As Good as it Gets
Spain-Portugal Stage 7 – Wed 18th May 2016 – São Bartolomeu de Messines to Lagos (55 Km) Weather: 14⁰C min – 26⁰C max, fine, clear blue sky ” Bicycles are the indicator species...
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Heading for the Hills
Spain-Portugal Stage 6 – Tue 17th May 2016 – Loulé to São Bartolomeu de Messines (50 Km) Weather: 15⁰C min – 25⁰C max, fine but with streaky cloud ” When my legs hurt,...
Lot to Like about Loulé
Spain-Portugal Stage 5 – Mon 16th May 2016 – Tavira to Loulé (60 Km) Weather: 18⁰C min – 25⁰C max, fine, partially cloudy ” Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and...
Awesome Algarve
Spain-Portugal Stage 4 – Sun 15th May 2016 – Monte Gordo to Tavira (24 Km) Weather: 16⁰C min – 22⁰C max, sunny ” Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us...
Adiós España … Olá Portugal
Spain-Portugal Stage 3 – Sat 14th May 2016 – Huelva to Monte Gordo (64 Km) Weather: 12⁰C min – 20⁰C max, fine, cloudy, rain probability 20% ” Bicycling is a big part of...
A Fabulous Friday in Spain
Spain-Portugal Stage 2 – Fri 13th May 2016 – La Palma del Condado to Huelva (42 Km) Weather: 11⁰C min – 19⁰C max, fine, partially cloudy, 40% rain probability ” Bicycles may change,...
Wending Westward in the Wet
Spain-Portugal Stage 1 – Thu 12th May 2016 – Seville to La Palma del Condado (54 Km) Weather: 11⁰C min – 19⁰C max, 90% chance of rain ” Sometimes what you’re most afraid...
Splendour of Seville
Rest Day in Seville – Wed 11th May 2016 My last day in Seville has been spent visiting the city’s top tourist sites ~ the Cathedral (one of the largest in Christendom) and the Giralda Tower (which...
Sodden Sights of Seville
Rest Day in Seville – Tue 10th May 2016 “Seville must be one of the most addictive cities in the world. In it, all of Spain’s clichés come together, wrapped in a thick...
Hola amigos de Sevilla!!!
Arriving in Seville – Monday 9th May 2016 “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” ~ Professor Higgins to Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady Don’t believe Professor Higgins...
In the Home Straight
France: Tour de Manche Stage 11 – Sat 1st August 2015 – Plestin-les-Grèves to Roscoff (55 Km) As he so often did Nelson Mandela said it best: “It always seems impossible until it...
My Penultimate Ride
France: Tour de Manche Stage 10 – Fri 31th July 2015 – Pleumeur-Bodou to Plestin-les-Grèves (55 Km) This morning I enjoyed petit dejeuner in the Panorama Room overlooking the golf course and the...
Fields of France
France: Tour de Manche Stage 9 – Thu 30th July 2015 – Paimpol to Pleumeur-Bodou (66 Km) The song I couldn’t get out of my head as I headed off on my 60...
By the Sea
France: Tour de Manche Stage 8 – Wed 29th July 2015 – Saint-Brieuc to Paimpol (59 Km) For a cyclist there is nothing better than setting off, paniers loaded, under clear blue skies...
Singing in the Rain
France: Tour de Manche Stage 7 – Tue 28th July 2015 – Matignon to Saint-Brieuc (67 Km) What else can you do but just sing and enjoy! For the first 40 Km of...
Huîtres et les Moules
France: Tour de Manche Stage 6 – Mon 27th July 2015 – Le-Vivier-sur-Mer to Matignon (71 Km) Unbelievably I already have completed six of the eleven stages of my fantastic Tour de Manche...
Il Pleut !!!!!!!
France: Tour de Manche Stage 5 – Sun 26th July 2015 – Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme to Le-Vivier-sur-Mer (60 Km) It had to happen. First thing I did this morning was to check the hour by...
Villages and Hamlets
France: Tour de Manche Stage 4 – Sat 25th July 2015 – Vire to Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme (48 Km) Having GPS navigation gives you the courage to be more adventurous without fear of getting lost....
Peace and Tranquility
France: Tour de Manche Stage 3 – Fri 24th July 2015 – Saint-Lô to Vire (64 Km) Rain is what greeted me when I awoke this morning, but I could see a couple...
Hydrangeas, Hollyhocks and Hedges
France: Tour de Manche Stage 2 – Thu 23rd July 2015 – La Haye-du-Puits to Saint-Lô (70 Km) I was looking forward to getting a good night sleep last night so I would...
Rolling Along in Normandy
France: Tour de Manche Stage 1 – Wed 22nd July 2015 – Cherbourg to La Haye-du-Puits (59 Km) This morning I eagerly commenced my eleven day ride around Normandy and Brittany (known to...
Across the Channel
Ferry – Portsmouth (UK) to Cherbourg (France) Tuesday 21 July 2015. With Brittany Ferries taking your bike across the Channel could not be easier. Simply walk it on-board through the car entrance, lock...
On the Road Again
I always get excited when setting off on another cycling adventure, so the light drizzle as I was leaving home this morning did not dampen my spirits. The first leg of my journey was...
A Day at Lords
Lords 2nd Ashes Test Sat 18-Jul-2015 Watch videos View photos Pimms and Veuve Clicquot at the cricket … it would never happen at a test match in Australia! The cricket was excellent and Australia...
Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse
Translated to English this means “a rolling stone gathers no moss”. Not wishing to gather any moss, this stone has therefore decided to go rolling again. On Tuesday I will be catching the ferry...
Go Aussies Go!
Watching an ashes test match at Lords has always been my dream. Miraculously, we have been able to get tickets for Saturday (Day 3) so hopefully our boisterous cheering will get the Aussies over...
Train Trip to Bologna, Italy
Bologna, Italy – Thursday 11 Jun 2015 Train trips in Europe can be fun once you know the ropes. First, if you are travelling with a bike it is important to know that...
Arrived in Italy – Tour Complete
Croatia Stage 20 – Wed 10th Jun 2015 – Piran to Trieste (44 Km) The 3 Km steep climb out of Piran was a nice heart starter and gave me a chance to...
Perfect Piran
Croatia Stage 19 – Tue 9th Jun 2015 – Novigrad to Piran, Slovenia (44 Km) From the hotel Nautica where I was staying in Novigrad I headed North-East along Route 06 from the...
Nautical Novigrad
Croatia Stage 18 – Mon 8 Jun 2015 – Porec to Novigrad (23 Km) In contrast to yesterday today’s ride was a dream, under a clear blue sky again, but this time on...