Sat 19 Nov
13:39

Halfway through this morning's ride. Waiting for the ferry at Berowra Waters. Stinking hot. 36C when we finished!

Sat 3 Dec
14:13

Views from this morning's ride round Akuna Bay & West Head. Perfect day plus a PB on one of the shorter climbs smile

Sun 4 Mar
10:48

The bike assembly area at our gite in Anduze wink Now, time for a little shakedown ride in the spring sunshine smile

Wed 7 Mar
15:48

'Le Gardon de Mialet' (aka the river) from this morning's ride. Plenty of other scenery but only made a single stop.

Sat 10 Mar
13:07

Pratiwi out on a leisurely ride somewhere around Anduze. Another tranquil day in the South of France smile

Mon 12 Mar
13:33

Beautiful ride today. After a week here passed my 1st Col sign. Many more impressive ones to come I hope! smile

Wed 14 Mar
11:45

Somewhere on the D133 West of Anduze. Nice ride in either direction. Hope you can tell the road gently winds away smile

Mon 19 Mar
13:27

Today's cycling shot: Pratiwi overlooking the river just outside Mialet. She quite liked it here smile

Thu 22 Mar
12:21

This morning's ride to Col de Saint-Pierre. Beautiful smooth road. Tiny smash fest back home via Mialet felt good smile

Sat 24 Mar
14:06

Another beautiful ride up a cat 2 climb, then very technical descent and smash along this valley home. Perfect! smile

Wed 11 Apr
15:10

Second col on today's ride. Sunny, but nippy. In fact this is Plan B as was snowing on Plan A route! Still v. nice smile

Thu 19 Apr
08:19

The cycling I managed around Anduze. All these roads well maintained & many traffic free. Lots of hills. Love it! smile

Sat 21 Apr
13:45

View NE-ish from Col d'Ey, 2nd of 3 cols on the morning ride. The descent was awesome, and final one even more so! grin

Tue 1 May
11:45

As it was covered in cloud, only shots from top of Mt Ventoux are pretty poor sad Nice views half way down though smile

Thu 3 May
13:45

What a beautiful ride this morning with Pratiwi. Stopped for many pictures and a slice (or 2) of cake in Brantes smile

Mon 7 May
13:43

Part of this morning's ride passed from Suzette to Malaucène. Great views on this stretch & a great ride of course smile

Wed 9 May
13:45

Had an easy ride with the ladies today. Here's Pratiwi and Vicki and the view from just below Col de Propiac smile

Fri 11 May
12:49

A glorious day here to head back up Mt Ventoux. Could actually see something other than cloud at the top! smile

Tue 15 May
13:13

Views from this morning's jolly (but rather cold and windy would you believe?!) ride over a few cols.

Wed 23 May
16:30

Earlier today: View passing Montbrun-les-Bains & later water stop. The sun is shining again after few days of rain smile

Fri 25 May
12:35

Last Faucon ride done (sob!). Bike wash done. Time to hang on the drying tree before being packed for the trip ahead.

Sat 26 May
10:00

Routes cycled around Faucon. Ventoux is the grey-ish blob top/centre. Look at all those juicy cols & valleys too! grin

Sun 27 May
18:14

Some views from our first ride in the Pyrenean foothills this morning. Beautiful day, great roads, amazing sights smile

Tue 29 May
14:00

Views from this morning's ride to Hautacam & Col du Tramassel. Loving the Pyrenees smile

Sat 9 Jun
13:36

Laying in the back of the van after 92km/2770m epic over 4 giant climbs through the most beautiful scenery. Best European ride yet! smile

Sat 16 Jun
15:34

Tourmalet & Luz Ardiden from today's ride. Disclaimer: some from earlier in the week but looked the same today wink

Wed 20 Jun
20:16

Views from this morning: Col de Spandelles, Col du Soulor, Col d'Aubisque. Road between the last couple is amazing!

Wed 27 Jun
15:02

Beautiful ride up Col d'Aubisque this morning. Shame I then got rather lost! Oh well - once in 4 months isn't bad wink

Wed 11 Jul
18:00

Views from today's double assault on Col de la Madeleine. Only one small patch of rain which was welcome to cool off!

Fri 27 Jul
12:30

Sights from the bike ride today. Pretty cool. Can tell I've been in Paris eating cake the week so far though! sad wink

Sun 29 Jul
10:35

What a green and pleasant place this is in summer. One can only imagine the horrors it sees come each spring! grin

Sun 29 Jul
10:55

Pffft... they said it would be crowded & cold. Doesn't seem that bad at all! Now, riders should be through any... wink

Tue 31 Jul
10:30

Dutch priorities on the roads... correct! Sad not to have time for a spin here, but it is flat & was chilly!

Sun 5 Aug
14:51

Today's ride over to Austria & back. Definition of 'bike path' bit fuzzy here so some cyclocross action in there wink

Tue 7 Aug
15:08

Cycle loop by Hallstätter See. Dubious Austrian bike paths more like train station, elevated walkway or firetrail! wink

Fri 10 Aug
13:39

Cloudy ride today on the Grossglockner. 7° at the top where I arrived in short jersey sweating like a pig. Nice! grin

Sun 12 Aug
14:29

This morning's ride: random route from where we are staying in the Alps. Nothing famous but so beautiful. Love it! grin

Fri 17 Aug
14:11

From today's ride: End of the road above Verbier. Or rather where it becomes gravel a short way below Croix de Coeur.

Tue 21 Aug
12:01

Just got back from cycling round Lake Brienz. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it! wink

Thu 23 Aug
14:48

After some very active days this morning's ride to Grosse Scheidegg was a struggle. Lucky there were views to enjoy!

Sun 2 Sep
14:43

Might have done a bit of pavé while sightseeing in Lindau this morning. Nice view from nearby Eichenberg too smile

Thu 6 Sep
16:57

Another ride into Lindau today, this time with Pratiwi. Very nice cycling through the orchards and vineyards.

Sun 9 Sep
15:40

Offenpass & Fluelapass. Love it but can't stay in Switzerland too long: so expensive! Lucky the memories are free! grin

Tue 11 Sep
16:11

OMG... just been handed this map! grin But only booked 4 nights here... & storms are forecast sad Hoping for some luck!

Fri 14 Sep
11:50

Ever used a snow drift as a bike rack? wink Finally got some blue skies but can assure you this ride was rather chilly!

Fri 14 Sep
12:00

Second (just) highest paved pass in the Alps! See the name under all those stickers? View down the other side is OK!

Fri 14 Sep
12:10

Am glad it snowed last couple of days, because we were here 3 days ago & this place doesn't look good in the nude! wink

Fri 14 Sep
12:15

The Umbrail Pass. Well, it would be rude not to visit the Swiss border & another pass as was only a 200m detour! grin

Fri 14 Sep
12:35

Few of the 36 official hairpins coming from Bormio. There are more below but they must have got bored with numbering!

Fri 14 Sep
12:55

Already at 1586m altitude but there's 36 hairpins left to do. Or you've done 72 if coming back down like I was! wink