Mont Ventoux by the ‘Fourth’ Way
I had wanted to ride up Mont Ventoux by the mysterious ‘fourth’ way ever since I heard rumour of it during the trip in 2007 when I first rode up the mountain. The three classic routes up are road climbs … Continued
Alternative North Coast 500 (2021)
The North Coast 500 (NC500) has, since its launch in 2015, become increasingly well known and popular as a tour on both 4 and 2 wheels. We originally planned to follow the whole route, but when we heard from Simon, … Continued
King Alfred’s Way in 2 Days (2021)
King Alfred’s Way in two days gave us a challenge without too much risk of an epic. There was no riding late into the evening, and we had enough time to enjoy the views and stop a few times for … Continued
Downs Loop (King Alfred’s Way – South Downs Way – Downs Link)
This is a varied and interesting bike-packing route taking in about 50km of each of King Alfred’s Way, the South Downs Way and the Downs Link. You can ride it as a loop or, as we did, link it up … Continued
King Alfred’s Way (2020)
Multi-day adventures are about the journey as much as the destination, none more so than the King Alfred’s Way as the journey takes you full circle back to the starting point. The trail was launched in 2020 and covers c.360km … Continued
South Downs Way, Extended Version (2020)
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
Riding The Ridgeway (2020)
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
Timber Trail 2019
“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
Haute Route Alps 2019
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
Swiss Epic 2019
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