It’s become an unintentional tradition now for me to write about the first bike ride from wherever our new home is, so I feel I should continue on the same theme here in Rome. After living in Paris, where it was really difficult to escape the urban sprawl, unless you had at least a coupleContinue reading “Il mio primo giro in bici a Roma.”
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Another Turn of The Wheel
Hey everyone! After a very long period of silence I decided it was time to pick up the proverbial pen again and get this blog back on track. The main thing that led to this decision is that in six weeks time we’re packing up the house….again….and moving to Italy….again! This time we’ll be inContinue reading “Another Turn of The Wheel”
Mallorca – Part 3
“Just keep pedalling!” For the third day of our trip we tried to have an ‘easy’ day, to allow our legs to recover from the efforts of Sa Calobra the day before (you can read about that here) and to be fresher for what lay ahead the following day. So we thought a nice littleContinue reading “Mallorca – Part 3”
Mallorca – Part 2
“It’s only a hill….get over it!” Day 2 of training camp was all about effort and reward! Our goal was to conquer two of Mallorca’s epic climbs; Puig Major and Sa Calobra. If you dabble in the cycling world I’m pretty sure you will have heard of the latter one at least. Puig Major wasContinue reading “Mallorca – Part 2”
Mallorca – Part 1
“It’s not about the journey, it’s about the people you meet along the way.” I know what’s going to happen here…I’m going to run out of superlatives….you’ll all get bored about me banging on about amazing tarmac and stunning scenery, so if you decide not to read these posts then I will fully understand. IContinue reading “Mallorca – Part 1”
Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 4
It was bound to happen. Three days of glorious sunshine was more than we had hoped for. So when we drew the curtains back and saw a windy, overcast day it wasn’t a surprise! At least it was dry. We hit the road and dropped down from Urbino to nearby Calpino where we saw theContinue reading “Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 4”
Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 2
As we rolled out of the Agriturismo’s car park, the sun was still low, there was a freshness to the air and the huge sky had that dark blue hue about it, promising another beautiful day. All was quiet with no one else in sight, we just had the soaring and swooping swifts for companyContinue reading “Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 2”
Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 1
Well this post is certainly long over due. Now having been back in the UK for seven weeks, so much of our time in Italy is fading in to a sepia-toned memory. So I thought I’d better record our last hoorah before it was forgotten forever. To conclude our time in Italy we decided toContinue reading “Bikepacking Le Marche – Day 1”
The Stelvio, Gavia and Mortirolo
‘Climb more mountains’ is a line from one of my favourite poems “The Station.” A poem about enjoying the journey of life and not focusing on the destination. This is one piece of advice that I followed this last weekend. (The poem also says ‘Eat more ice cream’….another rule I take very seriously!) If you’reContinue reading “The Stelvio, Gavia and Mortirolo”
Camping in Cilento
Our time in Italy is now limited as we’ll be moving on to the next adventure in October. As a result we have decided to make the most of every weekend here. So this last weekend we decided to go camping in Cilento; I’d found a nice looking campsite next to a river in aContinue reading “Camping in Cilento”
Brand New Day 