Last year, Cycling UK announced the launch of a new off-road bikepacking route called the Traws Eryri. A 200 km trail across the landscapes of North Wales and Snowdonia National Park. For a few years I’ve been eyeing up a potential North-South MTB ride across Wales. There’s plenty of options and routes you can join … More Traws Eryri: Riding into Snowdonia (04/04/24-06/04/24)
This spring I tried to make two significant ‘life’ things happen: No. 1 is a work in progress. At the time of writing, I’ve left for at least a few months but the hope is that it will be considerably longer. That’s all paperwork depending, so I’ll tell you about that when I know what … More The Trans Cambrian Way: Off-Road Wales (01/04/24-03/04/24)
With the Tour des Combins half of my trip wrapped up, it was time to continue along the Tour de Mont Blanc route and make my way back to Chamonix. Just three big climbs remained, and two more borders to cross. The good news was that I’d found some rhythm after such an overwhelming start. … More Alps Epic Part 2: Tour du Mont Blanc (06/09/23-15/09-23)
The landscape really started to change heading further towards the mountains from Ifrane. Orchards and farmland were replaced by dense cedar forests under low grey clouds. The roadside company was changing too. I saw something rustling in the trees, and then a macaque suddenly popped out. Slowly more appeared, and before long there was a … More Morocco Part 2: From The High Atlas into Desert (Ifrane to Zagora 13/03/22-20/03/22)
The flight from Malaga to Tangier was the shortest I have ever been on. I’d literally loaded up an episode to watch on my phone after take-off, before noticing city lights out the window as we started our descent. I honestly thought something had gone wrong, and that we’d had to return to Spain for … More Morocco Part 1: The Rif Mountains (Tangier to Ifrane 05/03/22-12/03/22)
Amongst many other cancelled plans for 2020, I’d hoped to ride the Torino-Nice Rally in early September. Of course, that was postponed until next year way back in spring. For much of the year, it looked like any holidays would be impossible, but in late summer we did get a little respite from COVID-restrictions and … More The Cairngorms Loop: Pandemic respite in the Scottish Highlands (29/08/20-04/09/20)
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