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…
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…
Any one who joined me on our recent tour of Umbria will know that my physique doesn’t quite suit the cycling lycra look. That’s a shame, because over the years I’ve collected some nice ‘maillots’, or ‘maglia’ (cycling jerseys). There’s…
Last Friday, Pete and I met up with Toby, our newest guide. A lovely evening, naturally, and we talked about our hopes and expectations for the summer, but the most interesting thing was this extraordinary bike which Toby spotted chained…
On Sunday, Doctor Bike (Andy Sinclair) and I completed the Dartmoor Classic Cyclosportive 2008. Yippee! It was bloody hard, partly because it was so hot, partly because we hadn’t done nearly enough training, and mostly because I weigh so much!…
With the Dartmoor Challenge only days away, and with almost no preparation on the training side, it becomes even more important that the bike looks the part. Apart from looking good at the start of the ride, and attracting admiring…
Dr Bike Pouring a Drink Next Sunday, my friend Doctor Bike and I are entered for the Dartmoor Cycle Challenge . It’s a 100 mile bike ride round Dartmoor, which for those who don’t know is an area of moorland…
Probably the biggest one-day race on the cycling calendar is the Paris-Roubaix. It’s a 260 Km (162 miles) race from, you guessed it, Paris, finishing in the velodrome in Roubaix in the North East of France On April 14th, it…
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…
