BIKE TransAlp MTB 2018
Seven gruelling days, stunning views and a major mountain range to cross. Throw in team dynamics plus fast and technical descents and you have the BIKE TransAlp stage race (link to race website here). Alex and I had completed the … Continued
Forest’Cime 2018
Every time we drive to Geneva we see signs for the autoroute to Oyannax and have been intrigued by the name. This year we finally got to visit as the Forest’Cime, a 3-stage cycling event, started and ended there. In … Continued
In the Land of the Hammer (Norway 2018)
Fjords and sprinters (Thor Hushovd, Alexander Kristoff…) were the two things that came to mind when I thought of Norway. And oil. We got all three on our trip there as well as great company and five days of blue … Continued
GiroSardegna 2018
Blue skies, empty roads and fast racing welcomed us in this year’s GiroSardegna, a stage race on the Italian island of Sardinia. Stage 1 As this was my first trip to Italy for several years I had decided to learn … Continued
Mont Blanc Skiing with Martin (2018)
Just a few days of skiing for me this year but as always they were memorable. A day of spring skiing followed by a white out and then Arctic temperatures. With Martin and for, a couple of days, Phil and … Continued
Wilson Trail / Outdoor Hong Kong (Part 5)
Lillian and I were lucky enough to meet ex-Governor Wilson last summer and when I commented that it was really cool to have a walking trail named after oneself he asked if we had walked it. To which the answer … Continued
Mark and Lillian’s Haute Route Alps
The Haute Route is different things to different people. For some, a challenge of a lifetime, climbing up cols that they had only seen on TV, for others a chance to experience the ups and downs of a mountainous stage … Continued
Haute Route – One Week to Go
September 2016. We both started work again (albeit in a new and better job for me) after a year cycling in some incredible places. For both of us, our year off culminated in a multiday cycling challenge at the end … Continued
Summer Cycling Pics (2017)
A few cool photos from this year’s cycling trips and events. Summer for us started early with a January trip to New Zealand. It was mainly to see Lillian’s brother’s family, but we also took our bikes. Here we are … Continued
Granfondo Mont Ventoux 2017
If one of the qualities of intelligent life is the ability to learn from past experiences, then the Grandfondo Mont Ventoux would call into question any claims I have to be considered as such. Why was I back again, toiling … Continued