Bern, Switzerland

I did a two day visit with a couple of mates, one of them lives in Bern. It’s as I expected and a stunning place to cycle – quiet roads, beautiful views and loads of good climbing. I’d go back to Switzerland, I get the feeling it’s like the French Alps but much quieter. One […]

L’Étape du Tour 2017

I did this event with Brían from The White Hart Vueltas, we both think it’s the best event we’ve done – it is absolutely brilliant – best route, best organization, best vibe, hard but incredible fun. L’Étape is run every year, a closed roads event which allows amateurs to ride a stage of that year’s […]

Mendips Sportive

Jane and I did this in summer of 2016, it’s an annual Wiggle sportive. The ride is about 140k and takes in Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge it’s a cracking ride because there is nice contrast between the really steep Wookey Hole climb (lots of people walking it), the fairly gentle but picturesque Cheddar Gorge […]

Wales – Dragon Tour

3 day tour in South Wales, June 2017. Day 1 was a 140k trip through The Mumbles and out to The Gower Peninsula, days 2 and 3 similar distances in the Breacon Beacons. We had pretty mixed weather and the route on the first day was a bit naff (lots of traffic in places), but […]

Liege Bastogne Liege

Jane and I did this sportive with the Vueltas in Spring 2017 (here’s the “A” team which did the full fat 270K. “Spring” is a bit mis-leading because it was more like the middle of winter! Jane and I did the middle 155k distance but still managed to do all of the famous climbs and […]

Denmark

Coast Road North of Copenhagen, March 2016 I had a business trip to Copenhagen in March 2016 and borrowed a road bike from some friends that live in Copenhagen. I took a 110K trip up the coast past Helsingborg and back again. Very flat and a nice ride along by the sea – very quiet roads […]

Tuscany

Florence, August 2012 We went on a family holiday to Florence (we stayed in a small town about 15k out of the centre). I hired a Bianchi and have loved them ever since. I don’t have any decent photos (this was before iPhone, was using a BB) and none of the rides are on Strava. […]

Loch Katrine

Scotland, 2014 We cycled from the outskirts of Glasgow (from the Erskine bridge) up the clyde, onto Loch Lomond and then around Loch Katrine.. The road around Loch Katrine is closed to cars, very lumpy and a bit of a dodgy surface in places, but it’s rideable on a road bike and is terrific. It’s […]

Mount Ventoux

Provence, August 2014 I had originally planned to climb Ventoux with The Vueltas in May 2014 but I got injured and couldn’t make the trip. Big disappointment so we decided to go there that summer instead. We stayed in a small town a few km from Bedouin and hired a villa for a week. The […]

Annecy

Lake Annecy, August 2014 A friend suggested a trip to Annecy and so we took a family holiday here in August 2014. I found a brilliant web site which has all the details you need here. It’s a fab place to cycle – loads of Tour de France climbs within a few km from the lake […]