From Cheeky Chamonix Break
From I've entered the Marmotte 2018!
From Black Forest Climbing Meet
From BMC Lundy Festival 2017
From Champagne & the Great War - weird extremes, Luxury & Suffering
From l'Etape du Tour 2017
From Tour Germaine
From Col du Granon Walk
From Last long training ride ... the Fred Whitton Challenge de Staveley

Cheeky Chamonix Break

Sunday, 14th January 2018

We took advantage of a rendezvous with Dawn and Austin for a cheeky long weekend of skiing for Laetitia, this was followed by “a wee bit longer” for the boyz!

I’ve entered the Marmotte 2018!

Wednesday, 22nd November 2017

The 2017 Etape du Tour was an utterly incredible day! And the build up and training that got me to the finish line was fantastic too. So for 2018 I decided I should do something similar…

Black Forest Climbing Meet

Wednesday, 11th October 2017

Last week we were rock climbing and visiting friends in the south half of Germany’s Black Forest, Schwarzwald SÃ¼d…

BMC Lundy Festival 2017

Monday, 4th September 2017

Lundy is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most lovely destinations. It has so much to offer everyone in so many different ways! And not just climbers – ornithologists, marine life lovers, ecologists, people with interests in historic places, those who just want to escape to somewhere quiet with no traffic, etc., etc!

Champagne & the Great War – weird extremes, Luxury & Suffering

Thursday, 3rd August 2017

On the way home from the Briancon we broke the journey down by calling in on the Champagne region to find out if any deals were to be had. They were! We grabbed a box of six bottles of Canard – Duchene for much much less than we pay back in the UK. 🙂

l’Etape du Tour 2017

Monday, 24th July 2017

To try and gain some altitude acclimatisation in preparation for the l’Etape du Tour, I’d cycled up to the Col du Galibier (2642m) from La Grave, did a high level ridge walk from the Col de Granon, climbed a ten pitch rock climb that started at 2189m, and finished by sleeping the night at the …

Tour Germaine

Thursday, 13th July 2017

Steve, Laetitia, Zac, and I set off for what looked like an easily accessible and long (10 pitches) relatively easy (max grade 5+) rock climb. The guidebook said it was a short easy approach. It turned out to be super sunny, hot, very uphill, and well over an hour long. It was tough work for …

Col du Granon Walk

Wednesday, 12th July 2017

As part of the efforts to get acclimatised ready for the Etape du Tour – we had a great medium length walk with Steve, Sandra, Laetitia, and Zac from the 2413m high Col du Granon.

Last long training ride … the Fred Whitton Challenge de Staveley

Monday, 3rd July 2017

The Etape du Tour is just around the corner. So with tapering of training efforts in mind to give legs every chance to fully recover the weekend saw the last big training effort, the Fred Whitton Challenge. The Fred Whitton is a circuit of the Lakes that takes in all of the major mountain passes …