Once a year great and interesting buildings around London open their doors and let people in to see some of the amazing architecture that is normally hidden from public view. … Continue readingOpen London 2012 and The Famous Shard Opening
I really tried to make the most of these, think I did pretty well. With all the panic about transport chaos the roads were nearly empty so cycling was great … Continue readingLondon Olympics
Boris builds a cable car across the Thames that allows people to cross the river at one of the ugliest spots at huge expense but avoiding that single change on … Continue readingLondon’s First Cable Car
Chris, Jack, Kevin, Will and I went to Les Deux Alps, for the second time for some people. … Continue readingLes Deux Alpes 2012
Four days up, one down – although the one down is a very long day Day one was mostly driving from Nairobi to the park, when we got there after … Continue readingMount Kenya
Up to Edinburgh on New year’s eve to see in 2012 with fun and dancing and a little bit of drink. Did you now that the Scots celebrate Hogmanay because … Continue readingHogmanay
After 550 km, I decided I had cycled enough. The weather had changed and it was raining hard now so cycling wasn’t much fun any more. The train to Santander … Continue readingBilbao to Santander
The next morning we went back down to the seafront for breakfast before heading out towards Bilbao. It rained pretty much all the way, so we just pushed on and … Continue readingLekeitio to Bilbao
Jack woke up with a swollen ankle so decided that he couldn’t cycle any more, Kev and Rich opted to stay with him. Alex and I carried on to Lekeitio; … Continue readingSan Sebastian to Lekeitio
I tried to go to the baths in Cambo, but they are only for rich old people and have to be booked in advance. We took the back roads down … Continue readingCambo-les-Bains to San Sebastian