cycling

Coastal Culture Trail

For ages I’ve been meaning to do a ride from Brighton along the coast to Eastbourne to the Towner Gallery, and then on to Bexhill to the De La Warr […]

cycling

Rapha Rising 2015

Total Ascent 9371m Ride 4: Thusday 23 July / 203km / 4111m Gagnac-sur-Cere // Camps // >> D14 // >> D1120/D120 // Montvert // Bends, then long straight // << […]

cycling

Tour de France Sojourn Day 4

Headwind. Headwind. Headwind. Three hour nap on a ferry. Headwind.

cycling

Tour de France Sojourn Day 3

Rest day. A book, a bottle of wine, sitting under a tree.

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Tour de France Sojourn Day 2

The best thing about camping is being gently woken by the dawn chorus. The worst thing about camping is the dawn chorus starting at 5 a.m. And thus starts another […]

cycling

Tour de France Sojourn Day 1

I rattle and rumble down the ferry gangway into early morning France. It’s around 5am and I’ve not had anywhere near enough sleep. Out of the port and it’s left […]

audax

AAA Milne (Brevet des Grimpeurs du Sud ride #5)

Yesterday I completed my series of Brevet Des Grimpeurs Du […]

cycling

Bike Belle

Day 1: http://www.strava.com/activities/300629658 Day 2: http://www.strava.com/activities/300883823 then a train across London and http://www.strava.com/activities/301194258

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Hometown Woods

Army barracks and the sound of gun fire. No red flags, it should be OK. My first ever race. Why would I start racing at my age. Idiot. Please let […]

cycling

One Way Ticket

One way ticket, only one way home. A flat before I’ve even started. A lap of Cambridge looking for an open bike shop to borrow a track pump. Saving that […]

cycling

Tour of Flanders Weekender Day 3 – Jorge the Rally Driver

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Tour of Flanders Weekender Day 2 – Ping!

A special kind of cold and damp, and then a […]

cycling

Tour of Flanders Weekender Day 1 – The Accidental 100km Recce Ride

“How far is the Muur?” “About 8km” “Cool, let’s go!” […]

audax

The Reliable

It’s Wednesday lunchtime and I’m strolling to the Post Office with an envelope full of brevet cards and receipts. It seems a bit anachronistic in these days of gps recording […]

audax

The Return of Mad Jack

Mad Jack’s – John Seviour Memorial Audax Last year Mad Jack’s event was supposed to be my first ever audax. It didn’t quite go to plan. This year’s attempt looked […]

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