - Lincoln (120km)

Scoot 2: Middlesbrough to Hartlepool via the Transporter Bridge & Billingham (30km)

Scoot 3: Newcastle - Gateshead - Newcastle via Millennium Bridge and back via Tyne Bridge (10km)

Scoot 4: Sunderland Train Station to Stadium of Light (2km)

Weekend Away: I bought 2 LondonMidland £15 Day Rangers and went on my bike to all of the grounds between Milton Keynes and Telford. Saturday 18th February involved travelling on trains and riding my bike for 14 hours!

This is a multi-sport project and I hope to run, cycle, scoot and skate to the grounds.

NEWS!

I plan to do a couple of talks in Manchester about the tour so far. I will post dates on here and on Twitter.

The North East Scoot ended with me being stuck on Megabus on the M62 for 2 hours as a serious snowdrift hit in the afternoon until 2300. Such a contrast to the morning when conditions were ideal!

A key moment has happened as I did my first long distance microscoot. I scooted from Liverpool Pier Head to Manchester City Centre along the East Lancs Cycleway. Not many people can say they have done that!

A stunning day and topped by meeting Simon Cowell at the end who said "Well done!" and seemed genuinely impressed.

Feel free to comment and ask questions about the tour.

I hope you enjoy the photo tour as much as I am enjoying visiting each ground.

Carry on...

Steven

February 2012