Saturday 19 July 2025
TdF day Tourmalet! Amazing atmosphere & just so good riding through the crowds with so many other fans. Love it! 
Thursday 17 July 2025
TdF Soulor+Borderes but no Hautacam due to crowds. Still great day out & home in time to see live with a cold one
Friday 11 July 2025
Today's ride: Spandelles & obligatory banana stop top of Soulor, where I only just resisted the urge for a nap! 
Friday 4 July 2025
Tourmalet again today, because, why not?! Just for a change though, here's a nice fountain I stopped for water at
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Our visiting family went home last night... normal service is resumed What a day up the Col du Tourmalet! 
Saturday 21 June 2025
Early morning "beat the heat" spin up to Lac d'Estaing. Beautiful stuff. Moooooooo!
Thursday 19 June 2025
Today's ride: Hautacam & Col de Tramassel. What a day!
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Went up the Tourmalet to try & escape fog down low... and just got sandwiched between cloud layers. Doh!
Friday 30 May 2025
Spring at the Tourmalet & it's almost green up here Maybe all that gateaux yesterday might have even helped?!
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Shall we try that again? Welcome home! Great day up the Col d'Aspin!
Sunday 25 May 2025
A roman aqueduct, snow capped mountains, the crazy Gorges de Galamus, chateau & vineyards. Welcome back to France!
Friday 23 May 2025
Rocacorba #IYKYK Feeling great & very close to an all time power record for the climb. I'll take that in mid-May!
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Today's ride: more Catalan cols & villages. Crossed this cool bridge in Sant Joan de les Abadesses. Super nice day
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Tourism by bike today: medieval villages (Besalu & Castellfollit de la Roca), lakes & rolling countryside in the sun.
Sunday 18 May 2025
Today's ride: turn left & (mostly) climb for 40km to Tuixent-la Vansa. Just paradise with amazing views everywhere!
Friday 16 May 2025
Climbed via 18 hairpins to what felt like complete wilderness. 3 further peaks on the route home. Beautiful stuff!
Wednesday 30 April 2025
April Tourmalet. A bit of snow left, but crazy hot (for time of year) so in summer kit! Didn't even feel too bad!
Friday 25 April 2025
Decided mid-ride to add more kays but didn't bring enough fuel. Luckily this is why the patisserie was invented!
Friday 18 April 2025
Atop a random climb I didn't bother going up before. Nice view up here but road a bit sketchy on the descent. Doh! 
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Beautiful spring day for the Col de Spandelles. Hardly anyone else on the road up here. Doesn't get much better!
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Spectacular spring day up the Aspin. Rarely stop on the descent but had to capture snowy peaks under that blue sky!
Friday 24 January 2025
24th Jan... Col d'Aspin... shorts. No wonder someone has a stupid cheesy grin on their face!
Thursday 5 December 2024
December Tourmalet. But crazy weather means on bike, not skis! Little snow on the road but no probs. Stunning day!
Friday 29 November 2024
Col du Tourmalet. In shorts. On 29 Nov. Beautiful, crazy warm day!
Monday 18 November 2024
When it's grey down low... ride the Tourmalet! Warm & sunny from La Mongie & above. Crazy temps up here for mid Nov!
Friday 11 October 2024
Finally a blue sky day for my visiting mate. Peyresourde, Peyragudes & Superbagneres. Oh yeah!
Tuesday 8 October 2024
When your friend's luggage beats him through French customs. Lucky there's nothing exy in this unattended box!
Friday 27 September 2024
Home sweet home. Blue skies at the Col d'Aspin & noodle soup for lunch. Ahhhhhhh....
Sunday 15 September 2024
Last Tourmalet of Summer. Booooo! Perfect day for it, and don't worry - autumn riding here is pretty good too!
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Blue sky Tourmalet tonne (& a bit)... what a day!
Friday 19 July 2024
Last Pyrenees Cycl'n Trip bike only morning this year. Aubisque & Soulor. Magical climb through & above the clouds!
Monday 15 July 2024
When mountains are your playground! Peyresourde & altiport bike only morning + few more climbs seeing as I'm here
Saturday 13 July 2024
Obligatory TdF day ride up the Tourmalet. Usual madness & great atmosphere, although it looks oddly quiet here!
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Spotted in Barbazan-Dessus... flagon of wine on the rack, bottle in the back pocket. Did well to make it this far!
Sunday 30 June 2024
TdF Grand Depart is in Italy this year so... topical post ride refreshments while watching today's stage. Cheers!
Sunday 30 June 2024
Sunday 2 gorges ride... but I've a feeling we're not in Sydney anymore! Lot valley to Gorge du Tarn & back.
Friday 28 June 2024
Great ride up Lacets de Montvernier & Col du Chaussy, but no views from either. Doh! Few nice shots later on though.
Thursday 27 June 2024
Telegraphe & Galibier. Huge snow wall at the summit. Rest much prettier than I imagined. Descent ain't bad either!
Monday 24 June 2024
Today's ride: Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard. 40km climb from Aosta to frozen lake, down Swiss side & back. Spectacular!
Saturday 22 June 2024
Today's ride: Little pootle in the hills above Lake Maggiore. Always beautiful... and even the weather came good!
Thursday 20 June 2024
HC climb to Prato Nevso on an overcast day... no, in drizzle... no, in torrential rain! At least it was warm-ish
Thursday 20 June 2024
Sometimes it's just nice to know you're not the slowest on the mountain...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Col de Vence - no pics as no view from top - & the spectacular Gorges du Loup. Awesome ride!
Monday 17 June 2024
Tootle in hills of the French Riviera. Some seriously steep pinches here... 29% max! Few nice views, but a bit busy.
Saturday 15 June 2024
Nice little square in the village of Collobrieres & Lac de Carces from today's somewhat longer ride.
Friday 14 June 2024
Pretty cool bike path near Sommieres... and a quick look at the village itself on today's short loop.
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Spectacular spin up & down Valle de Tena (+ side routes). Stopped for, like, a million photos... here's just a few!
Monday 3 June 2024
Short hike-a-bike today, to the spectacular Laguna Negra. Wow! Then up to Puerto de Santa Ines because... why not?
Sunday 2 June 2024
Bit of hike-a-bike on today's ride: well worth climbing up to Mirador de Castroviejo! Then home via the lake shore
Friday 31 May 2024
Puerto Herrera: a nice little pinch - see road sign in background Blast home past poppy fields & the odd castle!
