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 
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
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!
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!
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
Saturday 12 September 2020
Today's ride: just a little local spin in the foothills. What a day for it though!
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!
Monday 1 June 2020
Beaut Baronnies ride this morning. Road in the background is typical of the area: nothing straight & nothing flat!
Friday 29 May 2020
Beautiful day up top Felt knackered when leaving home but much better after this. Wish it was always the way!
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Glorious day to ride the Col d'Aspin. Not much traffic but loads of riders out... and cattle... Moo! :)
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
