Port de Lers & Col de Port. Former a testy little bugger who's stats don't do it justice. Absolutely beautiful tho.
Today's ride: Just a short one, but found some crazy hairpins above Verdun here in the Ariege. Niiiiice 
Beautiful day for big cols but August weekend means lots of tourist traffic up there. 105km in the foothills instead!
Insert obligatory beer... erm... banana shot! 
Today's perfection at Hautacam & Col du Tramessel. Cheers!? 
Smashed my PR up East side of the Tourmalet. Loving 25-30C temps so pretty Aussie still - locals hate this 'heat'!
Ride to Atlantic & back via some, erm, interesting 'roads'! It ain't Sydney 
But then again - it ain't Sydney
Today's ride: Basque Epic from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Brutal gradients. Beautiful scenery. To Spanish border & back.
Sublime Col d'Aspin today: PR the climb, home in time for stage 1 of le Tour, beer & delicious lunch. Life is good
Riding past snowdrifts in full summer kit: what a day! Personal best time for Tourmalet West too #FasterWithAge
Mates teasing me about lack of MTB action, so here you go: Bike. Dirt. Mountains! Just another day in paradise
Well slap my thigh! Col d'Aspin... on Feb 16... in shorts! Set a PR too so double awesome! Happy days!
Today's ride: found a deer trapped by wire fence so helped it escape & run off hopefully unscathed. PS: was nippy!
Today's ride: Cols Ichere & Lie. No big climbs as taking it easy. Not that several km of almost 10% is *that* easy
On today's ride: little bridge crossing the River Ousse. Still so many little gems like this to discover near home
Today's ride: Back on cliffs above Saint-Cirq-Lapopie because... why not? Few drops of rain a welcome refreshment!
Beaut Baronnies ride this morning. Road in the background is typical of the area: nothing straight & nothing flat!
Beautiful day up top Felt knackered when leaving home but much better after this. Wish it was always the way!
Glorious day to ride the Col d'Aspin. Not much traffic but loads of riders out... and cattle... Moo! :)
Guess there are worse places to be forced to ride a trainer Easy spin in the sunshine, perfect conditions
Our w/e trip to Lisbon cancelled for obvs reasons However, there are worse places to be stuck #SelfIsolation
Today's ride: Hourquette d'Ancizan & Col d'Aspin. In the middle of winter. In shorts (you can't see) Ridiculous!
Bit stormy last night, left plenty of nice fresh stuff up here. Calm & sunny all day skiing with friends. Awesome!
What. A. Day!!!! Couple of ski days in the legs this week but they seemed to go OK - bonus!
First week of December & on the slopes already! Awesome conditions for this time of year. More of the same please!
Last day of 'summer' (in October!)? Tourmalet loop this morning. Beer by (friend's) pool this arvo! Perfect thx guys!
Crossing a surprisingly clear river Rhine on today's ride... where the Swiss/German border was also crossed 5 times!
Afternoon ride: Passo Valparola... as you can never ride too many epic passes in a day (before it starts to rain)!
When visitors ask to ride the Tourmalet. Erm, OK, if we must! Social time, so beers at the top. Cheers!
When friends with silly sunnies come to visit... Enjoying glass of wine & couple of pintxos at the local market.
Fete Pastoral: beautiful setting slightly tainted by bad organisation. Thanks to jolly friends made it through!
Short ride up little hill with a million of my closest friends Tourmalet on TdF day. Absolute insanity! Love it!
Stunning Lac d'Artouste. 2000m up, but with the sunshine today & that crystal clear water, feels almost tropical.
Middle of a heatwave? Time to head for the hills! Col d'Aspin was wonderfully refreshing. Moooooo!
Perfect day for a ride up Hautacam. Slow pace both up & down so plenty of time to enjoy the sunshine & views
Cruise round the Argeles-Gazost valley this morning. Beautiful view as ever from Saint-Savin & perfect conditions
Yesterday I skied over 8000m vertical in the mountains in the background. Today riding in full summer kit. Love it
Another great day on the slopes. Making the most of the sun & snow. Thanks to you guys for dragging me around!
Pyrenees MTB: [email protected]% average. Outstanding view & brutal when out of shape! Time to smell flowers on the descent
Cruising hills just North of home. Mostly firetrail. Bit of sniggle. But hey, it's dirt & the views are magnificent!
Normal programming will resume shortly But after 3 months off even trundle to next village with Pratiwi not easy!
Day out in the big city... Oooh, they have a proper curry house here. Jalfrezi please! Nom, nom, nom! Cheers! 
Out cycling today was stopped by police & then asked to hold this sign as a bunch of randoms rode by! Awesome!
Easy like Sunday morning?! Oh, & the fingerprint scanner on my phone doesn't work any more! #NoFingerprintsLeft
Living like a king! Another wonderful dinner with some overly generous friends. Nom, nom, nom, nom! Thankyou!
Little walk up near Col des Palomières. Not bad for the first day of winter! Making some new friends too
Lunch at Payolle. I guess there are perks to having to do this tourist thing after all! Nom, nom, nom, nom!
