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We were persuaded to take an extra cycling holiday this year (didn’t take much arm twisting) to try out a new location to us, the Algarve. We did try to visit last year, but our flight was cancelled amidst the … Continue reading →

Having left the country last month for some warmer winter cycling, February sprung a welcome surprise in the form of a brief spell of mild, sunny and calm weather. We took advantage of this to venture for the first time … Continue reading →

After last winter, we planned a getaway to the sun for this January, opting to visit the Costa Blanca again. Lynne and Keith were joining us this time, and they persuaded us to do an 11 day stay rather than … Continue reading →

As winter bites and the chances to get out for a good bike ride are few and far between, a lot of us dust off the old turbo trainer again. To make it a bit more bearable, we have had … Continue reading →

Booking a night’s B&B at Ballachulish allowed Colette and me, along with Lynne and Keith, to have a couple of days away cycling up north. On the first day we headed for Port Appin with the intention of taking the … Continue reading →

This year’s Mallorca trip with our cycling buddies was one that we were looking forward to for a while. Colette was now mended from her accident earlier in the year and we were going to make up for missing that … Continue reading →

We haven’t done much cycling  this month for various reasons; one of which was travelling to Canada to visit Colette’s brother and his husband, who live in downtown Toronto. After doing the touristy thing at Niagara falls, we all went … Continue reading →

This is Colette’s first ride for over 5 weeks, since she fell off on 22nd June. On that fateful day, a group of us were setting off from Tweedbank for a day’s cycling in the borders. We had been going … Continue reading →

We grabbed the chance of a wee extra holiday in Anglesey this month, giving us a chance to cycle somewhere new to us. The Welsh mountains are well known as great cycling territory, and on Googling possible routes, came across … Continue reading →

One of the benefits of the TV coverage of grand tours is that they serve as three week-long adverts for tourism in the regions through which the races are run. Through such coverage, we’ve been introduced to some wonderfully scenic … Continue reading →