Saying this was my first trip to a Canary Island may sound shocking to most Brits. The 'sun-lounger' package-deal type holiday is just not me, if you haven't worked that out already. But I can see why we Brits love it. 10 days of warm (25-27 degrees) sunshine, 13 hours a day. In April. No, [...]
Now in it's 101st year, the Tour of Flanders or Ronde van Vlaanderen is best known as one of the two major cobbled cycle races of the season. Although the race route has changed over years one thing has not - the steep, cobbled bergs through the Belgian countryside. Often a defining career moment for those that manage [...]
Third of the way out into the Atlantic on route to America, sits a family of 9 volcanic Islands, stretching over 600km. "The Azores?! Where are they?" is pretty much the confused response I've had from everyone that's asked where I've recently been on holiday. And not surprisingly given TAP Portugal, SATA and Ryan Air are the only carriers currently to [...]
There's nothing like taking some new kit out of it's packaging, the smell of new Lycra setting the cycling taste-buds alive and giving it the initial once-over for new features, technical materials and over-all design. Like a little girl at Christmas, I was excited and very privileged to open the colourful Drops team issue* long-sleeve thermal jersey designed by their [...]
Only a couple of months ago, my parents took the brave move of packing up our family home of 20 years and moving down to Devon to be by the sea. Bideford, a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torrington is 20 mins from Barnstaple and just over an hour from Exeter [...]
Almost 3 years ago to the date, I ventured out on my first night ride in windy and flat Amsterdam. I'd not long been cycling (you can tell by the passion in my writing) and was itching to get on the bike at any given opportunity and loved every second of it. This was also [...]