Saturday 4 April 2020
Guess there are worse places to be forced to ride a trainer 
Easy spin in the sunshine, perfect conditions 
Sunday 15 March 2020
Our w/e trip to Lisbon cancelled for obvs reasons 
However, there are worse places to be stuck #SelfIsolation
Sunday 2 February 2020
Today's ride: Hourquette d'Ancizan & Col d'Aspin. In the middle of winter. In shorts (you can't see) Ridiculous!
Tuesday 10 December 2019
Bit stormy last night, left plenty of nice fresh stuff up here. Calm & sunny all day skiing with friends. Awesome! 
Friday 6 December 2019
What. A. Day!!!! Couple of ski days in the legs this week but they seemed to go OK - bonus!
Tuesday 3 December 2019
First week of December & on the slopes already! Awesome conditions for this time of year. More of the same please!
Sunday 13 October 2019
Last day of 'summer' (in October!)? Tourmalet loop this morning. Beer by (friend's) pool this arvo! Perfect thx guys!
Tuesday 8 October 2019
Crossing a surprisingly clear river Rhine on today's ride... where the Swiss/German border was also crossed 5 times!
Tuesday 24 September 2019
Afternoon ride: Passo Valparola... as you can never ride too many epic passes in a day (before it starts to rain)!
Tuesday 17 September 2019
When visitors ask to ride the Tourmalet. Erm, OK, if we must! Social time, so beers at the top. Cheers!
Saturday 14 September 2019
When friends with silly sunnies come to visit... Enjoying glass of wine & couple of pintxos at the local market.
Sunday 18 August 2019
Fete Pastoral: beautiful setting slightly tainted by bad organisation. Thanks to jolly friends made it through!
Saturday 20 July 2019
Short ride up little hill with a million of my closest friends Tourmalet on TdF day. Absolute insanity! Love it!
Monday 15 July 2019
Stunning Lac d'Artouste. 2000m up, but with the sunshine today & that crystal clear water, feels almost tropical.
Thursday 27 June 2019
Middle of a heatwave? Time to head for the hills! Col d'Aspin was wonderfully refreshing. Moooooo!
Sunday 23 June 2019
Messing about at the Opera... I have no idea why!
Sunday 16 June 2019
Perfect day for a ride up Hautacam. Slow pace both up & down so plenty of time to enjoy the sunshine & views
Thursday 28 March 2019
Cruise round the Argeles-Gazost valley this morning. Beautiful view as ever from Saint-Savin & perfect conditions
Wednesday 20 March 2019
... struggled through this ... (2/3)...
Saturday 16 March 2019
Yesterday I skied over 8000m vertical in the mountains in the background. Today riding in full summer kit. Love it
Friday 15 March 2019
Another great day on the slopes. Making the most of the sun & snow. Thanks to you guys for dragging me around!
Saturday 13 October 2018
Pyrenees MTB: 13km@7.5% average. Outstanding view & brutal when out of shape! Time to smell flowers on the descent
Tuesday 2 October 2018
Cruising hills just North of home. Mostly firetrail. Bit of sniggle. But hey, it's dirt & the views are magnificent!
Saturday 14 October 2017
Normal programming will resume shortly But after 3 months off even trundle to next village with Pratiwi not easy!
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Day out in the big city... Oooh, they have a proper curry house here. Jalfrezi please! Nom, nom, nom! Cheers! 
Saturday 17 June 2017
Out cycling today was stopped by police & then asked to hold this sign as a bunch of randoms rode by! Awesome!
Sunday 30 April 2017
Easy like Sunday morning?! Oh, & the fingerprint scanner on my phone doesn't work any more! #NoFingerprintsLeft
Thursday 13 April 2017
Living like a king! Another wonderful dinner with some overly generous friends. Nom, nom, nom, nom! Thankyou!
Thursday 16 February 2017
Hmmmmmmm.... pizzaaaaaaaaa :P ... and some tartiflette for good measure. Burp!
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Little walk up near Col des Palomières. Not bad for the first day of winter! Making some new friends too
Saturday 17 December 2016
Lunch at Payolle. I guess there are perks to having to do this tourist thing after all! Nom, nom, nom, nom!
Saturday 10 December 2016
Pic from one of the club guys today. Not at all the prettiest part of the ride, but I'm in this shot, so... share!
Friday 11 November 2016
Lunch with friends after a damp walk. Advantage of chilly conditions: the restaurant is serving vin chaud. Cheers!
Sunday 6 November 2016
Short stroll to check out our new locale. Love how the inquisitive neighbours look up from their morning snack
Saturday 5 November 2016
Not just a pretty face? Access to oven + bit of spare time means fresh bread baked by my own fair hands. Yum!
Monday 31 October 2016
31 October yet back atop the Tourmalet in summer riding kit! Twice in 5 days. With weather like this stupid not to
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Post-recovery, recovery Cheers from Saint-Lary-Soulan!
Monday 15 August 2016
Time for desert. Guess I'd better finish this Sangria first!
Sunday 14 August 2016
Spanish Sunday lunch. Pratiwi had a big octopus leg that just melted in the mouth. Unbelievable how good that was!
Friday 5 August 2016
Family dinner in Quillan. I'm not easily impressed by salad, but... that's not bad! Prefer my choice mind!
Thursday 28 July 2016
Outrageously good dinner tonight. Soooo good & so much too. Had to take a doggy bag which was our lunch the next day!
Friday 8 July 2016
Lots of fun at the TdF today, a highlight is meeting Didi The Devil just before the Aspin climb. What a character!
Friday 10 June 2016
Helping friends collect cherries from this beautiful tree in their yard. Yuuuuuum!
Thursday 9 June 2016
Salt on jersey is normal but I took ass-sweat to whole new level today 100km Tourmalet loop & still 30° at 1700m!
Tuesday 17 May 2016
I never do coffee stops but beer & pizza is mid-ride break I can get behind 122km & Hautacam PR today. Love it!
Saturday 7 May 2016
Rest day done right: just lounging around our 'garden' - aka. the campsite - in the evening sunshine. Ahhhhh...
Wednesday 4 May 2016
First Tourmalet ascent of the year. Last 3km closed to cars, but not bikes! As usual, sucks to be a car driver!
Tuesday 3 May 2016
Cyclists should know this guy: He spends summer atop Col du Tourmalet but prefers to winter in the valley it seems
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Post ride snack. Despite it being a bit nippy up Ventoux looks like I got a bit sweaty somewhere on today's route!
Monday 25 April 2016
Rosbif lunch. Désolé monsieur, it's better in the UK Mousse for dessert was to die for though. Nom, nom, nom!
