Looking To 2024
About 2024. This year, 2023, was the first time since Brexit, and since the Covid-19 pandemic, that The Chain Gang ran a full season of tours. And even that isn’t really true – we still need to wake-up our Italian…
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The Chain Gang Needs You!
This is a plea for help. So, unless you’re literally in the process of booking a holiday, everybody else, could you take 2 minutes, and see if you could help me? I’m after your photos – your Chain Gang photos.…
Video of our new Provence tour
Two years ago, we launched a redesigned tour of Provence Most importantly, I wanted to spend more time in Provence, rather than Languedoc (!). I wanted to explore a really interesting wine region more thoroughly; make the tour perhaps a…
Will it Sabre?
What’s The Most Fun You Can Have On A Bike Tour? The origins of The Chain Gang lie in a trip to Brittany back in 1992, with 3 friends. None of us had ever been on a bike tour before,…
The Wines of Provence
Wine has been made in Provence since the Greeks settled Marseille, before the Romans arrived. The greatest part of provençale wines are part of the Côtes du Rhône appellation. This appellation is a perfect example of the French system of…
Chain Gang 2017 – The State Of Play
As ever, our new season is suddenly a whole lot closer than it was. We start our group tours on June 3rd in Normandy. But that tour is full, I’m afraid. But also in June we have tours of Alsace,…
A new album of photos from Provence.
By Suzie Tyson Photo albums are always popular in our newsletters. Here is a new album, from Provence, by Suzie Tyson who cycled with us last summer. I’ve chosen four photos that I particularly liked – with a brief explanation…
The Chain Gang's 2016 Season Approaches
It’s the the end of March, 2 months before our new season. 1. New Jerseys I’ve spent this afternoon trying to finalise the design of our 2016 Chain Gang cycling jersey. It’s always a special feeling when I’m with Chain…
A Gallery Of Provence Photos, from June 2105
Our Latest Gallery Of Photographs From Provence We’re very lucky at The Chain Gang that some of our customers are much better photographers than me. And our newest gallery of photos from Provence are a case in point. These were…
2015 Chain Gang Season Getting Closer
Our First Tours In 2015 Last year, 2014, business was good. So, believing our Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, that the financial outlook was getting better, we’ve scheduled a few more early-season tours for 2015. Not many – I…
