Always an Adventure
2020 has been the summer of staycations for us along with many others, so I was looking for some adventure closer to home. The ‘adventure on your doorstep’ variety rather than ‘adventure begins at the edge of your comfort zone’ … Continued
Sunday 14 June marked the 90th day of my self-imposed lock-down after returning from South Africa (after the Cape Epic was cancelled, a whole different story), and 12 weeks since lock-down was officially started in the UK. It seemed like … Continued
“The number one multi day adventure ride in New Zealand, this 85km ride traverses some of New Zealand’s most diverse and fascinating environments.” So reads the tagline of the Timber Trail website (link here), but does it live up to … Continued
Geneva August 2017. After 7 stages, many tears and lots of physio tape holding up various bits of my body I swore I would never do another 7 day Haute Route again. However, in March the offer of a free … Continued
Back in Switzerland for my second Swiss Epic and the 6th edition of the race. After 5 races all ending in Zermatt, this year the race moved east to the Graubünden region of Switzerland with a start in Davos, stops … Continued
A year or so after our last trip to Stavanger, Lillian and I were back, this time to ride the Haute Route Norway as the two representatives from Eco Team Ne Jetez Plus. Thursday afternoon saw us settle down to … Continued
Billed as “The Toughest Mountain Bike Race in the World” and taking place beside Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, the MB Race does not lack for superlatives. But are those deserved, and what is it like to race? … Continued
If you have a copy of the excellent ‘VTT en Oisans’ mountain bike guide (available here or in the Tourist Information offices in Bourg d’Oisans and the surrounding towns) you’ll see that it is already translated into English, complete with … Continued
What makes a perfect dining experience? Perhaps a combination of good company, a nice restaurant and a little something extra to make it memorable and unique. Whatever it is Lillian and I found it in our recent visit to Provence. … Continued
An early season objective was needed to motivate us through the long dark winter on the turbo and Zwift. The prospect of a 3 day gran fondo (from 29 to 31 March) in warm and sunny Cyprus seemed like just … Continued