The Launch of Kostüme, Exclusive Cycling Apparel
Hot off the press, the latest thing in cycling apparel. What’s this got to do with The Chain Gang? Well, this. 25 years ago, one of my closest friends stumped up a wedge of cash to help me start The…
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Our New Tour – The Languedoc
Our Itinerary How hard is it? It ain’t. A fairly flat tour, with some modest hills at the end of the week. We start and finish in Villeneuve-les-Avignon, next to Avignon. 8 Days / 7 Nights. An Introduction to the…
The Chain Gang Plans For 2016
OK, Let’s Talk About 2016. Christmas is just round the corner, and here in the northern hemisphere, as Allyson Harrison recently reminded us on Facebook, the days are about to start getting longer. Which hopefully turns people’s thoughts towards…
Moretonhampstead Cycling
Time For A Proper Ride Pete is coming to visit this weekend, but he was on the train and not due until lunch time. An old friend, Sarah, was also visiting, in Devon with her kayaking club, so I was…
What It's Meant To Look Like
A few days ago I went for a ride on Woodbury Common, an area of common land close to Exeter. It was grey and miserable, it started raining, and the only gloves I could find were thin jogging gloves. Much…
Back on court
Last night, Thursday, I played my first competitive volleyball game in more than 3 years. Back in August 2005 an ankle injury forced me to stop playing for VK Barnet volleyball club. The VK stands for Volleyball Klub, can you…
Click, Click, Click
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…
Nobody’s Immune To Nutters – They’re Everywhere
Like everyone else, The Chain Gang gets a few nutters along on our trips. One of the nicest and most interesting nutters is Tim Ockwell – I’ll tell you why he’s a nutter in a minute. His key saving grace…
