The Grind Of Getting Googled
Clare and I have recently started the latest round of website promotion. Periodically I get a bee in my bonnet about optimising our website and increasing traffic. We pay Lizzie for this sort of work as well, but as she…
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Bernard Dugdale
Race Season's Here
Although most attention is given to the Tour de France, the bike racing season runs from February to October, and March / April can be especially exciting times. This is the time of the great 1-day classics in Northern France…
Cycling In London – The Return Of The Mack
Derek Harpin, AKA Mack, is a Chain Gang regular. He’s also a keen cyclist and walker when at home in Godalming, and arranges loads of 1-day walks and rides. Recently there was a ride arranged in London, so I was…
Where We Are Now
Now is the time of year when I keep getting reminders of how close our season is. Pete Doherty was jailed for 14 weeks, and so will not be performing at Glastonbury. Our season is well under way by the…
Cycling on Dartmoor with Bob The Builder, Dr. Bike and The Cannibal
Last weekend I got a bit of a shock. My cycling mate Andy, recently appointed as the Bike Doctor by Devon County Council, has signed us both up for the Dartmoor Challenge in May. As part of our preparation, Dr.…
What Do You Do With a Load of Old Bikes?
We Are Recycling Our Old Bikes! Each year I have to wrestle with this logistics problem of getting a load of new bikes out to 5 separate depots in France and Italy. This year we have to bring back about…
The Bordeaux Winetrail Bike Tour – Good Reasons for a Cycling Holiday – Part 2
A Tour for Lovers of Wine This was the 2nd tour that we designed. Running the Dordogne tour in 1997 awoke my interest in wine, and inevitably I started reading about the wines of Bordeaux, the greatest wine producing region…
Albert Ayton
One of My Favourite Cyclists I got a letter from one of my favourite ever Chain Gang cyclists earlier this week, Albert Ayton. Albert first joined us in 2000 at the age of 79 in the Dordogne. He’s an accomplished…
The Loire Valley Bike Tour – Good Reasons for a Cycling Holiday – Part 1
Good Reasons to Choose a Cycling Tour in The Loire Valley First off, the Loire Valley. It’s relatively flat, which usually means not such nice scenery, and certainly Provence, the Dordogne, Tuscany and Umbria are all more beautiful. But there…
Which Cycling Holiday Should I Choose?
If You’ve Never Travelled With Us, How Do You Know Which Bike Tour Is Best For You? Our first bike tour was based around the Dordogne, in France and as you might imagine, we tried to choose the best area…
