The night we arrived in Oloron we had agreed to head up the valley and cut across to Cambo-les-Bains, where we would meet Kev’s brother and Alex. Oloron is a … Continue readingOloron-Sainte-Marie to Cambo-les-Bains
After the arguments of the night before we headed out late again and this time took the N21 (against my better judgement) all the way to Vic-en-Bigorre. It wasn’t wasn’t … Continue readingMirande to Oloron-Sainte-Marie
We left Lavalette at 9, and quickly made it through Toulouse. The roads out of Toulouse were pretty flat and straight so we made good time to begin with. About … Continue readingToulouse to Mirande
We got to Paris without incident, but cycling the 5km. from the Gare du Nord to the Gare Montparnasse proved too complicated for us, and we missed the train. As … Continue readingLondon to Toulouse
At the time of writing this I have just weighed my bike fully loaded with panniers, brand new grips and usb charging dynamo and it weighs 24kg. So the combined … Continue readingThe Planned Route
I met up with some friends and headed out to Berwick for a stroll through the countryside so Eastbourne. Chaos at Victoria Station meant that we almost missed the train … Continue readingBerwick to Eastbourne
Here is a list of the 10 highest peaks in Wales taken from Wikipedia, looking at my map now I could have done them all in the 3 days I … Continue readingHighest Welsh Peaks
I arrived in Bangor in fine weather and discovered my hotel was two miles out of town so a cab ride out to ‘Tal-y-bont’ was the first order of the … Continue readingSnowdonia
In an effort to get a second (or third) week of skiing in before all the snow in the Alps melted me an Phil set off to Alpe d’Huez; which, … Continue readingAlpe d’Huez
Secret Cinema do ‘The Red Shoes’ at Tobacco Docks in Wapping. … Continue readingThe Red Shoes