Category Burgundy

A New Video Of Our Burgundy Tour Last September our favourite Brazilian, Roberto Peixoto, joined our Burgundy tour. The sun shone, which is a good job because it was harvest time in the vineyards. Roberto has put together a video…

A New Video Of Our Burgundy Tour Last September our favourite Brazilian, Roberto Peixoto, joined us on a tour in Burgundy. The sun appears to have shone most of the week, which is a good job because it was harvest…

I’d like to write an occasional series about my favourite day on each of our tours. Let’s see if I get beyond the first piece, but in a spirit of optimism let me start with my favourite day on our…

Click to enjoy new galleries of Umbria and Tuscany on The Chain Gang Flickr Photostream. It’s more than 10 years since I spent a month in Italy researching our trips in Tuscany and Umbria. Both these regions were a revelation…

Regular readers will know how hard I try to get decent photos of our tours, and therefore the awe with which I view Patrick Hudgell and his photographs. Last summer Patrick and his pals joined us in Burgundy, and I’ve…

Here’s something completely different – as exciting as any of our cycling trips, but with no bikes! In conjunction with Italy expert Valentina Todino we’ve designed a fantastic week, a Beautiful Adventure, around her home region of Campania – that’s…

This is a departure for us. From 2014 we’re going to be offering self-guided cycle tours. We’ve actually done this quite a lot in the past in response to requests, but for the first time we’re publicising the fact. Advantages…