Every year I look forward to the Tour de France as one of my highlights of the sporting year. I was fascinated recently to learn about the links between the Tour de France and the notorious Dreyfus affair of late…
Back in the Eighties there was a fabulous animated version of The Wind In The Willows, featuring David Jason as Toad. I bought quite a few sets as gifts for children and adults, I thought they were hilarious. I’ve no…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Our First Ever Day The very first day of our very first tour had enough incident to make it memorable. There were only 7 of us – one of them was Stéphane, the guide, one was me, and two were…
