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
Winter (Spring?) in the Alps
2017 was a bad season for snow in the Alps. However, it had some advantages. At the time of my trip in the last week of March, the fresh grass in the valleys was beautiful, there were fewer people than normal skiing … Continued
La Grave Skiing
Some photos from my recent long weekend in La Grave. A fun trip with skiing in the sun, on grass and then in powder. We left just as a monster snow fall was in progress. That’s the way it goes with … Continued
Outdoor Hong Kong (Part 4)
We had some more Hong Kong adventures when we stopped there for a few days in January en route to New Zealand. The coolest thing was a 20km walk/run through the spectacular scenery of the Sai Kung Country Park, where … Continued
The X Files (Lessons learned in my first season of racing cyclo-cross)
This is a chronicle of my journey through the London X League races in Q3 2016 and transformation from cyclo-cross newbie to proto-cross rider, along with the lessons I learned along the way. Race 1: Sumners Pond It was exciting … Continued
Haute Route Pyrenees 2016
This was a fantastic experience and one of the best bike rides I have done. With seven days of back to back racing it crossed 19 Pyrenean cols and took us through beautiful rolling countryside and spectacular mountain scenery. Whilst … Continued
Duracell Bunny vs Haute Route Pyrenees
Lillian and another friend have nick-named me the Duracell Bunny. I don’t think it is entirely meant as a compliment but hopefully I can prove worthy of the name in the Haute Route Pyrenees which I will be starting on … Continued