Thursday 23 June 2022
Col de la Colombiere loop. Criterium du Dauphine here a few days ago so road silky smooth. Beautiful climb & descent!
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Today's dawn ride: river Rhone, sheep, canals, Lac du Bourget, a tiny chapel, col du Chat & Jongieux vinyards. Phew!
Monday 6 June 2022
Beaut day up the Tourmalet, if a tad breezy. Obligatory banana gets defocused as little fluffy clouds look nicer 
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Random pics in Arrens-Marsous on today's ride. Beautiful! Perfect weather, quiet roads & feeling great. Happy days 
Friday 6 May 2022
Cruising the Prades Mountains. Awesome quiet roads, views from every one. More kays & climbing than Tourmalet loop!
Sunday 1 May 2022
Today's ride: beautiful route from Spanish coast through vineyards, forests, hills & back. Springtime perfection!
Friday 29 April 2022
Vilaplana church. Great ride from the Med through villages like this, forests & climbs. Perfect weather. Love it!
Friday 22 April 2022
Today's ride: beautiful spin in spring sunshine. Random photo stop in Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (abbey in background).
Saturday 16 April 2022
13 days ago was skiing fresh powder here. Now epic snow walls for today's ride! + few zones of, erm, CX training?
Saturday 12 March 2022
Back from today's ride in the nick of time! Step off bike, crack a beer, watch 6 Nations while I stretch. Great game!
Saturday 15 January 2022
Passing Lac du Gabas out on birthday tonne. Should just make room for all the beer, curry & dessert that's coming! 
Friday 19 November 2021
Riding through stunning autumn colours. Sometimes not all about the mountains, though they do look amazing today too!
Wednesday 20 October 2021
Change from the coast, some nice hills around here too. Village of Hostalric a stand out in it's Autumn colours. Wow!
Monday 18 October 2021
Just what you want to see on a recovery ride Head NE from Llafranc beach (very pretty place) if you fancy it! 
Monday 18 October 2021
More beaches & beautiful little villages today. Gotta say am liking the off season here - quiet & perfect weather
Sunday 17 October 2021
Today's ride: From Spanish coast into hills & back, then coastal road dropping down to the occasional beach. Awesome!
Saturday 2 October 2021
From beach, inland into rolling hills & finale over Jaizkibel coastal road. Latter in particular has amazing views!
Thursday 30 September 2021
Today's ride: popped over into Spain, as you do It's all Basque Country though & such a beautiful region. Love it!
Wednesday 22 September 2021
At last! New signage & decked seating area atop the Tourmalet. So everyone finally knows where your pics are taken
Wednesday 8 September 2021
Today's ride: Font Romeu -> 34km descent (blast down the N116) -> beautiful climbs back to the start. Love this area!
Saturday 4 September 2021
Port de Lers & Col de Port. Former a testy little bugger who's stats don't do it justice. Absolutely beautiful tho.
Friday 3 September 2021
Today's ride: Just a short one, but found some crazy hairpins above Verdun here in the Ariege. Niiiiice
Saturday 14 August 2021
Beautiful day for big cols but August weekend means lots of tourist traffic up there. 105km in the foothills instead!
Wednesday 11 August 2021
Insert obligatory beer... erm... banana shot! Today's perfection at Hautacam & Col du Tramessel. Cheers!?
Thursday 29 July 2021
Smashed my PR up East side of the Tourmalet. Loving 25-30C temps so pretty Aussie still - locals hate this 'heat'!
Thursday 22 July 2021
Ride to Atlantic & back via some, erm, interesting 'roads'! It ain't Sydney 
But then again - it ain't Sydney
Tuesday 20 July 2021
Today's ride: little recovery spin in more rolling terrain... with 20% pinches thrown in because... Basque region!
Monday 19 July 2021
Today's ride: Basque Epic from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Brutal gradients. Beautiful scenery. To Spanish border & back.
Saturday 26 June 2021
Sublime Col d'Aspin today: PR the climb, home in time for stage 1 of le Tour, beer & delicious lunch. Life is good
Saturday 8 May 2021
Riding past snowdrifts in full summer kit: what a day! Personal best time for Tourmalet West too #FasterWithAge
Thursday 15 April 2021
What a morning for a ride. Stunning up at Gazost. Sealed road in this valley ends 9.9km from home, which is handy!
Monday 5 April 2021
Lucky to say endless awesome parcours within 10km of home. This spot only 2.5km for example. Yes, v.lucky! #StaySafe
Thursday 25 March 2021
Today's ride: Above the clouds in glorious sunshine. Col d'Aspin. Sublime.
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Mates teasing me about lack of MTB action, so here you go: Bike. Dirt. Mountains! Just another day in paradise
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Well slap my thigh! Col d'Aspin... on Feb 16... in shorts! Set a PR too so double awesome! Happy days!
Sunday 24 January 2021
Temporary shelving setup in the garage for training. Strangely motivational... hmmmmmmm...
Thursday 7 January 2021
Today's ride: found a deer trapped by wire fence so helped it escape & run off hopefully unscathed. PS: was nippy!
Thursday 3 December 2020
Today's ride: Beautiful trundle through autumn colours, inc. this section of forest dirt. Yes planned, not lost!
Wednesday 30 September 2020
Today's ride: Cols Ichere & Lie. No big climbs as taking it easy. Not that several km of almost 10% is *that* easy
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Today's ride: Short but sweet. Overlooking the Baretous valley & later getting stuck in animal traffic. Baaaaaa!
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Today's ride: rolling along a supply branch of the Canal du Midi. And up to a random castle... because... why not?
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Today's ride: Lac de Saint Ferreol. Beautiful area I think is bit like a mini Black Forest - sadly minus beer/cake
Saturday 12 September 2020
Today's ride: just a little local spin in the foothills. What a day for it though!
Sunday 30 August 2020
Look who finally joined me up the Aspin, yay! Crazy weather for end of August but only slightly damp so no probs
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Today's ride: Erm... where's the mountains & what's this blue stuff? Cruising between beaches on the Medoc coast.
Friday 31 July 2020
Today's ride: what's wrong with this picture? Answer: not much! Beautiful spin even if a little 'lost' at times
Tuesday 7 July 2020
On today's ride: little bridge crossing the River Ousse. Still so many little gems like this to discover near home
Monday 29 June 2020
Today's ride: Back on cliffs above Saint-Cirq-Lapopie because... why not? Few drops of rain a welcome refreshment!
Thursday 25 June 2020
Second ride of the day: short cool down with Pratiwi, who also tried #HaySurfing for the first time Not bad!
Thursday 25 June 2020
Beautiful sunrise ride to avoid forecast heat. Rolling hills & shady forests actually made for perfect conditions
