Category: Cycling
Two wheeled (on road) adventures, for example road racing and touring.
Lakeland August Bank Holiday
It seems that global warming is real! Who knew? Anyway, that means that we had great weather for the August Bank Holiday in the Lakes, when really we all know it should have been raining… 😉 A Longish Bike Ride A day on the Water Paddling from Grasmere, via the Rothay and Rydal Water, to …
L’Etape Social Riding to Nîmes
Being part of L’Etape du Tour 2019 Social Riders programme was an amazing experience, not least of all because we were invited as VIP guests to the Tour de France Stage 16 in Nîmes. Access to the Start Village Access to the Signature Podium Access to the Press Centre and Technical Zone Access to the …
Social Riding L’Etape du Tour 2019
l’Etape Course 2019
Exactly one month to go and the official course for l’Etape du Tour 2019 has been published. We knew what the course was already of course, but having the official map is nice, and it also shows a bit more detail about the locations of feeding stations etc. What with first fracturing my ankle and …
Steady Away
Three weeks ago I managed to fall, not far and not fast, off a rock climb in Buttermere. I was unlucky to hit a small (10cm x 10cm) ledge with my left foot in that fall. If I’d fallen 10cm less far or to either side I’d have missed the ledge, been embarrassed but totally …
A Break in the Training
L’Etape du Tour 2019
Finally starting to get to grips with the training programme for this year’s l’Etape du Tour – from Albertville to Val Thorens (where we were skiing only a couple of months ago), 135km and over 4000m of climbing. This year Laetitia is doing it too, so that should be great fun – the atmosphere of …
La Marmotte
My training plan for the Marmotte had gone badly! The plan to start getting fit for a serious attempt at going around the 174km course as fast as I was able was stopped dead in its tracks just when it was supposed to really get going after Xmas 2017. A couple of months later (after …