Today was food day. Everyday is food day as I try and consume enough food to allow me to ride all day. It started with a huge fried breakfast courtesy of my brother in law in Newhaven – bacon, eggs, mushrooms and toasts. Carrot cake and a cup of tea on Worthing sea front…
Dover to Newhaven 133km plus a little bit to the ferry in France What makes England England Rain Campsites open for easter holidays – miserable weather and families Off road cycle lanes – why ? Seriously off road cycle lanes – double why ? Fish and Chips and a cup of tea in Rye Loads…
There is a magic invisible line in northern france where the Friteries start appearing on the side of the road. Think large portable cafes selling huge amounts of chips (or frites) and other assorted fried goods. None of it very healthy but great for filling up empty bellies. Since Roubaix there have been plenty of…
Photos from todays Paris Roubaix at Cysoing
Apologies for the delay in writing this blog I have only just got some resemblance of control in my hands after the 170km Paris Roubaix Challenge. What a day it was. Probably the most fun I have had on a “velo” ever. The famous cobbles batter you into submission as you progress through the day. The first…
bourg d’oisand to bristol day 7 roubaix, a set on Flickr. So here I am in Roubaix with friends down from London to ride the Paris Roubaix challenge tomorrow. We checked out the famous Roubaix velodrome , pretty tired looking but looking superficially good for the cameras on Sunday, the world famous shower blocks –…
Day 6 and I have started tapering down for the Paris Roubaix sportive on Saturday. Todays distance was a much shorter 76 km from Laon to Caudry via the sleepy Busigny the start of the Paris Roubaix challenge on Saturday. It has gone bitterly cold now but is remaining dry while the rest of France…
bourg d’oisans to bristol day 5 http://app.strava.com/activities/47092292 Read all my Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol blog here Enter our guess the KMs competetion here
Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol Day 4, a set on Flickr. Day 4 Saulieu to Troyes – 155km Todays ride looked fairly easy – the profile suggested it was all down hill to Troyes – so definitely a stage for the sprinters. How wrong could I have been. The first 40km to Avallon proved to be…
Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol Day 3 , a set on Flickr. Day 3 from Macon to Saulieu – 146km Dave Brailsford would have been proud of me today. I followed his mantra of marginal gains and saved myself 2km by ignoring the GPS system. I saw an old road snaking up the side of the hill…