Swimming in Dijon
A few weeks ago we had an incident in Dijon with a very funny ending. I hope Sasha will forgive me, as he’s the butt of the joke, but he’s such a nice bloke I think we’ll be OK. They’ve…
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Saumur might just be the bike capital of the world.
Recently a friend of mine, Mike Pattenden, spent a week in the Loire Valley. Anybody who’s cycled with us this year will have a water bottle designed by Mike’s wife – so too our brochure. He took the chance to…
Why Is Cycling In Provence Great?
There’s an old saying which says that a picture is worth a thousand words. So here are 10,000 words on why you should go to Provence. Throughout July there are fields and fields of beautiful sunflowers. Just as the TV…
Aidan and Damaris Join the 7-Up Club
Amazingly, two more people have now completed every single one of our cycling tours. Aidan Challen and Damaris O’Hanlon recently cycled round Umbria with me, and in both cases the Umbria tour completed the set. Damaris has been on some…
Happy Birthdays Whilst Cycling in France
Ever since we started, back in 1997, the closest thing to a ‘company rule’ has been the Birthday Rule. Whenever we see on the Booking Form that someone is going to have a birthday during their holiday with us, we…
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…
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…
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…
The Chain Gang Wines – Part 1
What’s The Best Wine on a Chain Gang Cycling Tour? I will always have a soft spot for Chateau du Cedres, an AOC Cahors. We don’t visit the vineyard – or any where near it – but during the eastern…
