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2018 – Another Twelve Month Cycle

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Newhaven to Nyhavn

SATURDAY The smell of baking bread wafts through the air as I climb the hill away from the ferry. The streets are still and quiet. Beyond the light pollution stars […]

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I’m Not Sure About This

I’ve had itchy pedals since I got back from the Alps in the summer. After five days of riding across Belgium and France (and a tiny bit of Switzerland) I […]

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Dolomiti

Last year I took part in the fifth edition of the Transcontinental Race but unfortunately didn’t finish the race, making it across parts of Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy […]

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A Week in the Dolomites

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Seven hundred

Orange-pink cracks of light in the murky grey sky to the east contradict the weather forecast I saw the day before. This is good. If it lasts. The predicted headwind […]

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Newhaven – Welcome to England

Rolling off the ferry at Newhaven it’s lashing down, absolute stair-rods. I get to the train station only to discover there are no trains this weekend. It may be the […]

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Five Sevenths

Half way up the hill out of town I spot a bench nestled under some trees. Shade, at last. I pull over, lean my bike against one end of the […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 6 // Oviedo to Asturias Airport

The alarms go off at 7am. Today should be a […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 5 // Riaño to Oviedo

We wake up to a very different view out of […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 4 // Riaño to Cain de Valdeón to Riaño

We wake up to sunlight streaming through the apartment windows. […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 3 // Potes to Riaño

The original plan for today was to ride up to […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 2 // Cangas de Onis to Potes

Whilst I breakfast on bread, ham and cheese and watch […]

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Vuelta de Los Picos // Dia 1 // Asturias airport to Cangas de Onis

As our flight descends over the Atlantic Ocean towards the […]

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Bespoked 2016 weekender

Since first visiting the Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show in Bristol a few years back the thought of riding to (and maybe from) the show has been floating around my head. […]

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Road to Rouen

I was invited by the nice people over at Victor and Liberty to write something for their blog. They asked a couple of weeks before I had a day trip […]

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